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26 Feb 2015, 10:22 am by Barbara van Schewick
The vote would not have been possible without those members of Congress who called upon the FCC to pursue reclassification when it was politically risky to do so and who worked tirelessly for strong net neutrality rules, including Senators Ed Markey, Al Franken, Ron Wyden, Charles Schumer, Corey Booker, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Angus King, Kristen Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders,  and Representatives Keith Ellison, Anna Eshoo, Nancy Pelosi, and many others. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 5:30 am by David S. Jones
Schumer (D-N.Y.) wryly commented, “They’re learning how difficult it is to govern. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 7:51 pm
Senator Charles Schumer said that the country should create standards for the GPS devices used in buses and trucks to prevent low collisions that occur when a vehicle is directed to go onto a restricted road. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 1:43 pm by Jeff Kosseff
., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Christopher Coons, D-Del. [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 8:46 am
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who negotiated the current reauthorization bill in the Senate and helped to get the original law ratified in 2002, has said that billions of dollars in new real estate developments and hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk due to the expiration of TRIA. [read post]
14 Dec 2014, 11:25 am by Cathy Siegner
Charles Schumer (D-NY) became aware of recurring problems with wire grill brushes and held a press conference in May 2012 to urge the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a safety review. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 7:16 am by Amy Howe
Representative Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) reminded the audience that, along with now-Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), he had introduced legislation regarding cameras in the courtroom nearly twenty years ago, and he lamented that – despite his involvement in drafting the federal ban on partial-birth abortion, he was not able to watch the Court’s announcement of its opinion upholding that ban. [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 11:30 am by Tom Smith
Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said Tuesday.Schumer says Democrats “blew the opportunity the American people gave them” in the 2008 elections, a Democratic landslide, by focusing on healthcare reform instead of legislation to boost the middle class.ADVERTISEMENT“After passing the stimulus, Democrats should have continued to propose middle class-oriented programs and built on the partial success of the… [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 9:30 pm by Grayson Weeks
Some policymakers, including Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), have called for measures to stiffen the ownership requirement, which the U.S. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 5:58 pm by Jon Gelman
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., issued a statement today saying he spoke with Frieden about tougher screening at US airports and is pleased that the CDC is preparing to... [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 12:20 pm by James Hamilton
Fearing a wave of corporate inversion mergers unless Congress acts, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation, S. 2786, to address corporate inversions, specifically targeting the practice of earnings stripping in which inverted companies load their U.S. subsidiary up with excessive debt that is “owed” to the foreign headquarters so they can deduct interest payments on this debt, further allowing the company to avoid paying U.S.… [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 7:45 am by Robert Kraft
Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, are asking the FDA to pull from the market laparoscopic morcellators “until regulators have further studied the technology’s potential to spread cancer during uterine surgery. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 8:24 am by Ron Coleman
Charles] Schumer used the fair and balanced line, claiming that critics of the Fairness Doctrine are being inconsistent. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced he would be proposing legislation to ban 10 flame retardant chemicals in upholstered furniture and children’s products, citing evidence that high levels of exposure have been linked to developmental delays and cancer. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 5:25 pm by Steve Kalar
Senator Charles Schumer with “Snitches Get Stiches” T-shirt from http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 4:09 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
EPiC – Senator Charles Schumer has denounced the data collection practices of “activity trackers” such as FitBit. [read post]