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Dec. 22, 2018 Tweet - "At midnight last night, roughly twenty five percent of the government shut down because of one person and one person alone: President @realDonaldTrump. We arrived at this moment because President Trump has been on a remarkable two-week temper tantrum." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Tweet - "William Barr's memo to the Department of Justice criticizing the Special Counsel investigation reveals that he is fatally conflicted from being able to oversee the Special Counsel's investigation and he should not be nominated to be Attorney General." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Alex Azar, and Steven Mnuchin - Hassan Joins Colleagues to Call on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 21, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
Dec. 21, 2018 Tweet - "You own the shutdown--your own words, @realDonaldTrump. The Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed a bipartisan solution to avoid a shutdown. Then you threw another temper tantrum and convinced the House to ignore that compromise. #TrumpShutdown" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office Rep. Joe Morelle
Dec. 21, 2018 Government Funding Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Acting Attorney General Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate agreed to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open. With 36 hours left to avoid a shutdown, the House must pass this continuing resolution and President Trump must sign it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - 54 Members of Congress in Urging DHS Secretary Nielsen to End Policy of Deterring Asylum Seekers at U.S. Ports of Entry Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "It's good that our Republican colleagues in the Senate finally realized that they should not shut down the government over a wall that does not have enough support to pass the House or Senate and is not supported by a majority of the country." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Senators Schumer, Gillibrand and Congresswoman Clarke Announce Passage of Legislation to Name Brooklyn Post office in Honor of Major Owens Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to Ambassador Cornstein - Democratic Backsliding Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, the Hon. Seema Verma, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin - Shaheen Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Congresswoman Gonzalez Colon Statement Regarding Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump is plunging us into chaos. The stock market is down 500 points. General Mattis is leaving. We know he had serious disagreements with President Trump over Syria and the wall. And now, another temper tantrum and a Trump shutdown over Christmas is nearly upon us." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget - Crist Seeks Federal Funding to Tackle Harmful Algal Blooms Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 House Sends Bipartisan First STEP Act to President's Desk Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep. Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Dec. 19, 2018 Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 Rep. Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep. Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell Join Senate Democratic Colleagues to Urge President Trump to Condemn Texas v. U.S. Decision That Could Gut Health Care for Millions of Patients and Families, Protect Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act Rep. Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 China Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 First Step Act Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 Schumer, Brown, Menendez Statement On Treasury Decision to Delist Russian Firms From Sanctions Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Government Funding Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 Tweet - "You're going to want to make sure your friends see this: Senators Booker, Coons, and Flake just asked for the Senate's unanimous consent to pass a bill protecting the Mueller investigation from President Trump. But they didn't get it. Because @SenateMajLdr McConnell objected." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "With only a few days to go, @realDonaldTrump needs to come out of hiding and accept one of our proposals to keep the government open. If he throws a temper tantrum, he will not get a wall, but he will cause a #TrumpShutdown over Christmas." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The #FirstStepAct provides: Judges more discretion in sentencing low-level nonviolent drug offenders More support for programming to better prepare prisoners to return to society Effective end to juvenile solitary confinement & shackling pregnant prisoners" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate will likely vote soon on the bipartisan #FirstStepAct. I support this bill and intend to vote yes on final passage. The bill makes smart changes to our criminal justice system to make it fairer, more humane, more just." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Affordable Care Act Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Government Funding Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 First Step Act Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Clearly, President @realDonaldTrump is excited about the possibility of tens of millions of families losing health care coverage and protections. Hey @SenateGOP, will you join us in voting to intervene and overturn this dangerous and awful ruling?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2018 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump should understand he does not have the votes for the wall in the House or Senate. We offered two reasonable options to avoid a shutdown. We will not let a temper tantrum push us in the direction of doing something even our Republican colleagues know is wrong." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to overturn this awful decision that would end health care protections for tens of millions of American families. @SenateDems will push Republicans to vote on whether to join us in intervening in this case to overturn the decision." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "The GOP spent all last year pretending to support people with pre-existing conditions while quietly trying to remove that support in the courts. Next year, we will force votes to expose their lies. They will no longer be able to get away with lying to the American people." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump let ZTE off the hook to gain concessions from China on North Korea--he got none. Mr. President, don't make the same mistake by interfering in the case of Huawei's CFO Ms. Meng. You will look weak and get nothing for it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Ryan Zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the govt like it was his personal honey pot. The swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Mr. President, you're not getting the votes for the wall in the Senate. Take our solution to prevent a shutdown and move on. We have lots of other important issues to tackle now, incl protecting people's health care and pre-existing condition protections." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "Very sad not a single person in America will agree to be WH chief of staff, formerly one of the most sought-after jobs in government. Very troubling (but not surprising!) @realDonaldTrump chose Mick Mulvaney to be acting CoS. He's been a leading advocate of government shutdowns." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "A 7-year-old girl should not be dying of dehydration and shock in Customs and Border Protection custody. Secretary Nielsen and @DHSgov must be held accountable for Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin's death." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Following Reports That Trump Administration Is Threatening To Shut Down Vital Organizations That Help Refugees Arriving In Buffalo, Gillibrand Calls On State Department To Reject Any Reduction Or Closures Of Resettlement Agencies In New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 14, 2018 Sensenbrenner Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Assist Law Enforcement Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Date Title Politician
Dec. 22, 2018 Tweet - "At midnight last night, roughly twenty five percent of the government shut down because of one person and one person alone: President @realDonaldTrump. We arrived at this moment because President Trump has been on a remarkable two-week temper tantrum." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Tweet - "William Barr's memo to the Department of Justice criticizing the Special Counsel investigation reveals that he is fatally conflicted from being able to oversee the Special Counsel's investigation and he should not be nominated to be Attorney General." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Alex Azar, and Steven Mnuchin - Hassan Joins Colleagues to Call on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 21, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
Dec. 21, 2018 Tweet - "You own the shutdown--your own words, @realDonaldTrump. The Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed a bipartisan solution to avoid a shutdown. Then you threw another temper tantrum and convinced the House to ignore that compromise. #TrumpShutdown" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office Rep.Joe Morelle
Dec. 21, 2018 Government Funding Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2018 Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Acting Attorney General Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate agreed to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open. With 36 hours left to avoid a shutdown, the House must pass this continuing resolution and President Trump must sign it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - 54 Members of Congress in Urging DHS Secretary Nielsen to End Policy of Deterring Asylum Seekers at U.S. Ports of Entry Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "It's good that our Republican colleagues in the Senate finally realized that they should not shut down the government over a wall that does not have enough support to pass the House or Senate and is not supported by a majority of the country." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Senators Schumer, Gillibrand and Congresswoman Clarke Announce Passage of Legislation to Name Brooklyn Post office in Honor of Major Owens Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to Ambassador Cornstein - Democratic Backsliding Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, the Hon. Seema Verma, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin - Shaheen Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Congresswoman Gonzalez Colon Statement Regarding Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump is plunging us into chaos. The stock market is down 500 points. General Mattis is leaving. We know he had serious disagreements with President Trump over Syria and the wall. And now, another temper tantrum and a Trump shutdown over Christmas is nearly upon us." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget - Crist Seeks Federal Funding to Tackle Harmful Algal Blooms Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 House Sends Bipartisan First STEP Act to President's Desk Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep.Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Dec. 19, 2018 Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 Rep.Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 Rep.Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell Join Senate Democratic Colleagues to Urge President Trump to Condemn Texas v. U.S. Decision That Could Gut Health Care for Millions of Patients and Families, Protect Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act Rep.Paul Tonko
Dec. 19, 2018 China Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 First Step Act Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 Schumer, Brown, Menendez Statement On Treasury Decision to Delist Russian Firms From Sanctions Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Government Funding Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 19, 2018 Tweet - "You're going to want to make sure your friends see this: Senators Booker, Coons, and Flake just asked for the Senate's unanimous consent to pass a bill protecting the Mueller investigation from President Trump. But they didn't get it. Because @SenateMajLdr McConnell objected." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "With only a few days to go, @realDonaldTrump needs to come out of hiding and accept one of our proposals to keep the government open. If he throws a temper tantrum, he will not get a wall, but he will cause a #TrumpShutdown over Christmas." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The #FirstStepAct provides: Judges more discretion in sentencing low-level nonviolent drug offenders More support for programming to better prepare prisoners to return to society Effective end to juvenile solitary confinement & shackling pregnant prisoners" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate will likely vote soon on the bipartisan #FirstStepAct. I support this bill and intend to vote yes on final passage. The bill makes smart changes to our criminal justice system to make it fairer, more humane, more just." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Affordable Care Act Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 Government Funding Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 18, 2018 First Step Act Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Clearly, President @realDonaldTrump is excited about the possibility of tens of millions of families losing health care coverage and protections. Hey @SenateGOP, will you join us in voting to intervene and overturn this dangerous and awful ruling?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2018 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump should understand he does not have the votes for the wall in the House or Senate. We offered two reasonable options to avoid a shutdown. We will not let a temper tantrum push us in the direction of doing something even our Republican colleagues know is wrong." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 Tweet - "Democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to overturn this awful decision that would end health care protections for tens of millions of American families. @SenateDems will push Republicans to vote on whether to join us in intervening in this case to overturn the decision." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 16, 2018 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "The GOP spent all last year pretending to support people with pre-existing conditions while quietly trying to remove that support in the courts. Next year, we will force votes to expose their lies. They will no longer be able to get away with lying to the American people." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "President @realDonaldTrump let ZTE off the hook to gain concessions from China on North Korea--he got none. Mr. President, don't make the same mistake by interfering in the case of Huawei's CFO Ms. Meng. You will look weak and get nothing for it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Ryan Zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the govt like it was his personal honey pot. The swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2018 Tweet - "Mr. President, you're not getting the votes for the wall in the Senate. Take our solution to prevent a shutdown and move on. We have lots of other important issues to tackle now, incl protecting people's health care and pre-existing condition protections." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "Very sad not a single person in America will agree to be WH chief of staff, formerly one of the most sought-after jobs in government. Very troubling (but not surprising!) @realDonaldTrump chose Mick Mulvaney to be acting CoS. He's been a leading advocate of government shutdowns." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "A 7-year-old girl should not be dying of dehydration and shock in Customs and Border Protection custody. Secretary Nielsen and @DHSgov must be held accountable for Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin's death." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 14, 2018 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Following Reports That Trump Administration Is Threatening To Shut Down Vital Organizations That Help Refugees Arriving In Buffalo, Gillibrand Calls On State Department To Reject Any Reduction Or Closures Of Resettlement Agencies In New York Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 14, 2018 Sensenbrenner Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Assist Law Enforcement Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
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