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This meeting caps a busy week for the administration
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This meeting caps a busy week for the administration
Stacey Abrams and Joaquin Castro are two of the prominent Democrats who have passed on Senate runs
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Trump and Democratic leaders agreed on the cost of an infrastructure plan totaling $2 trillion over 25 years, with no indication how it will be paid for. The group will meet again in three weeks.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says that Democrats can continue their efforts at oversight of the Trump administration while working on a comprehensive plan for infrastructure, saying the two issues are not "mutually exclusive." Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the press after their meeting at the White House.
President Trump meets with top Democrats Tuesday morning for the first time in months. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer want to discuss a "big and bold" infrastructure bill. The talks could show whether any legislative compromise is possible before the 2020 election. Paula Reid reports.
Democrats accused Republicans of being beholden to President Trump's "petty political grudge" against the people of Puerto Rico
McConnell said he's making the move in response to "unprecedented obstruction" by Democrats on judicial nominations
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said public pressure will force Attorney General William Barr to release special counsel Robert Mueller's final report of his Russia investigation. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN to discuss.
"Even the handful of Republicans who are pro-immigration, or not as anti-immigration, will not buck McConnell or Trump unless they feel the heat," Schumer told reporters
The White House's request is likely to lead to another tense standoff with congressional Democrats
The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era net neutrality regulations last year
Top Democrats unveiled net neutrality legislation in response to the rollback of Obama-era regulations by the Trump administration. Watch their remarks.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to vote to overrule the likely veto
"The committees are making progress. The president's got to stay out of it. We can get it done," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss his reaction to President Trump's second State of the Union address, and whether or not Congress is making progress toward a compromise as the government inches closer to another possible shutdown. He also addresses the threat of a nuclear North Korea.
The speech also comes as some in the president's own party get bolder about opposing him
Matt House served as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's communications director
The recent debates over immigration and how to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court are putting Democrats' disagreements on display. Those disagreements are threatening to divide the Democratic Party ahead of November's midterm election. Molly Hooper, CBSN political contributor and Capitol Hill reporter for The Hill, and Michael Scherer, national political reporter for The Washington Post, join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss the Democrats' disagreements.
Stacey Abrams, who lost a close race for governor of Georgia in November, will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address on Feb. 5. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced her selection at a press conference Tuesday.
President Trump announced that Democrats and Republicans had reached a deal to reopen the government Friday afternoon
Democratic bill to reopen government still received more votes than the Trump proposal in a Republican-controlled Senate
Both proposals require 60 votes to advance in the Senate
A number of Democrats are testing the waters for 2020, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the first federal holiday after the new year
European allies have urged the U.S. to relax the sanctions, which they say threaten jobs
"I have never been more depressed about moving forward than I am right now," the White House ally said