Chuck Schumer

We did this under Sandy. FEMA did it on its own and other disasters. Trump wouldn`t do it.

We promised them that if we changed the leadership in the Senate, and by the way this is the first time I`m on as your majority leader -- as majority leader. And if we change the presidency, they`d see real results. And they are seeing it.

Well, what I make of it you know the question that everyone`s asking is why is there such a dichotomy between the Republican voters electorate and the Republican Senators. For instance, 60 percent of Republicans think the ARP, the American…

This budget reconciliation thing we`re talking about. Usually it`s only once a year they can do this.

Senator Schumer told me in that interview, told us here on this show, at the beginning of this Congress, they were going to be able to use budget reconciliation twice.

It could further bypass that 60-vote threshold that Republicans have been forcing with all those filibusters we`ve been reporting on.

Failure's not an option

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:30 p.m., adjourned until Monday, 29, 2021, at 11 a.m…

In order to place the bills on the calender under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceeding en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar…

First, I understand that there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The leader is correct. The clerk will read the bills by title for a second time. The senior assistant legislative…

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This is infuriating. I would like to ask my Republican colleagues, why are you so afraid of democracy or some of these voter suppression laws in Georgia and other republican states? Smack of Jim Crow, rearing its ugly head once again.

I would like to ask my Republican colleagues, why are you so afraid of democracy? Why instead of trying to win voters over that you lost in the last election, are you trying to prevent them from voting?

If one political party believes that when you lose an election, the answer isn’t to win more votes, but rather to try and prevent the other side from voting, we have an existential threat to democracy on our hands.

The most reprehensible effort off all might be found in Georgia where Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday -- on Sunday, a day when many church-going African-Americans participate in voter drives known as…

In order to place the joint resolution on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceedings. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the joint resolution will be placed on the…

Now, I understand that there is a joint resolution at the desk that is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The leader is correct. The clerk will read the joint resolution by title for the second time. The senior…

It's one of the most despicable things I have seen in all my years. Shame, shame, shame. Instead of doing what you should be doing when you lose an election in a democracy, attempting to win over those voters in the next election…

I’ve already committed to bringing universal background checks legislation to the floor of the Senate, this Senate will be different. The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

For the information of Senators, we expect to have four rollcall votes during Tuesday's session of the Senate in relation to the Young and Murthy nominations. ____________________

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

They should expect to start confirming new Biden judicial nominees.

This Senate will be different. The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

For the information of Senators, on Monday, after the Senate convenes, we expect to swear in Karen Gibson to be Senate Sergeant at Arms. ____________________

Finally, Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, March 18, be waived. ____________________