Chuck Schumer

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a historic, first-ever default.…

Issued on: 16/05/2023 - 03:08 President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday prepared for critical debt-ceiling talks, with…

President Joe Biden hailed a nascent Democratic package of climate, health care and tax initiatives as “a giant step forward” for the country Thursday as congressional leaders began nailing down votes for a…

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to send him a bipartisan bill designed to boost the country’s computer chips industry President Joe Biden is asking Congress to send him a bipartisan bill designed to boost the country’s computer…

WASHINGTON—Democrats began a last-ditch effort to cobble together a narrower version of President Biden's once-sweeping economic agenda that could win the critical support of Sen. Joe…

WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said he wanted to pass a $1.5 trillion package funding the government by Thursday night, expressing hope that aid for Ukraine…

WASHINGTON—House Democratic leaders said they plan to hold a vote Wednesday on a measure to fund the federal government for the full fiscal year and provide further assistance to Ukraine, laying out a timeline for…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced the growing wave of school book bans as “deeply disturbing and downright Orwellian.”“These modern-day efforts from the far right to ban hundreds of books from the top down…

Democratic lawmakers are strengthening their calls for President Joe Biden to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower.In a letter sent to Biden on Tuesday, Sens. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), as well as Reps.…

Issued on: 29/09/2021 - 18:20 The US Senate could vote Wednesday on a stopgap funding bill to forestall a government shutdown, Democrats said, but without a provision to increase the…