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April 3, 2021

Dem suggests MLB All-Star Game come to NY with fewer early voting days, similar food and drink restriction

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested the MLB play its All-Star Game in New York, “where we are working to make it easier, not harder, to vote.”

April 1, 2021

Schumer says bill to decriminalize pot coming 'shortly'

On the heels of New York state legalizing marijuana, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said his bill to end the federal prohibition would be coming soon. 

March 29, 2021

Schumer plans new way to bypass Republicans on Biden's third economic spending bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is exploring how to pass President Biden's third economic spending bill later this year without any Republican votes via an obscure Senate rule that would allow Democrats to use reconciliation again.  

March 26, 2021

FLASHBACK: Schumer, threatening to nix filibuster, fought for its survival in 2005

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., previously defended the filibuster in 2005 despite threatening to nix the rule in recent weeks.

March 25, 2021

Schumer says Dems were justified in using filibuster that some of them now seek to abolish

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer argued Thursday that Democrats were justified in filibustering legislation in the GOP-controlled Senate during the last session of Congress – a tactic that some in the party now seek to abolish – because Republicans refused to engage in bipartisan negotiations.

March 24, 2021

Biden HHS nominee Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender federal official confirmed by US Senate

Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania's former top health official, earned confirmation Wednesday in the Senate to become the new assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

March 24, 2021

Schumer, McConnell spar over Dems' S1 election bill during rare committee appearance: 'Shame!'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday launched broadsides against each other in a hearing on S.1, the controversial Democratic-backed elections bill that would make sweeping changes to how Americans elect their leaders. 

March 24, 2021

Senate set for clash on hot-button elections bill Dems say boosts voting rights, GOP decries as power grab

The Senate is set for a major clash Wednesday on one of the Democrats' top priorities with a hearing on S.1, the Senate version of the controversial elections bill known as H.R.1 in the House, which would make broad changes to how American elections are run. 

March 23, 2021

As Biden calls for gun ban, Manchin says he doesn't support background check legislation

President Biden's calls for the Senate to pass aggressive background check bills and a ban on assault weapons face an uphill battle with a key Democrat already voicing disapproval.

March 23, 2021

Schumer vows Senate will take on gun control measures

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged the Senate will take on gun control measures in the wake of Monday's Boulder, Colo., mass shooting that left 10 people dead, including a police officer.