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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate parliamentarian ruled on Monday that Democrats may use a procedural tool known as reconciliation to pass more legislation this year, a spokesman for Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said, which could clear the way for passage of an infrastructure bill without Republican support. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) touts Senate Democrats legislative accomplishments as he holds a news conference at the U.S. ...

Suspect in Capitol attack that left officer dead suffered delusions and paranoia, source says Author: Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Updated: 4 hours ago Published 4 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article WASHINGTON — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The ...

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the recently-signed American Rescue Plan includes $480,249,023 that will guide upstate New York’s pandemic-battered airports and transit systems to lift off. Specifically, upstate airports will receive $84,410,140, and upstate transit systems will receive $395,838,883 of the total amount. Schumer said that as the COVID-19 crisis extends beyond what was initially estimated, impacting the air travel industry...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in a statement late Friday called on ...

Earlier in the week, the New York legislature began an impeachment investigation into Cuomo’s actions.

ALBANY (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called Friday on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, adding the most pow

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign amid growing sexual abuse allegations against him.

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. — Delivering on his promise of robust relief for New York state and localities, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, declared that “help is on the way” and detailed the contents of the $23.8 billion in state and local fiscal aid, including $12.56 billion for New York state’s government and more than $10.8 billion for counties, cities, towns, and villages, he secured for New York in the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate. Upo...

Fresh off the Senate's passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was back in New York on Sunday to promote what he said would be the plan's $100 billion impact on his home state.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. After laboring all night on a mountain of amendments — nearly all from Republicans and rejected — bleary-eyed senators approved the sprawling package on a 50-49 party-line vote. That sets up final congressional approval by th...