Thomas Catenacci on November 9, 2020 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer appeared to violate the city’s social distancing guidelines while celebrating former Vice President Joe Biden’s apparent victory Saturday. Mayor Bill de Blasio was spotted taking photos with New Yorkers while Sen. Chuck Schumer addressed a crowd,…
Shelby Talcott – In an ongoing feud, Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday that she doesn’t need to be “mansplained” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. – The Iowa senator has accused Democrats, particularly Schumer, of walking away from months of bipartisan negotiations over the Violence Against Women bill and introducing a partisan version instead….
Evie Fordham on January 13, 2019 President Donald Trump predicted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) could become a larger factor in his border wall funding fight during a flurry of tweets Sunday morning. “Democrats are saying that DACA is not worth it and don’t want to include in talks,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Many Hispanics will be…
Evie Fordham on January 9, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence denied Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s characterization of Wednesday’s shutdown talks as a “temper tantrum” and said the president even passed out candy. “For those interested — the candy that [Donald Trump] offered at the start of the congressional leadership meeting included Butterfingers, M&Ms, Baby Ruth,”…
Molly Prince on December 22, 2018 The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will continue its more than 60-year-old tradition of tracking Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole to deliver presents across the world. The twitter account for NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command announced Friday that Santa will be tracked on Christmas Eve…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter It’s business as usual on Capitol Hill as the government resumed operations on Monday ending a government shutdown after the Democrats broke their own filibuster. The spending stopgap measure passed the Senate by a vote of 81-18. I generally don’t need a reason to be happy about a Federal Government…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York held a press conference Friday where he praised Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Susan Collins of Maine for killing their party’s attempt to repeal Obamacare. Republicans attempted to pass what they call a “skinny…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Democratic representatives are launching a new diversity initiative out of concern that they don’t have enough minorities staffers in their offices, according to a Wednesday announcement. The project, called the House Democratic Diversity Initiative, plans to appoint a staffer to recruit more minorities, creating more job opportunities for ethnic…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate voted against advancing a resolution to block a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia in a 47-53 vote Tuesday. The resolution — spearheaded by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — would have blocked $510 million of precision-guided munitions…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer echoed calls from his colleagues to remove Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his post while appearing on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” Tuesday. When asked if he thought Sessions’ testimony shed light on the Russia investigation, Schumer said, “No I think he raised…