Charles Schumer
Schumer says Sinema left ‘no choice’ but to cut carried interest provision from tax and climate bill
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference after the Democratic caucus party luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 2, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday that Democrats had “no choice” but to drop a key tax provision from their major spending bill […]
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Watch live: Schumer takes questions on massive climate, tax bill after securing Democratic support
[The stream is slated to start at noon ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is set to hold a press conference Friday on Democrats’ marquee legislation to tackle tax reform, health care and climate change. Schumer will speak after […]
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Overwhelming abortion right win in in ‘red’ Kansas gives Democrats boost for fall midterms over ‘MAGA’ GOP, Schumer says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats on Wednesday said an unexpectedly strong vote to uphold the right to an abortion in “red” Kansas gives their party a boost over Republicans going into the fall midterm elections. “Last night in the American heartland, the people of Kansas sent an unmistakable message to MAGA […]
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Watch live: Biden signs bill to boost China competition and U.S. chip production
[The stream is slated to start at 2:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden on Tuesday is set to sign into law a bipartisan bill to invest billions of dollars in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and science research, with the aim of […]
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Koch network pressures Sens. Manchin, Sinema to oppose $739 billion tax-and-spending bill
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., board an elevator after a private meeting between the two of them on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images The political network backed by billionaire Charles Koch launched an ad blitz targeting Sens. […]
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Senate won’t vote on tech antitrust bill before summer recess, Klobuchar says
U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) presides during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, one day before the anniversary of the attack in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The […]
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Manchin touts inflation reduction bill, says ‘I’m not getting involved’ in upcoming elections
Sen. Joe Manchin in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his staff told Democratic leadership on Thursday that he’s not willing to support major climate and tax provisions in a sweeping Biden agenda bill, according to a Democrat briefed on the conversations. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. […]
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House passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending it to Biden
US President Joe Biden reacts to a note given to him saying that the CHIPS-plus bill has passed the House during a meeting with CEOs about the economy in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC on July 28, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP […]
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Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House
President Joe Biden listens as Communications Workers of America President Christopher Shelton speaks during a virtual meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Senate on Wednesday passed […]
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Bill to boost U.S. chip production and competition with China clears key Senate hurdle
US President Joe Biden during a virtual meeting on the Chips Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, July 25, 2022. Jemal Countess | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan bill to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with China has cleared a key Senate vote, setting […]
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