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October 22, 2019

Schumer warns Trump's Syria move puts 'homeland in danger'

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that President Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria "puts Americans here in the homeland in danger," he said Tuesday. 

October 17, 2019

Pelosi, Schumer say Trump 'is flailing' after cease-fire deal

Pelosi and Schumer released a statement Thursday saying President Trump is "flailing" in light of his decision to reverse sanctions against Turkey in exchange for a “sham” ceasefire. They asserted this would undermine American credibility and send a “dangerous message” to both allies and adversaries that the American word cannot be trusted. 

October 17, 2019

Top Democrat says Trump was 'not in a good mood' before Pelosi White House walkout

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., told Fox News Thursday that President Trump's mood soured a White House meeting on Syria that was capped by a walkout from three top congressional Democrats.

October 17, 2019

Kevin McCarthy: Top Democrats who walked out of White House meeting just 'infatuated' with impeachment

The top Republican in the House of Representatives gave his account of a White House meeting wherein House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. walked out.

October 16, 2019

Dems storm out of Syria meeting with Trump: 'We have to pray for his health'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced at a news conference outside the White House on Wednesday that they had just walked out of a meeting with President Trump on Syria policy, after he apparently called Pelosi a "third-rate politician" and angrily suggested the Democrats probably appreciated communist Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East.

October 10, 2019

Former Schumer aide claims Trump will be impeached, urges House to hold full vote to begin Senate trial

Radio host Christopher Hahn predicted Wednesday that President Trump will ultimately be impeached and he called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to schedule a floor vote on the matter.

October 1, 2019

Red-state Dems worried broadening impeachment push will kill hopes of retaking Senate in 2020

Some red-state Senate Democrats are worried that the ongoing House inquiry could expand uncontrollably and become a “kitchen sink” of complaints about President Trump, Fox News has learned.

September 23, 2019

Ukraine controversy boils over as Senate leaders trade barbs on floor, Dems threaten subpoenas

The escalating controversy over President Trump’s phone conversation with Ukraine’s president has ignited a battle on Capitol Hill over Democrats’ demands for a copy of the whistleblower complaint against Trump, as some liberal lawmakers threatened subpoenas while Republicans called for restraint while they gather facts.

September 15, 2019

Pelosi, Schumer to Trump: Gun control must include background checks

Congressional Democratic leaders warned President Trump on Sunday that any proposal on gun control must include a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases -- or else risk no legislation at all.

August 13, 2019

Schumer to ask Trump to divert $5 billion in border wall funding to fight gun violence, white-supremacy extremists

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday said he will ask President Trump to withdraw his request for $5 billion in border wall construction funds to instead use the money to combat gun violence and white supremacist extremism on the heels of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.