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Chuck Schumer

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Chuck Schumer is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held the position of Senate Majority Leader since January 2021, making him one of the most prominent figures in the U.S. Senate. Schumer previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999, representing New York's 9th congressional district. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, infrastructure, and economic development, often advocating for policies that benefit working families and promote social justice.

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May 26, 2026

No president should ever take this country to war alone. Republicans know Trump’s handling of this war has been a disaster.

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May 26, 2026

I will always fight to give New York’s rural communities the resources they need to address health care needs.

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May 26, 2026

Day after day, Americans are paying a whopping ‘war tax’ at the gas pump and beyond thanks to Donald Trump’s rash and damaging foreign policy and failed economic policy.

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May 21, 2026

We’ll do everything we can to stop this slush fund, whether it’s in the courts, whether it’s legislative, whether it’s through reconciliation, or any other legislative means.

nevadacurrent.com
May 21, 2026

This afternoon, Republicans — so divided, so dysfunctional, so disorganized — are fleeing Washington.

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May 19, 2026

This weekend, Trump worked up a plan to shake hands with himself in order to fund his insurrectionist army to the tune of billions.

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May 18, 2026

Donald Trump sued his own government. Trump’s DOJ settled with Trump. And now Trump gets a nearly $2 billion slush fund to reward his own allies, loyalists, and insurrectionists. That is not justice. That is corruption happening in broad…

nevadacurrent.com
May 13, 2026

I would say Trump has completely lost touch with the American people.

georgiarecorder.com
May 13, 2026

Trump’s focus on building a gilded ballroom shows the president is living in the theater of the absurd.

georgiarecorder.com
May 13, 2026

We’ll offer amendments and we’ll force Republicans to vote again and again on one simple question — are you with working families or are you with Trump’s ballroom.

oklahomavoice.com
May 12, 2026

I hope we can move the bill quickly here in the Senate and bring it to the President's desk as soon as possible.

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May 12, 2026

This healthcare crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that fails to address the healthcare crisis.

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Apr 3, 2026

Democrats will fight this budget tooth and nail to ensure it never becomes law.

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Apr 3, 2026

the rot at the Department of Justice begins and ends with Donald Trump.

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Apr 3, 2026

As long as his focus is on using DOJ as a tool for revenge and not law enforcement, the cover up of the Epstein files, along with the countless other problems at DOJ, will continue.

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Feb 17, 2026

We will not support an extension of the status quo, a status quo that permits masked secret police to barge into people’s homes without warrants, no guardrails and zero oversight from independent authorities.

latimes.com
Feb 17, 2026

ICE is rogue, out of control.

abcnews.com
Feb 17, 2026

These are common-sense proposals.

abcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

Their plan for the U.S. running Venezuela is vague, based on wishful thinking and unsatisfying.

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Jan 10, 2026

You know, maybe following Trump is like Thelma and Louise — right over the cliff.

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Jan 10, 2026

Public sentiment in terms of how Trump is behaving as president and what he’s doing as president keeps sinking and sinking and sinking.

nytimes.com
Jan 10, 2026

They are in a bubble. They don’t get it.

latimes.com
Jan 10, 2026

I hope today there will be more Republicans joining this leader

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