Chuck Schumer

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) declined to say this weekend whether he would support keeping Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as Senate minority leader.

Talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end a partial government shutdown have stalled in the Senate.

The Department of Homeland Security is headed for a shutdown. U.S. senators from Connecticut and New York voted against funding for the department on Thursday afternoon.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut is part of a small group of Democrats joining forces to challenge their party’s leadership. They call themselves the “Fight Club,” according to The New York Times.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are invoking the “Rule of Five,” a century-old law that allows five senators on the Homeland Security Committee to compel the executive branch to release the Epstein files.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Republican budget resolution, which passed the U.S. House 217-215 with one Republican defection, will “gut health care and give tax breaks to the super-wealthy.”

The bill would ensure first responders and survivors receive adequate medical treatment for injuries or illnesses resulting from the September 11th attacks through 2090.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led a moment of silence on the Senate floor on Thursday for the 30th anniversary of a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road train.

U.S. federal legislators are racing to create short and long-term plans to deal with poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires. It’s shaping up to be a problem in the Northeast this summer.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) visited Long Island, announcing $160 million in federal funding to support tick research, surveillance and education in Nassau and Suffolk counties.