At its core, this legislation is about restoring the middle class in the 21st Century and giving more Americans the opportunity to get there.

Chuck Schumer

Leader McConnell and Senate Democrats Republicans have a responsibility, not simply to wait for The President, but to intervene.

He asked (House) Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi, 'Will you agree to my wall?' She said no. And he just got up and said, 'Then we have nothing to discuss,' and he just walked out. Again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way.

The symbol of America should be the Statue of Liberty, not a 30-foot wall, so our suggestion is a simple one. Mr. President: Reopen the government and we can work to resolve our differences over border security. But end this shutdown now.

Most presidents have used (White House) Oval Office addresses for noble purposes. This president just used the backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.

Leader McConnell can't duck out of White House. by Chuck Schumer

Leader McConnell can't duck out of White House.

There is chaos now, this week was one of the most chaotic weeks we've ever seen in American government.

President Trump should understand, there are not the votes for the wall. In White House or the Senate, President Trump is not going to get the wall in any form.

The first thing we are going to do, when we get back there in the Senate, is put a vote on the floor urging an intervention in the case.

Secretary Zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way Secretary Zinke treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way Secretary Zinke treated the government like it was Secretary Zinke personal honey pot, the swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without Secretary Zinke.

President Donald Trump said it, i'll take it. by Chuck Schumer

President Donald Trump said it, i'll take it.

Let's debate in private. by Chuck Schumer

Let's debate in private.

If President Trump sticks to President Trump position of a $ 5 billion wall, President Trump will get no wall and President Trump will get a shutdown.

Mitch McConnell embodied the characteristics Nancy Pelosi admire in a president : integrity, civility, dignity, humility.

It would be a shame if the country suffered because of Trump temp... by Chuck Schumer

It would be a shame if the country suffered because of Trump temper tantrum, it's up to him.

Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is -- is strong as could be, democratic Sen. Bill Nelson believes, I believe, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's won a majority of the votes, and as long as they're counted, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson will continue being senator from Florida.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job.' Let me repeat that, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job' and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should apologize to her immediately, it is galling -- galling for the Republican leader who has done more than maybe anyone else to politicize the Supreme Court nomination process, to make these trumped up, hyperbolic charges.

We feel that the nominee is not apolitical enough, not seasoned enough, not independent enough and has not been forthcoming enough.

President Trump's decision to step in at the last moment and hide 100,000 pages of Judge Kavanaugh's records from the American public is not only unprecedented in the history of Supreme Court nominations, it has all the makings of a cover-up.

It is only fitting that his name should adorn a physical institution of the Senate, particularly one that housed the Armed Services Committee.

He was unafraid to take on his party, he could put the temper in temperament, He was a brave and honest man.