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Chuck Schumer

'Not the Kind of Moral Leadership We Need': Critics Pounce After Schumer Refuses to Back Medicare for All

Schumer Denounced for Giving 'Fossil Fuel Servant' Joe Manchin Top Spot on Energy Committee

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Appointing Senator Manchin as ranking member of the Energy Committee is completely at odds with any plan for real climate action."

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"It's Called Transparency": Donald, Chuck, and Nancy Hold Rare Public Talks as Negotiations Erupt on Live TV

Common Dreams staff

"That was wild," said NBC's correspondent after the "stunning" exchange between...

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'Time to Walk the Walk': Ocasio-Cortez Announces 'At Least' $15 Wage for Interns

Common Dreams staff

The culture of the unpaid DC internship, says one expert on the issue, is part...

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'This Is Political Cowardice': Fury at Schumer for Offering $1.6 Billion for Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Pointing to Past Criticism of Mueller Probe, Schumer Demands New Acting Attorney General Recuse Himself

Is This How the First Meeting Between Schumer and Pelosi With Newly-Elected Progressives Like Ocasio-Cortez Will Go?

Democrats Face Ridicule and Ire for Letting GOP Ram Through Six More Right-Wing Judges

'This Is Pathetic': Progressives Furious as Schumer Rubber Stamps 15 More Right-Wing Judges for Trump

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here's "Something Bold" Democrats Can Do: Conduct the Kavanaugh Probe White House and GOP Refused to Have

Hold the Phones, the Democrats Actually Just Made a Good Ad

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

As Day Two of Kavanaugh Hearings Kicks Off, Frustrated Progressives Rail Against Schumer: 'You Are Failing Us'

Sparking More Calls for His Ouster, 'Utterly Useless' Chuck Schumer Cuts Deal With McConnell to Fast-Track 7 Trump Judges

'Play to Win': With Trump Set to Announce Extremist Supreme Court Pick, Mounting Pressure on Schumer to Unite Democrats

Black Leaders Express "Profound Indignation" Over Schumer and Pelosi's Failure to Defend Maxine Waters From Trump Attacks

#SchumerNoShow: After Canceling In-Person Town Hall, Schumer Called Out for Poor Leadership in SCOTUS Fight

Newswire

The New York Immigration Coalition

Thank You Sen. Schumer for Refusing to Fund Trump’s Border Wall

MoveOn.org

MoveOn and Indivisible Call on Chuck Schumer to Lead on Holding Saudi Arabia Accountable

Credo Action

Progressives to Sen. Schumer: "The Supreme Court Is on the Line and You Are Failing Us."...

The New York Immigration Coalition

NYIC Applauds Senators Schumer + Gillibrand’s Keep Families Together Act

Jewish Voice for Peace

41 Jewish New Yorkers Sit Shiva at Senator Schumer’s Office for Palestinians Killed by Israeli Military in Gaza – 14 Arrested

Rootstrikers

Chuck Schumer to Blame for Democratic Sell-out to Big Bank Lobbyists

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Ryan Cooper

Chuck Schumer, Feckless Hack

Theodore Hamm

Chuck Schumer's Actions on the National Stage Get Little Scrutiny From His Local Press

John Atcheson

The Big Tent Is Really No Tent: Why the Democrats' Old Guard Has to Get Out of the Way

Michelangelo Signorile

Ryan Cooper

Chuck Schumer Is The Exact Opposite of What Democrats Need

Stephen Zunes

Both Parties Pushed Trump Toward Reckless Action on Jerusalem

Ryan Cooper

It's Time for Democrats to Stop Being Such Gormless Chumps

Kevin Gosztola

Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ Platform Isn’t Anything Working People Haven’t Been Sold Already

Dave Johnson

Watch Out For The Coming Corporate Tax-Break Trickery

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