Senator Schumer

Senator Wants An Apple, Android Investigation

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. senator has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications on the Apple Inc and Google Inc mo...

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A Battle Worth Fighting on September 12th

Sharon Premoli | Posted 11.15.2011

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On September 11, 2001, there was celebration in the many parts of the world from which the financing came. It was a job well done. Now it's time for the Congress to do its job well and put the terrorist enablers back on the hot seat.

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Repealing the Guest Worker Program

Andy Schupak | Posted 10.15.2011

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"Mexican workers make up about 60% of the undocumented aliens in the U.S. and they are here primarily for work. If we are to have any hope of getting control of our immigration problems, we have to make documentation and control a priority."

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Sen. Schumer Takes On Pilot Safety Regulations

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Schumer Proposes Bill To Deter Body Scan Misuse

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A New York senator wants to make it illegal for anyone to distribute or record images produced by full-body scanners at airports. U....

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Gillibrand: "Your Allegations Are Entirely Absurd And Really Quite Ludicrous"

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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TROY, N.Y. — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican rival Joe DioGuardi argued about health care, gays in military and their records ...

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Obama's Infrastructure Bank, the Party of No and Bike Lanes in Brooklyn

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Imagine a pair of roomy bike lanes hugging the park-side curb of a broad boulevard of pre-war mansions and stately apartment houses.

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CRUSH: Road Trip 2010

Nathan Havey | Posted 05.25.2011

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CRUSH - Your one and only source for juicy social media news in four minutes or less. Don't forget to join us on Facebook and Twitter, and get your da...

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Schumer: Unsanitary Airline Kitchens Should Face Tougher Fines

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) is pushing for stiffer fines against companies that prepare airline food in unsanitary conditi...

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Are the Undocumented Risking It All For A Little Known March?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Denise Tejada An estimated 900 buses ...

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Gut Check Time for GOP on Immigration

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a quiet battle underway inside the GOP over how the Party will position itself with respect to immigration reform -- and just as importantly -- the fastest-growing demographic in country: Hispanic Americans.

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Schumer Announces Rail Center Funding

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The federal government will award $83.3 million in stimulus money to transform New York City's main post office building into a rail ...

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What Brown's Win Over Coakley in Massachusetts Means for Politics in New York

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The immediate political beneficiaries in New York of the Scott Brown romp over Martha Coakley are Rick Lazio and Harold Ford Jr.

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Bannerman Castle Gets Senator Schumer To Champion Its Cause

wins.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Charles Schumer is meeting today with members of the Bannerman Castle Trust for a briefing on how to prevent the rest of the landmark on a Hudson...

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Schumer 'Bitch'-es Out Flight Attendant: Senator Insults US Airways Attendant

Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Chuck Schumer forgot to check his dirty mouth for a flight on Sunday. The New York senator was overheard calling a female flight attendant a ...

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It Takes Guts to Support Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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What is in the Senate bill that is worth passing? A lot. And what passes this year or early next year is only the beginning of the reform process.

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Sen. Schumer Wants Milk Price Investigation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Toxic Fishing Lacked Information, Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand Weigh In

New York Daily News | Erin Durkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Senator Schumer's Health Care "Compromise" -- Don't Freak Out

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shumer's policy prescriptions do not turn the public health insurance plan into a meaningless proposal. Here's why, point by point.

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