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	Charles Schumer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Schumer outpolled Mills, the second-place finisher, by 2.8 million votes and won reelection with 71% of the vote, the most lopsided margin ever for a statewide election in New York.
		Schumer won every county in the state except one, Hamilton County in the Adirondacks, the least populated and most Republican county in the state.
		Schumer is currently the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, part of the Democratic Senate Leadership, with primary responsibility for raising funds and recruiting candidates for the Democrats in the 2006 Senate election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Schumer (1144 words)

	Chuck Schumer - Congresspedia
		Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is the senior Senator from the state of New York, serving since 1999.
		Schumer's propensity for publicity is the subject of a running joke amongst many commentators, leading Bob Dole to quip that "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera." Schumer frequently schedules media appearances on Sundays, a slow day for news, in the hope of getting television coverage.
		Schumer was eventually joined by members of both parties, including conservative stalwarts Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY), in opposition to the DP World deal, which was being touted and aggressively pushed by the Bush Administration.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Charles_E._Schumer (1752 words)

	Charles Schumer: “The Peace Process Has Been One-Sided” - Middle East Quarterly
		Schumer was elected to the New York State Assembly at age 23—one of the youngest members since Theodore Roosevelt—and to Congress at 29.
		Schumer: It is hard for me to figure out, but I think in part it has to do with its resentment over the pressure that has been building to release him.
		Schumer: When you have terrorist organizations functioning in your country that believe that the West, and the United States in particular, is the devil incarnate, there’s a tremendous danger.
	www.meforum.org /article/82 (3688 words)

	Charles Schumer News
		Charles Schumer yesterday called for restoring a tax break to help pay for rising tuition at both private and public colleges across New York.
		Senator Chuck Schumer is presenting a federal grant to Schenectady to hire new police officers.
		U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins Wednesday urged the Postmaster General of the United States to accept the recommendation from the local postmaster to build a new postal facility...
	www.topix.net /us-senate/charles-schumer?scoring=r (660 words)

	Online NewsHour: Sen. Charles Schumer Weighs in on Supreme Court Nominee -- July 20, 2005
		Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr.'s legal record, possible questions during the confirmation hearings and the potential of a filibuster.
		CHARLES SCHUMER: Well, I voted against him for one simple reason: And that is he really didn't answer the questions that I and others posed to him fully and some he just refused to answer.
		CHARLES SCHUMER: Well, you know, this is my first Supreme Court nomination, but having talked to senior members of our committee like Pat Leahy and Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy, things change at these hearings.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/july-dec05/schumer_7-20.html (1368 words)

	Senator Chuck Schumer's Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Today Schumer sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission to urge them to closely monitor refining capacity and prices, which could rise even more as more Americans increase their travel this spring and summer.
		Schumer grilled the Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Services' Administrator Mark McClellan and urged him to offer the same safeguards to EPIC that are currently given to other private plans.
		Schumer also spotlighted how drug plans can change the lists of drugs they cover even after a patient has enrolled in a plan and hus committed them to that plan for a year.
	www.senate.gov /~schumer (418 words)

	Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Senator Charles Schumer of NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Senator Charles Schumer voted a firm "NO" against the Tyranny Act, S. Senator Schumer swore a solemn oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
		Senator Schumer took a brave stand by fillibustering an the reauthorization of the Patriot Act and stopping the reauthorization of the act in its tracks.
		A score of 15 means that Senator Schumer has acted to support 15% of a slate of conservative, wrongheaded policies in the 109th Congress.
	www.irregularbin.com /senate/senSchumerNY.html (2109 words)

	Schumer: Election is about Bush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said yesterday that the 2006 midterm elections would be a referendum on President Bush and expressed optimism that Democrats could make substantial gains this November.
		But Schumer said that several themes would carry Democrats at the polls, including their “culture of corruption” message, labeling Bush and Republicans as incompetent after the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina and the prolonged war in Iraq.
		Schumer said he is also doing the legislative blocking and tackling necessary to protect senators running for reelection in so-called “red,” or Republican-leaning, states by encouraging Senate Democratic leaders to press for a vote on the Patriot Act, for example, so that Bush would not bash Democrats for blocking the anti-terrorism law.
	www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/040606.html (926 words)

	New York Politics Capitol Confidential : Albany Times Union : timesunion.com -- Capitol confidential » Charles ...
		Schumer, in the Capitol Region for a press conference, said today he can’t endorse his onetime state Assembly colleague for re-election as a result of chauffeurgate.
		DSCC Chair/U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, by contrast, would jump up four places from 16 (the #1 ranking in New York’s delegation and #4 in the Democratic Party) to 12.
		Schumer, never one to be left out on any issue, released a study today that esstimates the number of Wi-Fi hot spots upstate.
	blogs.timesunion.com /capitol/?cat=39 (2753 words)

	Herkimer Telegram - News (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schumer said this tax deduction is needed now more than ever as he released a report showing that since the 2000-01 school year, the price of going to college in upstate New York has jumped more than 35 percent.
		Although Congress is currently in recess, Schumer Wednesday sent a personal letter to Frist demanding that he immediately bring to the floor legislation extending the college tuition tax deduction and other middle class tax breaks that are set to expire this year.
		Schumer also authored the bi-partisan “Make College Affordable Act” which would increase the maximum amount of tuition costs that can be deducted to $12,000 each year and passed the Senate Finance Committee last year.
	herkimertelegram.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/2006/10/27/news/news06.txt (711 words)

	Columbia Journalism: Elections Coverage (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Schumer's commanding lead in fundraising was established early in the race.
		Schumer's legwork and his focus on local issues were both on display during a campaign stop last Tuesday morning at a farm in Long Island's Suffolk County.
		Schumer, meanwhile, was chatting amicably with the reporters, many of whom he knew by first name.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /studentwork/election/2004/us_senate_hutch01.asp (1372 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		Schumer commented that he came away from the talks with Chinese officials encouraged and more likely to listen to calls for postponement of the pending congressional bill.
		Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has already called for both senators to table the existing bill and to reject calls for imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.
		Charles Freeman, managing director of the China Alliance and the former top trade official dealing with China, said that "some air needs to be let out of the balloon, and [Grassley-Baucus] may be the way to do it...
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/HC31Cb05.html (1504 words)

	Charles E. Schumer - dKosopedia
		Though Charles (Chuck) Schumer has been the Senior Senator from New York since 2000], his junior Senator is more well known.
		While a member of the House of Representatives, Schumer helped write the Brady Bill, the Assault Weapons Ban and the Violence Against Women Act, the first federal legislation protecting women against domestic abuse.
		In the Senate, Schumer has been a leading voice on the Judiciary Committee arguing that judging a candidate's ideology is necessary when considering the nominee to fill a court vacancy.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Charles_E._Schumer (307 words)

	Statement of Charles Schumer
		Their testimony provoked fire from Rep. Charles Schumer (D-NY), who has maintained that the ban is widely supported by law enforcement.
		Rep. Schumer spearheaded the assault weapons ban last year when he was chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime.
		Schumer criticized one witness, a disabled former Marine who was awarded nine decorations for his service in Vietnam, for displaying his medals.
	www.firearmsandliberty.com /schumer.speech.html (1292 words)

	USATODAY.com - Schumer wants details about leaked terror suspect's name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Charles Schumer wants to know if the release of an al-Qaeda suspect's name compromised national security.
		Charles Schumer of New York asked the White House homeland security adviser, Frances Townsend, to identify who provided to reporters last week the name of Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan and why Khan's name was disclosed.
		Schumer also asked whether Townsend believed the disclosure had compromised national security.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2004-08-09-schumer_x.htm (598 words)

	NewsHour Online: Assault weapons ban -- March 21, 1996
		SCHUMER: We had a hearing today, where there were victims, people who lost their children, their husbands, their wives, to assault weapons.
		SCHUMER: If you ask all major law enforcement people, the number of--it was before the ban, while it was--Bill is correct--and I respect Bill's fidelity to the facts--1 percent of all gun crimes use these assault weapons, 8 percent of the killings were involved.
		SCHUMER: --point that on the politics of it, the bottom line is, I think you are right, this is being done as a symbolic vote, it will not, thank God, the repeal will not become law, and I think it'll help elect a Congress that will be more pro-gun control next time out.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/gun_ban_3-21.html (1811 words)

	wnbc.com - News - Interview: Senator Charles Schumer Discusses Current Local, National And International Issues (April ...
		SCHUMER: OK. Well, as you know, I have said repeatedly, over and over till I'm blue in the face, `I'm agnostic,' which means I'm not taking a position.
		SCHUMER: Determined neutrality, but also--and I've said this, and I'll say it again--to me, the highest priority for the West Side is not the stadium.
		SCHUMER: No. I mean, look, he--the problem here for Freddy was at one point, he was so strong advocate of Diallo and then said this.
	www.wnbc.com /news/4386985/detail.html (3785 words)

	Byron York on Charles Schumer & Campaign Law on National Review Online
		The FEC also found that the Schumer campaign failed to file notices required by law for $89,500 in contributions given in the last days of the 1998 campaign.
		It appears that Schumer's campaign benefited from a change in FEC rules, adopted last November, which in effect reduced the number of violations that were subject to fines.
		The 1998 Schumer race against D'Amato was, at the time, the most expensive in history, with the Schumer campaign spending nearly $17 million.
	www.nationalreview.com /york/york050503.asp (542 words)

	CNN.com - Schumer: 'What kind of justice will John Roberts be?' - Sep 15, 2005
		WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, on Thursday outlined what he considers pros and cons of John Roberts' nomination for chief justice of the United State.
		Schumer made the remarks during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for Roberts.
		SCHUMER: What I'd like to do is say a few concluding words here with a final request.
	www.cnn.com /2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.schumer (1192 words)

	No Agenda :: Chuck Schumer Archives
		Chuck Schumer's researcher at the DSCC has plead guilty to stealing Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele's credit report, and — as Democrats tend to — will avoid jail time...
		Missing from the story is the name of one Senator Charles Schumer, the chairman of the DSCC for whom Weiner, and other researcher Katie Barge worked for.
		yet the Washington Post will protect Schumer from being associated with the actions of his staffers, who, it was reported in the past, are having their legal bills covered by the DSCC.
	www.noagenda.org /democrats/chuck_schumer (1682 words)

	Charles Schumer emulates Howard Dean - Sean Hannity Discussion
		Charles Schumer (D-NY) said, “I can't think of a single nominee in my lifetime who is more out of the mainstream than Janice Rogers Brown.”
		With these words, The Seed of Chuckie has sunk the Democrats hopes that the compromise on limiting debate on judicial nominees would arise where some of the Bush candidates could be charged with being "out of the mainstream" using the extraordinary circumstances clause.
		I actually think that Charles Schumer is the result of early Embryonic Stem Cell testing.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=10910 (303 words)

	wnbc.com - News - Interview: Senator Charles Schumer Discusses National And International Politics
		New York's senior senator, Democrat Charles Schumer, is an important player in the national ticket's effort to carry New York.
		SCHUMER: Saudi individuals, Saudi leaders, Saudi groups--part of the establishment of Saudi Arabia, part of the royal family are still funding terrorism and terrorist schools.
		SCHUMER: Oh, I think--I know that there are people in the White House and in the administration have gone to them and said, `You've got to be a lot tougher,' but hasn't happened.
	www.wnbc.com /news/3517159/detail.html (3860 words)

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