Hillary Rodham Clinton

By The Huffington Post News Team Keep in mind: big media has been extensively lobbying for federal shield law protection for some time now. On September 9, over 70 news organizations sent a letter to Senator Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), asking him to not water down the bill, which was wending its way through his Senate Judiciary Comm...

With the ascent of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary Clinton's vacant US Senate seat, Schumer was the last remaining statewide elected official who backed civil unions over full marriage equality. Sen. Tom Duane, who is carrying the marriage bill in the Senate, was in Albany and couldn'...

Hillary Clinton may have talked up her gun-totin’ skills during the presidential campaign, but Chuck Schumer is the New York senator who just bagged a spot on Field & Stream’s heroes of the year list. “Receiving Field and Streams’ hero award along with Sarah Palin certainly makes an o...

By Jason Horowitz Mr. Schumer said that Mrs. Clinton would have helped down-ballot candidates, like Mr. Obama did, because there was a “Democratic wind.” He also argued that she would become more of a force in the Senate, but said, “You can’t become a Ted Kennedy overnight. It took him a long time.”

The senior senator from New York, a former staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, is giving voice to what appears to be a growing concern in some Democratic circles that Obama could fall prey to the same swift-boat strategy that rocked Sen. John Kerry back on his heels in 2004.

The following information was released by New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Clinton today urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to partner with the city of Buffalo in launching a private, volunteer boating watch program to...

By Jeff Poor The immediate cause of the closing was a deposit run that began and continued after the public release of a June 26 letter to the OTS and the FDIC from Senator Charles Schumer of New York," the release stated. "The letter expressed concerns about IndyMac's viability. In the following 11 busi...

By Noel Sheppard As Marc Sheppard over at the American Thinker cleverly pointed out Thursday, in Schumer's odd calculus, only increases in foreign oil production will bring down the price (file photo courtesy FoxNews.com): In a Senate floor speech he gave on May 13th, the New York Democrat insisted that...

The senior Democratic senator from New York wants to halt weapons deals totaling $1.37 billion, if the Saudis do not comply. He put forth a Senate resolution yesterday that calls for Saudi Arabia to increases oil production by 1 million barrels per day above its January 2008 output level.

By Mike Tackett by John Riley Chuck Schumer, at a Crain's Breakfast in New York City, sounds a note of optimism about the viability of an Obama/Clinton ticket: "At first I thought it wasn't but I do think it could be." About voters:... Chuck Schumer, at a Crain's Breakfast in New York City, sounds a note of optim...

Each followed the positions of their respective candidates, Durbin, who is a national co-chairman of Barack Obama’s campaign, argued that the superdelegates should look to the will of the people as expressed in party primaries and caucuses while Schumer, a Hillary Clinton supporter...