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  • Chuck for Veep? Why not? He doesn't say no!

    The Hill, the newspaper about Congress, asked the 97 Senators who aren't running for president whether they were interested in becoming vice-president. Some, like Arlen Specter, made it simple: "Absolutely not." Sen. Schumer, however, was not so direct: ???Me.
  • FISA: Schumer opposes cloture, Clinton doesn't vote

    The controversial legislation expanding the president's authority to surveil calls and emails without court approval and immunizing telcom providers from lawsuits over past compliance with Bush's requests came up for a cloture vote in the Senate last...

    Steve Israel: NY pols gone wild!!!

    Apparently, there was quite a scrum in the NY delegation yesterday as the pols jostled for position when the cameras of the world focused on Hillary Clinton in the middle of the group, calling for Obama to be nominated by...

    Economy could die, lawmakers told

    by Frank James Sen. Charles Schumer of New York appeared on the CNBC's "Power Lunch" today and described for the audience the doomsday scenario delivered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke during their meeting last....

    Chuck: Politics first! Dow: Down another 162!

    On the Hill today, most of the action was at the Senate hearing where Paulson and Bernanke testified. Sen. Schumer came up with the idea of the day, asking why Congress couldn't approve something less than $700 billion --...