Expanding His Influence as a Senator, Schumer Won&#39;t Seek the ...
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Senator Charles E. Schumer on Monday ruled out running for governor of New York in 2006, saying that he will instead help lead the Democratic Party&#39;s efforts to retake the Senate.
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Tim Johnson is a rare senator who almost never has sought the spotlight. Asked by a local columnist if he ever tires of being described as boring, Johnson replied: Not at all.
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Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on Thursday an investigation of Countrywide Financial Corp's chief executive should be expanded to include the company.
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The expensive flurry of legislation passed by Congress as it left Washington this month is providing some lift to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle&#39;s fierce struggle to keep his job.
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U.S. Sen. Joseph  Lieberman, an independent who supports Democrats in Congress  despite his backing of the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was  not ruling out endorsing a Republican in the White House race.
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Senator John Kerry is pushing the concept, and so are some Senate Republicans. That is why lawmakers and lobbyists say that regardless of who wins the presidential election
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The Democratic senators are pushing the Democratic Party further from the business-friendly posture once championed by Bill Clinton.
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Already, there is a new verb floating around the Capitol: &quot;Daschled.&quot; It describes what can happen to those, like the Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, who oppose
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Shy and retiring aren't terms that spring to mind to describe Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, new political point men for out-of-power congressional Democrats.
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Pending legislation would boost powers of Justice Department and Pentagon beyond the point that many senators would accept.
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Conservatives are using the US senator's remark about judges to press a larger agenda.
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No one is giving him much of a chance, but the former Senator with the populist message insists he can outlast his more prominent rivals
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It will take a while yet to determine exactly where the challenge to Norm Coleman ranks among the Democrats&rsquo; bids for expanding their narrow Senate majority next year. But the Minnesota contest is already grabbing outsized attention for a nascent 2008 Senate race, thanks to the celebrity surrounding the increasingly certain candidacy of comedian Al Franken.
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In speech to conservatives, senator confronts critics over issues such as immigration head on.
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The Senate's No. 3 Democrat said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign because he is putting politics above the law. Sen. Charles Schumer cited the FBI's illegal snooping into people's private lives and the Justice Department's firing of federal prosecutors.
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Senator Charles E. Schumer proposed on Monday that two government-sponsored mortgage giants be allowed to increase their role in the home loan market.
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Senator Charles Schumer ruled out running for governor of New York in 2006, saying that he will instead help lead the Democratic Party's efforts to retake the Senate.