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January 15, 2021Schumer, Pelosi Joint Statement On Biden-Harris Administration’s Emergency Relief Package
January 14, 2021Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) issued the following statement on the announcement from the incoming Biden-Harris administration outlining their emergency relief package:… more...
Schumer Statement On The Bipartisan Impeachment Of President Donald J. Trump By The House Of Representatives
January 13, 2021Brooklyn, N.Y. — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement regarding the bipartisan impeachment of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, by a bipartisan majority of the United States House of Representatives:… more...
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Schumer Op-Ed in New York Daily News - Gun sanity time in Washington: Chuck Schumer says Republicans must sign onto universal background checks
August 29, 2019Schumer Op-Ed In The NY Times: Our Rights Hang In The Balance
July 2, 2018Schumer Op-ed in USA Today: Donald Trump's Tax Reform is Nothing Like Ronald Reagan's
October 27, 2017Speeches
Schumer Floor Remarks Upon The Reconvening Of The United States Senate After Failed Insurrection By Violent Pro-Trump Mob
January 6, 2021— Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor upon the Senate’s reconvening and after a failed insurrection by a violent pro-Trump mob. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...
Schumer Floor Remarks: Let Us Do Our Duty To Support And Defend The Constitution Of The United States
January 6, 2021— Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to support and defend the Constitution. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:… more...
Transcript: Senator Schumer Delivers Remarks At A Press Conference Following The Georgia Senate Elections
January 6, 2021— Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today at a press conference discussed the results of the Georgia elections. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:… more...
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Big Companies Cash in on the #GOPTaxScam – Announce More Than $120 Billion in Share Buybacks in 2018
February 13, 2018Less 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...
In Wake of Republicans’ Massive Corporate Tax Giveaway, Corporations Have Laid Off Thousands of American Workers, Lined Corporate Executives’ Pockets with More than $50 Billion in Announced Share Buybacks in First Days of 2018
February 1, 2018In 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...
The American People Still Overwhelmingly Oppose the #GOPTaxScam – Here’s Why.
January 12, 2018LATimes: "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...
