Chuck Schumer

Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill

2013-06-18 20:13:00

WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...

Sen. Sessions' do-nothing solution on immigration [Blowback]

2013-06-12 14:43:00

As an attorney and a supporter of immigration reform, I read the Op-Ed article Monday by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) hoping to learn more about principled conservative opposition to the so-called Gang of Eight's plan in the Senate. Instead, I was...

Civil rights case is obstacle for Obama's Labor Department pick

2013-06-10 03:00:00

WASHINGTON — It began with an odd civil rights claim, one that now threatens to derail the confirmation of President Obama's civil rights chief to lead the Labor Department. White landlords had sued the city of St. Paul, Minn., for aggressively...

Sen. Sessions on immigration bill's broken promises

2013-06-10 00:00:00

The so-called Gang of Eight immigration plan now being considered by the Senate fails to live up to every major promise made by its sponsors. Far from improving the immigration system, their 1,000-page proposal would exacerbate many of its flaws. It would...

Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate

2013-06-12 19:39:00

WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a stalemate over how to consider dozens of proposed amendments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to...

As Senate takes up immigration reform, land mines lurk

2013-06-08 21:52:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles E. Schumer, awakened from a nap in his office, bounded to the Senate floor, staff in tow. It was approaching 2 a.m. The New Yorker joined fellow Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, who was presiding wearily...

GOP lawmakers criticize Atty. Gen. Holder over leak probes

2013-06-02 11:45:00

WASHINGTON — Republicans sharply criticized Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Sunday for his handling of an investigation into a possible leak of classified information to a Fox News reporter, suggesting that Holder lied to Congress last month in...

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Orphan Black'

2013-05-31 14:52:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 2 - 8, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- TV HIGHLIGHTS SERIES Orphan Black Sarah...

Senate immigration bill teeters as it tilts rightward

2013-06-05 18:34:00

WASHINGTON — The Senate immigration bill is poised to undergo a decidedly rightward shift in an attempt to attract more Republican votes, but that threatens to erode bipartisan consensus. Democratic and Republican authors of the bill have...

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows

2013-05-24 13:47:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 26 - June 1, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES Trisha's Southern Kitchen In the season...

Senate confirms Obama's first D.C. Circuit Court nominee

2013-05-23 11:48:00

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Obama his first appointee to a...

Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate

2013-05-21 23:01:00

WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) left, confers with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday.

2013-05-21 17:32:56

Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, delivers remarks toward Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), center, while Dick Durbin (D-Ill.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

From left, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) confer as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets on immigration reform on Capitol Hill.

2013-05-09 00:00:00