Schumer Asks Airlines To Drop Extra Fee
NEW YORK -- Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat...
NEW YORK -- Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.24.2012
WASHINGTON -- After being compared to the Nazis for targeting people like the Facebook co-founder who renounced his U.S. citizenship and thereby avoid...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- Eduardo Saverin's decision to renounce his United States citizenship in order to avoid paying taxes on his Facebook stock was "absolutel...
Posted 05.19.2012
By CHARLES BABINGTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.18.2012
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S....
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.17.2012
WASHINGTON -- Populist anger at Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship -- a move that could save him hundreds...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.26.2012
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's travels around the country to promote a student loan bill are "pathetic," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) c...
The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.25.2012
Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are renewing a push to make the lives of reporters and others interested in tracking political f...
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.24.2012
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats announced a game plan on Tuesday for dealing with immigration law SB 1070, should the Supreme Court rule in Arizona's f...
Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 04.24.2012
The Supreme Court shouldn't buy S.B. 1070 supporters' claims when it hears arguments tomorrow. The Constitution doesn't allow states to set immigration and foreign policy, and it certainly doesn't allow them to do so in a manner that discriminates against people of color.
Sean Siperstein | Posted 04.20.2012
The grassroots movement for a constitutional amendment to return control over our democracy to We the People just got a big endorsement from more than a dozen members of the United States Congress.
HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.18.2012
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday morning, dozens of activists and more than a dozen members of Congress gathered in a Capitol Visitor Center hearing room to...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.16.2012
WASHINGTON -- Both sides drew sharp partisan lines Monday over the Buffett Rule tax for millionaires, setting up what is almost certainly going to be ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- In a victory for privacy hawks and worker advocates, Maryland legislators passed a bill Wednesday that would ban employers from asking j...
Posted 04.10.2012
WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry joined District of Columbia officials, New York City Poli...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.05.2012
WASHINGTON -- Democrats predicted on Thursday that the GOP would cave on the so-called Buffett Rule and pass a tax hike targeted at people who earn mo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.29.2012
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders pleaded Wednesday for the House to pass a transportation bill before funding for thousands of projects across the country...
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.29.2012
WASHINGTON — The presidential election may be seven months off, but congressional leaders have already begun planning for the winner's inaugurat...
Posted 03.26.2012
Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on the Trayvon Martin tragedy Monday, once again putting the blame for gun violence on lawmakers in Washington. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.26.2012
WASHINGTON -- In the battle to claim the mantle of responsible tax-cutters, Senate Democrats offered a plan Monday that competes with a House Republic...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.26.2012
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the federal government to take a closer look at the "Stand Your Ground" laws that are at the center of...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2012
Sometimes I'm just astonished at the inability of political campaigns to do a simple Web search. Case in point: the story about Mitt Romney's dog Seamus.
Posted 03.16.2012
Because in the future everything will be graded, Senator Chuck Schumer pushed a bill through the Senate Wednesday requiring all curbside buses like Me...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.15.2012
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are set to try renewing the Violence Against Women Act as early as next week, opening a new and more literal front in w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.13.2012
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Schumer is trying to shame Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer into testifying before his subcommittee on immigration. The Republican ...
AP | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 05.27.2012