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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He will be the kind of president that our country deserves and our times demand. He will be the principled fighter for all the American people.
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I think you should do one nomination at a time, even though it would be nice to know who the president is thinking of,
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Sen. Graham and I do not think it would be appropriate to vote on this bill while the president is there, so we have agreed to delay the vote,
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It was the very extreme wing of the president's party, and that brought about the withdrawal, ... If the president continues to listen to that extreme wing on judicial nominations or everything else, it can only spell trouble for his presidency and for America.
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New York has been the springboard from which the last two successful Democratic candidates for president won the White House, ... There is no doubt in my mind that New York's good fortune can launch a Democrat into the White House for the third time in 30 years.
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I think what the president is trying to do here is thread the needle.
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If the President were to voluntarily institute the review and delay the contract, that would obviate the need for our legislation, but a simple cooling-off period will not allay our concerns.
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My first reaction is a simple one: It could have been a lot worst. ... The president has not sent us a nominee that we've rejected already.
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The signal to President Bush, whether you voted no or yes: Please send us a moderate, but if you send someone who is very ideological there'll be a much bigger fight than on Roberts because this is for the O'Connor seat and that's the swing vote on the court.
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For four years, President Bush . . . had a lot of luck on his side, ... There's a yin and yang to this, a warp and woof, and it's all catching up, almost at the same time.
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I hope and pray that the president chooses to unite rather than divide; that he chooses consensus over confrontation.
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However this turns out, I would simply urge all Americans, from President Bush on down, to have faith in Mr. Fitzgerald's investigation and to abide by his findings once they are made public,
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I've called for a thorough house-cleaning in the vice president's office, but what they've done is just rearrange some office furniture, ... It is time for the president and vice president to bring in a new team of advisers who are above ethical reproach, like Reagan did in his second term, not stonewall like Nixon did during Watergate.
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If the president sends us a nominee who is committed to an agenda of turning back the clock on civil rights, workers' rights, individual autonomy or other vital constitutional protections, there will likely be a fight.