November 17, 2021 Congress will be home for Christmas — if only in its dreams It was early November when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declared the Senate would consider the Democrats’ social spending bill during the week of Nov. 15, but that came before everything went haywire in the House of Representatives a few weeks ago
November 15, 2021 Democrats face tumultuous process to get massive social spending package passed Now, comes the hard part: advancing the social spending package through the House and Senate over the next few weeks — and not getting tripped up by a collision with the debt ceiling and a potential government shutdown on Dec. 3.
November 6, 2021 Schumer spotted maskless dancing in Puerto Rico as House voted on infrastructure package Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was spotted dancing without a mask on Friday in what appeared to be an indoor area in Puerto Rico despite a government mandate.
November 2, 2021 GOP blasts Schumer for ‘dereliction of duty’ as defense spending package sits in Senate Senate Republicans blasted Sen. Majority Leader Chucker Schumer Tuesday for his failure to bring the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the floor for a vote, calling it a “dereliction of duty.”
October 24, 2021 Schumer, Manchin to meet with Biden in Delaware Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will be meeting with both President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday, Fox News has confirmed, as Democrats continue to have trouble agreeing to terms on a massive social spending bill to go alongside a bipartisan infrastructure bill.
October 22, 2021 Manchin says he offered to become independent if Dems found him 'embarrassing,' never considered joining GOP Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that he never considered joining Republicans in the Senate.
October 21, 2021 Schumer endorses socialist for Buffalo mayor Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has endorsed India Walton, a self described socialist, for mayor of Buffalo.
October 20, 2021 Meghan Markle sends Pelosi, Schumer letter advocating for 'paid leave': 'Fair, and equal, and right' Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, penned a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer advocating for paid leave.
October 20, 2021 Manchin calls 'bulls---' on report that he may leave Democratic Party Manchin was swarmed by reporters asking him about the Mother Jones report that said the West Virginia senator was considering an exit from the Democratic Party.
October 8, 2021 McConnell tells Biden that debt ceiling will not be raised by Republicans in December Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has informed President Joe Biden that he, along with other Republican senators, will not vote to raise the debt ceiling in December should Democrats face “another avoidable crisis.”