Senator Chuck Schumer

Guns Now Kill More People Than Cars in 10 States

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.29.2012

Richard Schiffman

The evidence is clear -- the more guns are out there, the more likely they will be used to take a life. To cut these escalating death rates, we need to strictly restrict access to handguns, as they do in virtually every other advanced nation on earth.

Schumer Asks Airlines To Drop Extra Fee

AP | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 05.27.2012

NEW YORK -- Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat...

Schumer's One-Way Street

Len Levitt | Posted 05.21.2012

Len Levitt

Chuck Schumer put his Senatorial arm on FBI Director Robert Mueller last week -- pressuring him to call NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and brief him on the recently foiled Yemeni bomb plot.

Michael Calderone

NY Times Slams Bloomberg Over NYPD Muslim Spying

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.04.2012

NEW YORK -- The New York Times harshly criticized the NYPD's Muslim surveillance program in a Sunday editorial, while taking particular aim at Mayor ...

Lucia Graves

Polls: Key States Support Strengthening National Gun Background-Check System

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Polls conducted in five key states show large majorities in support of closing loopholes in the national background check system for fir...

Lucia Graves

Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg Team Up On Gun Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced legislation that would require all gun buyers to undergo a background check and increase penalties for state...

Sen. Schumer Takes On Pilot Safety Regulations

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer of New York warned on Sunday that national air safety regulations proposed after a Buffalo airliner crash tw...

Happy Holidays for Ground Zero Heroes

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Collins

After weeks -- years -- of sound and fury, it was a welcome finale. The Senate Republicans were shamed into giving up their opposition to the 9/11 health bill.

Lucia Graves

Reid Calls For Compromise: 'We Are Not Ostriches With Our Heads In The Sand'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), whose victory last night marked the single greatest win for Democrats this election cycle, said Wednesday ...

Make Concerns of Gun Violence Victims a Priority

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Helmke

Elected officials must consider the awesome responsibility of the jobs they've been entrusted to do. Talk to victims, survivors, and law enforcement about the all too pervasive and underreported tragedy of gun violence. And then do something to halt it.

Today's Front Pages: August 13

Posted 05.25.2011

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Can You Write Off Medical Marijuana On Your Taxes?

Huffington Post | Gideon Pine | Posted 11.17.2011

It may be legal to purchase medical marijuana with a prescription in 14 states, but is that pot tax-deductible as a medical expense? Generally, it ha...

Chuck Schumer Is New York's Fundraising Champion

nydailynews.com | By Michael Mcauliff | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON - Andrew Cuomo may be on a record fund-raising pace, but he doesn't have the best-heeled campaign in New York. Chuck Schumer does. The D...

Randy Credico vs. Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 1)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Randy Credico is a former comedian turned political activist/drug law reformer. Now, he'd like to take on and challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for his seat in the Senate.

Financial Reform or New York Deform?

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Harry Moroz

Will the financial reform bill truly have the devastating impact on financial sector employment and earnings that Mayor Bloomberg expects?

Sen. Schumer Wants Milk Price Investigation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Kim Hendren Apologizes For Calling Sen. Schumer "That Jew"

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Republican state lawmaker hoping for his party's nod to run for Senate reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schume...