Charles Schumer

Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

Jason Linkins

WSJ, CNBC Hysterically Misinform On Executive Compensation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2009 | Business


Kenneth Feinberg is the White House Special Master for Executive Compensation, and he is tasked with placing restrictions on the pay showered upon the...

Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

Jason Linkins

Why Did Sen. Schumer Attempt To Limit The Press Shield Law?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


The U.S. Congress has been working all year on the development of a federal shield law, which would offer journalists a "qualified privilege against d...

The Five Democrats Who Voted Against The Public Option

Posted 09.29.2009 | Impact


The Senate Finance Committee voted down an amendment by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. VA) today that would have included a public option in health care r...

Leaders Absent at Health Care Demonstration in Midtown

Glyn Vincent | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York


Glyn Vincent

Somehow not a single Democratic politician, official or one of their minions in the entire state of New York was available to make an appearance.

Hassan Nemazee, Democratic Fundraiser, Indicted For $292 Million Ponzi Scheme

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million P...

Sen. Schumer Proposal Aims To Avert Crashes Over Hudson

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing new measures he says would help prevent another crash over the Hudson River like the one that killed ni...

Hassan Nemazee: Schumer, Gillibrand Among New York Democrats Who Received Money From Alleged Fraudster

AP | Valerie Bauman | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, freshman U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are among t...

Sen. Schumer Wants Milk Price Investigation

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal investigation into why a decline in retail milk prices hasn't matched the...

Wall Street Is Right -- This Time

John Standerfer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


John Standerfer

In this post-Madoff environment, where the SEC needs all the credibility it can muster, it's critical that the agency not provide a knee-jerk response to every whim of the media and politicians.

Addicted to Health Care

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Stanton Peele

Americans are addicted to health care. They demand more and more of it, at any cost, whatever the consequences.

Senate Vote at Noon on Nationalizing Concealed Handgun Laws

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Josh Sugarmann

After more than two decades, at noon today the gun lobby's efforts to enact a national concealed handgun law will have its first chance at success when the U.S. Senate votes.

Bill Could Allow Concealed Weapons In NY

NY1 | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York


Senator Charles Schumer says he's fighting a piece of legislation that would override New York state's tough conceal and carry gun law. At a news con...

Senate Set to Nationalize Concealed Handgun Laws That Have Killed 7 Cops, 44 Private Citizens

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Josh Sugarmann

For over two decades a top priority of the gun lobby has been establishing and expanding state laws that allow the carrying of concealed handguns by private citizens. This effort may culminate as early as today.

Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand Slam EPA On Lack Of Health Warnings On Contaminated Fish

New York Daily News | Erin Durkin | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York


New York's senators on Monday blasted the lack of health warnings that have left many New Yorkers unknowingly eating dangerously contaminated fish. A...

Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

Once again today all eyes will turn to Albany and we'll be bringing you every new, exciting moment of dysfunction. And please, check out our bloggers

Exploring New York By Bike

Sen. Charles E. Schumer | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York


Sen. Charles E. Schumer

I find that there is no better way to learn about what is going on in New York than by riding my bike through the neighborhoods and stopping and talking to people.

One-Fourth Of Overseas Votes Go Uncounted: Report

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — One out of every four military personnel and other Americans living abroad may have been thwarted in their efforts to vote in the 2...

Ryan Grim

Credit Cardholders' Bill Of Rights Hits Floor Tuesday: Read It

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


The Senate takes up the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights on Tuesday, a package sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) that seeks to rein in certain ...

Specter, Key "Centrist" Dems Open To Public Health Care Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Progressive health care reform advocates got a major boost in their efforts to secure a public plan for insurance coverage when newly minted Democrat ...

Ryan Grim

Chuck Schumer Optimistic On Fate Of Credit Card Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


For Chuck Schumer, credit card legislation now in the Senate passes the O'Halloran's Pub test. The effort to reform the bankruptcy code to stave off f...

Arthur Delaney

Dem Senators Call For Freeze On Credit Card Interest Rates

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Last year, the Federal Reserve announced new rules for credit card issuers that would rein in controversial practices like arbitrary rate increases on...