Progressive health care reform advocates got a major boost in their efforts to secure a public plan for insurance coverage when newly minted Democrat ...
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...
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...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics
Progressives now find themselves in an awkward position of simultaneously wishing Barack Obama well, but feeling dismayed by his policies on some key issues.
bloomberg.com | Ryan J. Donmoyer and Laura Litvan | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business
April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Charles Schumer of New York says he has no difficulty in straddling the interests of his two main constituencies: Wall ...
Wall Street Journal | Ethan Smith | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business
New York Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday unveiled a plan to introduce legislation banning the resale of concert and sports tickets until two days after...
Anthony Papa | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics
Imagine putting a New York City comedian in a political showdown against the senior senator of New York State? Well, it may happen.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business
Internal Revenue Service commissioner Douglas Shulman announced Tuesday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing that the IRS would give a break to victi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics
Democrats in Congress are looking at "all options" to recoup the bonus payments made to AIG executives, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told...
AP | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A senior senator is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reported instances of debt collection firms asking people to...
The Hill | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Al Franken met with Senate Democrats Tuesday afternoon to "get plugged in" to the Democratic caucus and to give them an update on Minnesota's conteste...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Christina Romer, at a speech at the Brookings Institution Monday afternoon, appeared to give support to critics of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...
The Plum Line | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Senator Charles Schumer has privately expressed concerns directly to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel about Chas Freeman, the Obama administrat...
Politico | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
Nancy Pelosi isn't the only Democrat unhappy with President Barack Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan. Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer said ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
A chief judge for the ninth circuit in Orange County, Florida -- an epicenter of the foreclosure crisis -- ruled Wednesday that mortgage providers mus...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has a message for Republican governors hemming and hawing over whether to accept the stimulus money Uncle Sam is mailing t...
New York Post | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
US SEN. Kirsten Gilli brand is nervously telling friends that Gov. Paterson's sharp drop in popularity may lead to her defeat in next year's all-but-c...
Michael Markarian | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
Killing geese through methods such as round-ups, gassing, and asphyxiation is not only inhumane, but also ineffective at solving local conflicts.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
The old New Yorker in me believes Gillibrand would best serve the people by shooting Canadian geese over airports rather than repairing our Bush-broken nation.
Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
How's this for a stimulus plan? A trio of senators introduced legislation today allowing owners of gas-guzzlers to trade their vehicles in for thousa...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business
If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.
Randy Credico | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
Governor Paterson should resist Bloomberg's arrogant meddling and appoint Andrew Cuomo. He is the best suited, and has the demonstrated record to carry on the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy.
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media
Last April, Gov. David A. Paterson signed "The Libel Terrorism Protection Act," dubbed by the media as "Rachel's Law," a groundbreaking, bi-partisan effort to protect authors and publishers in New York.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Badgered by lawmakers, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan denied the nation's economic crisis was his fault on Thursday...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
The expectations McCain brought to the race were impossibly high to fulfill, thanks to decades of media cheerleading and his ability to believe in his own hype.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics