Senate GOP Leader Rejects His Own Idea to Avoid Debt Limit Showdowns

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 30, 2013 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday that he now opposes his own plan to avoid the kind of debt ceiling fiasco that nearly led the nation to default this month. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Time to Judge Bush Legacy, Rove Battles the Koch Brothers, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 23, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the Republican governor who is pushing for stricter gun control and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake pulls a fast one on the mother of a mass shooting victim. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Schumer ‘Appalled’ by Conservative Reaction to Tax-Dodger Bill

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 Sen. Chuck Schumer is ripping conservatives for their response to legislation he co-sponsored that would punish those who renounce their citizenship to avoid paying taxes. The bill was introduced after Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin gave up his U.S. citizenship right before he was expected to earn billions from the company's much anticipated IPO. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Legislators and Activists Mount Opposition to Citizens United

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 Good news for democracy: Lawmakers at all levels of government met with activists on Capitol Hill this week to sign a "Declaration for Democracy" in support of the effort to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Schumer Sees Democrats Hanging On to Senate

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2011 Is Sen. Charles Schumer still a member of the reality-based community? The top Democrat confidently predicted on Wednesday that his party would retain control of the Senate in the 2012 election, despite having to defend way more seats than the Republicans. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schumer: It Makes Sense to ‘Strangle’ Gaza Economically

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2010 Sen Chuck Schumer's words about Gaza, delivered Wednesday at an Orthodox Union event, were coming back to haunt him via the Interweb on Friday, as video of Schumer declaring that it might be a good idea to (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dems Zero In on Corporate Campaign Funding

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2010 Sen. Charles Schumer is looking to put a check on corporate campaign financing, contesting the notion -- promoted by the Supreme Court earlier this year -- that big corporations have a constitutional right to spend unlimited amounts of cash on political campaigns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Ruin the Public Option for Everyone Else, Arkansas

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2009 While the House is chugging along with what's shaping up to be a strong public option, the Senate has come up with a compromise that might make room for government insurance. Essentially, states that don't dig government-run health care wouldn't have to have it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care Reform Insurance Companies Can Believe In

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 It’s now clear that health care “reform” is a bonanza for the insurance companies But these acquisitive businesses want even more Their efforts to increase their profits are at the center of the clandestine Senate and House negotiations currently shaping the health bill. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Pressures Senate on Public Option

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2009 Like a reluctant Sisyphus, the president is still pushing the public option up Capitol Hill According to a report in the L Times, Obama has been trying to sell moderate Democrats on the idea That's no easy task, as many have taken gobs of money from the private health industry and coincidentally oppose meaningful reform. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Alec Baldwin Considering Congressional Bid

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2009 After the likes of Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono and Al Franken, Alec Baldwin's (still tentative) musings about taking up the celebrity-politician mantle carry a certain sense of dramatic inevitability. The "30 Rock" star may play a Republican on TV but leans to the left in his offscreen life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Terror Suspects Were ‘Homegrown’

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2009 The four men arrested Wednesday night for allegedly planning to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and gun down military planes were "not connected to another terrorist group,” New York Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )