Despite GOP Promise That Tax Plan Would Lead To More Jobs & Better Wages, Big Corporations Have Already Signaled They Will Prioritize CEO Bonuses And Wealthy Shareholders Over Workers’ Wages Or Hiring New Employees New Senate Democrats Report Shows That In Less Than Two Weeks Major...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement in response to the Tax Conference’s report regarding the final version of the GOP Tax Bill: “Under this bill the working class, middle class and upper middle class get skewered while the rich and...

Without Congressional Action, The Retirement Benefits Of 1.5 Million Pension Plan Participants Across The Country Could Be At Risk   Washington, DC – Joined by retired Teamsters and miners today, Congressional Democrats called for immediate passage of their legislation to...

McConnell: “I think is being clear is that there will be no further action in the Senate thanks to Senator Webb until Scott Brown is sworn in.” Thune: “It is now time to start over on a bipartisan approach” Grassley: “there ought to be some pause and to step back and...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on Doug Jones’ victory in the Alabama Senate race: “Doug Jones will be an outstanding Senator who will represent Alabama well. He was a great candidate and will be an even better...

Washington, D.C – Senate Democrats today released a new letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging the Republican leaders to continue bipartisan budget negotiations and forgo a proposed partisan funding bill that would underfund efforts to combat the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement on the Treasury analysis of the GOP Tax Plan: “The latest Treasury “analysis” is nothing more than one page of fake math. It’s clear the White House and Republicans are grasping at straws to...

Neither The House Ways And Means Committee Nor The Senate Finance Committee Held Any Public Hearings Regarding The Bills That Were Reported Out Or Debated In Their Respective Chambers – Senate Dems Urge GOP To Provide More Transparency As House & Senate Debate Final Bill Senators Demand At...

Washington, D.C. –Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Congressional Leadership met with the President at the White House “We had a productive conversation on a wide variety of issues.  Nothing...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today named Senate Democrats to serve on a conference committee of Senate and House versions of the GOP tax legislation. “Rather than rush a partisan bill through the Congress that will have a devastating effect on millions of...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement calling on Senator Franken to resign: “Senator Franken should resign. “I consider Senator Franken a dear friend and greatly respect his accomplishments, but he has a higher obligation to his...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Bank of America stock buyback: “Bank of America’s decision to increase the size of their stock buyback by $5 billion is yet another signal that the GOP tax scam is going to line the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after accepting the President’s invitation to meet with him and Republican leaders on Thursday to discuss the year-end agenda: “We’re...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today gave the following remarks regarding the Republican Tax Bill on the Senate Floor. The remarks can also be viewed here. Mr. President, in just a short time, we’ll proceed to a final vote on the Republican tax bill. We understand they...

NYT: The Senate’s Official Scorekeeper Says the Republican Tax Plan Would Add $1 Trillion to the Deficit. “Senate Republicans’ $1.5 trillion tax cut would not pay for itself, according to a report released on Thursday by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. The report is a...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after President Trump tweeted about the bipartisan meeting today at the White House with Congressional leaders: “Given that the President doesn’t see...

Washington Post: Senate GOP Tax Bill Hurts The Poor More Than Originally Thought, CBO Finds. “By 2019, Americans earning less than $30,000 a year would be worse off under the Senate bill, CBO found. By 2021, Americans earning $40,000 or less would be net losers, and by 2027, most people...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement regarding the next acting director of the CFPB: "The process for succession laid out in Dodd Frank is clear: Leandra English, not Mick Mulvaney, is the acting director of the CFPB. By attempting to install Mr....

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement on the FCC’s plan to repeal Net Neutrality rules: “Just as our free highway system helped build jobs in America in the 20th century, Net Neutrality will help build jobs in the 21st century. To take a...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s request for supplemental disaster relief funding: “This is just not good enough for hurricane-hammered people in Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida and the Virgin...