February 14, 2020
"Our country's budget is a reflection of who we are and what we care about and who we care about. President Trump's budget betrays American families and our seniors," said Senator Stabenow (D-MI). "Senate Democrats strongly oppose this budget. We understand that you and your family deserve a fair shot to work hard and get ahead. I want you to know that Democrats will continue putting the needs of hard-working families first."
Washington, D.C. - Following the release of the Trump administration'… more...
February 13, 2020
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the Trump Administration's reprogramming of National Guard and military procurement funding for border wall construction:
"Congress has repeatedly voted in a bipartisan way to refuse funding the President's wasteful, ineffective border wall. This latest effort to steal Congressionally-appropriated military funding undermines our national security and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution. … more...
February 13, 2020
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke at a press conference after the Senate passed Senator Kaine's bipartisan War Powers resolution on Iran, which would reaffirm Congress' role in matters of war and peace. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:
I want to thank my colleagues here. I want to salute Tim Kaine. This has been a passion of his for decades, or years? Or somewhere in between decades and years. And Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Tom Udall, have all worked r… more...
August 29, 2019
In my office in Washington, I keep photos given to me by the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school next to pictures of my wife and two daughters. Those photos are a searing reminder of the tens of thousands of American lives lost each year by gun violence, and the moral imperative we have to do something about it.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, El Paso and Dayton marked the 250th & 251st mass shootings of the year. That's not counting the thousands of other acts… more...
July 2, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement has created the most important vacancy on the Supreme Court in our lifetimes. Whoever fills Justice Kennedy's seat will join an evenly divided court with the ability to effect the laws of the United States and the rights of its citizens for generations. Enormously important issues hang in the balance: the right of workers to organize, the pernicious influence of dark money in politics, the right of Americans to marry who they love, the right to vote.
Two iss… more...
October 27, 2017
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following in USA Today on the Trump administration's tax reform plan. The op-ed can be found here and below.
Anyone who remembers the substance and the process of the 1986 Tax Reform Act should be baffled that President Trump has compared his current tax plan to that famous bipartisan bill signed by former president Ronald Reagan. Trump's partisan tax cut bill differs from that one in three major ways: It helps the rich at the expense of the middle … more...
February 13, 2020
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor, urging Senators to vote in favor of Senator Kaine's bipartisan War Powers resolution on Iran, which would reaffirm Congress' role in matters of war and peace. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:
Today, the Senate will vote on a bipartisan War Powers resolution offered by Senator Kaine, directing the President to terminate the use of Armed Forces for hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The … more...
February 13, 2020
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging the DOJ IG to investigate the reduced sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone and calling on Chief Justice Roberts to defend the independence of the judicial branch from President Trump's attacks. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:
In the short week since the conclusion of the president's impeachment trial, the president has reminded us of all the reasons why Congress must serve as a check on th… more...
February 12, 2020
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urged his Senate colleagues to vote in favor of Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution on Iran, which would reaffirm Congress' role in matters of war and peace. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:
Later today, the Senate will begin debate on Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution, preventing President Trump from unilaterally escalating military action against Iran. The Constitution is clear. Congress alone … more...
February 13, 2018
Less than fifty
days into 2018, it’s increasingly obvious that the GOP Tax Scam overwhelmingly
benefits corporate executives and wealthy shareholders while the middle class
gets left behind.
Last week,
Senate Democrats released
a special report on the real impact of the GOP Tax Scam. As one
economics professor said, “The
only benefit of share buybacks is to people who are in the business of selling
shares: executives.” Since then, corporations have announced tens of
billions in additional corporate share buybacks - more than $120 billion in
total. … more...
February 1, 2018
In the wake
of Republicans’ massive corporate tax giveaways, big banks, oil and tobacco
companies, and other corporations have announced more than $50 billion on stock
buybacks in the first days of 2018.
These buybacks flow directly to the pockets of corporate executives - not American
workers. Since the Senate Republican tax bill passed in December, corporations
have authorized $136 billion on corporate share buybacks. Big Corporations
have pocketed their windfalls and laid off American workers. As one
economics professor told the Financial Times this
week, “The only benefit of share buybacks is to people who are in the
business of selling shares: executives.”… more...
January 12, 2018
LATimes: "With every passing day, it becomes clearer who's reaping the benefit of the huge tax cut handed over to American corporations by the Republican-dominated Congress in December. Spoiler alert: Not workers or customers, but shareholders, especially the rich ones."… more...
