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US foreign policy
US senators set up showdown on deal for Ukraine aid and border crackdown
...Chuck Schumer, leader of the Democratic majority in the upper chamber of Congress, released the text of the compromise legislation on Sunday after weeks of fraught negotiations over security assistance to...
February 5, 2024
FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
Ukraine aid bill clears first hurdle in US Senate
...“This is a good first step,” Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, said after Thursday’s vote....
February 8, 2024
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War in Ukraine
Democrats seek to salvage Ukraine aid after Senate vote fails
...The Senate voted 58-41 to clear one of several legislative hurdles to consider Schumer’s revised proposal on Wednesday afternoon, after eight Republican senators voted in favour of the plan....
February 8, 2024
US politics & policy
White House piles pressure on Republican Speaker over Ukraine aid
...The bill passed with the backing of 70 senators, including more than a dozen Republicans....
February 27, 2024
US-China relations
US senators seek Xi’s help to pressure Iran on Middle East conflict
...Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, who was in Beijing with a bipartisan delegation of senators, also urged Xi to harden China’s reaction to the Hamas attack on Israel at the weekend, during which gunmen...
October 9, 2023
US politics & policy
US Senate races towards final vote on debt ceiling bill
...There are a number of senators from both parties who are opposed to the deal or parts of it....
June 1, 2023
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Cryptocurrencies
Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s influence
...The letter is addressed to both Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Charles Schumer and Mitch McConnell, as well as leading senators such as Republican Patrick Toomey and Democrat Ron Wyden, both of whom...
June 1, 2022
US politics & policy
US Senate passes bill to end debt ceiling stand-off and avoid default
...“It is so good for this country that both parties have come together at last to avoid default,” Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader, said in a statement to the chamber before voting began...
June 2, 2023
News in-depthUS midterm elections
‘Worth the wait’: Georgia run-off result cements Democratic Senate gains
...“Senator Warnock’s re-election gives Democrats a little bit of space there.”...
December 8, 2022
US politics & policy
Democrats race to salvage $1.75tn Build Back Better bill
...In a letter to colleagues on Monday, Schumer placed the blame squarely on Manchin, the senator from West Virginia, for what he called “deep discontent and frustration” within the Democratic caucus....
December 21, 2021
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...Washington: The Senate will return from a long weekend, with Democratic Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer vowing to press ahead with consideration of voting rights legislation, despite West Virginia senator...
January 18, 2022
US politics & policy
Biden says it may take ‘weeks’ to pass $1.75tn Build Back Better bill
...Biden said in a statement that he had held a call with Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate majority leader, respectively, to brief them on...
December 17, 2021
US politics & policy
White House scrambles to salvage $1.75tn spending bill by Christmas
...Charles Schumer, the Senate majority leader, had initially suggested the upper chamber of Congress would begin poring over the bill this week after the House of Representatives passed it last month....
December 14, 2021
Harry Reid
Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies aged 82
...Charles Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader who Reid handpicked to succeed him, paid tribute to the Nevada senator as “one of the most amazing individuals I have ever met”....
December 29, 2021
US politics & policy
Congress votes to lift US debt ceiling to narrowly avoid default
...Democratic Senate majority leader Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that the proposal to increase the debt limit by $2.5tn would fund the US government for at least another year, delaying any further debt...
December 15, 2021
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US politics & policy
Congressional leaders open way for deal to raise US debt ceiling
...Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, praised Charles Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader, and McConnell for working in “good faith . . . to prevent a default”....
December 8, 2021
US government shutdown
Congress votes to avert US government shutdown
...Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader....
December 3, 2021
US Government
Senate votes to raise US debt limit until December
...The procedural vote saw 11 Republican senators join all 50 Democrats in voting to end the debate on the bill and clear the 60-vote “filibuster” threshold....
October 8, 2021
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FirstFT: US airlines warn of ‘chaos’ over 5G roll out
...senator Joe Manchin and Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema’s continued opposition to changing Senate rules to scrap the filibuster....
January 18, 2022
News in-depthUS politics & policy
Chuck Schumer: the man who must steer the Biden agenda
...Bob Dole, the former Republican senator, once noted that the “most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera”....
January 24, 2021
Trump impeachment
Senate schedules Trump impeachment trial for week of February 8
...Doug Andres, a spokesman for the minority leader, said late on Friday that the senator was “glad that Leader Schumer agreed”....
January 23, 2021
US politics & policy
Dispute over aid for cities and states slows US stimulus talks
...In their letter, sent on Monday, the US executives endorsed proposals put forward by Todd Young, a Republican senator from Indiana, and Michael Bennet, a Democratic senator from Colorado, that would provide...
August 4, 2020
Supreme Court US
Ginsburg’s death sparks election battle over Supreme Court
...Letter in response to this article: A court battle surrounded Jefferson’s election too / From Gerald E Kubasiak, Chicago, IL, US...
September 20, 2020
US politics & policy
Democrats say Trump’s virus orders are ‘unconstitutional’
...“I've told the speaker and Senator Schumer, any time they have a new proposal, I'm willing to listen,” Mr Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday....
August 9, 2020
Trump impeachment
Democrats lose impeachment votes but hatch a strategy
...Chuck Schumer, Mr McConnell’s Democratic counterpart, cried foul, accusing the Republicans of an “egregious departure” from precedent....
January 22, 2020

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