Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumeris an American politician, the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. Schumer was re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a margin of 66%–33%...
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This particular choice is more troubling than the others because Senator Ashcroft is more far over to the right on his views,
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The SEC desperately needs someone who both has a deep knowledge of how the markets function and at the same time possesses a rock-ribbed integrity. Bill Donaldson is such a man. I salute the administration for appointing him and appointing him quickly.
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At long last builders and insurers of major projects in large cities, particularly New York, can breathe a sigh of relief.
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For a Vice President's office that needs a fresh start this team seems to be a stale move to hunker down and get in the bunker,
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The silver lining to the Dubai Ports World fiasco is that we are finally focused on the vulnerability of our ports.
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If the report is completed and kept secret and only given to the president, who has already come out for the deal, it will not reassure Americans.
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Tom Ridge is a decent man and a fine public servant, but unfortunately was not given the leeway or resources to tighten up homeland security in the way it should be done,
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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.
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When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
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The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure.
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I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.