Job No. 1 for us is to get the majority. We don't take anything for granted, but it's looking better and better, once we get the majority, we'll discuss it in our caucus. Chuck Schumer More Quotes by Chuck Schumer More Quotes From Chuck Schumer Ultimately, it’s the right thing to do. Freedom. If smoking marijuana doesn’t hurt anybody else, why shouldn’t we allow people to do it and not make it criminal? Chuck Schumer politics Mr. Bolton’s tendency to try to solve every geopolitical problem with the American military first is a troubling one, i hope he will temper his instinct to commit the men and women of our armed forces to conflicts around the globe, when we need to be focused on building the middle class here at home. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines We are very close to signing off on legislation that will move by the end of the week, not everyone is going to be happy. Chuck Schumer opinion She had deep convictions – on both issues important to the people of Rochester, and for the integrity and honesty of the political system, throughout her entire career, Louiseworkedwithpeoplefrom so many different philosophies and backgrounds, because she wassuch a genuinehuman spirit.The ferocity of her advocacy was matched only by the depth of her compassion and humanity. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines Why ? Because it is n’t 100 percent of what the president wants on immigration ? That’s not how our democracy works – you don’t get 100 percent of what you want in a democracy, maybe in a dictatorship. Chuck Schumer politics Why? Because it isn’t 100 percent of what the president wants on immigration? That’s not how our democracy works – you don’t get 100% of what you want in a democracy, maybe in a dictatorship. Chuck Schumer politics The most important thing Congress can do right now is to ensure that Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation continues uninterrupted and unimpeded. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines The Outnumbered panel will vote today to reopen the government, in a few hours, the government will reopen. Chuck Schumer politics Today we enter the third day of the Trump shutdown. Chuck Schumer politics We will vote today to reopen the government, in a few hours, the government will reopen. Chuck Schumer politics On Friday in the Oval Office, I made what I thought was a very generous offer to the president, the most generous offer yet, the president must take yes for an answer. Until he does, it’s the Trump Shutdown. Chuck Schumer politics We have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines Republican leadership can't get its tumultuous president on board with anything, the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this Congress and it all comes down to President Trump. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines Republican leadership can't get The President on board with anything, the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this Congress and it all comes down to President Trump. Chuck Schumer politics At this point, I ’m not supporting any CR that does n’t include a fix. Now what I am telling you is, if that fix includes a wall, I ’m ready. Chuck Schumer politics We can’t keep kicking the can down the road, in another month, we’ll be right back here, at this moment, with the same web of problems at our feet, in no better position to solve them. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines Does Speaker (John) Boehner need to engage in something like the ancient practice of sacrifice, this time to the right-wing gods? Do we have to sacrifice the economy and help for millions of middle class people? Chuck Schumer politics It must go in a must-pass bill and the only must-pass bill that we see coming down the road between now and March 5 is this [stopgap measure]. So we continue to believe, insist, that it must be in this bill. Chuck Schumer latest-headlines We’d be glad to do comprehensive immigration reform, like the Senate bill from 2013, that has more of what both sides want but that will take time, there is an immediate need to protect the DACA recipients, so the deal will be more narrow than that. Chuck Schumer politics The problem thus far has been President Trump’s insistence on a completely ineffective and absurdly expensive border wall as a part of any deal on DACA. Chuck Schumer politics
