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8 unusual facts about Chuck Schumer


Alexander Treadwell

In 2004, Treadwell faced controversy after he supported Assemblyman Howard Mills as the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate against Senator Chuck Schumer over the would-be primary candidate Michael Benjamin.

David McReynolds

On July 10, 2004, McReynolds announced his candidacy running on the Green Party ticket for one of the New York seats in the Senate, running an anti-war campaign against Democratic incumbent Chuck Schumer, where he pulled in 36,942 votes for 0.5% of total.

Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy hearings

Concerns expressed by Senators Feinstein and Pryor concerning the Senate's preogative in confirming U.S. Attorney nominations in early January were followed up by hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 6, 2007 called by Senator Schumer (D, New York) with Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty as witness.

Kim Holland

On May 11, 2009, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, requested a federal investigation against the company.

Leokadia Makarska-Cermak

Cermak's list of honors includes presentation of portraits to such public figures as NYC Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, and Founder and Executive Director of CIAO Mary C. Sansone.

Martin Koppel

In 2004, Koppel ran for the US Senate seat from New York against Chuck Schumer.

Mott's

In a letter to Larry Young, President and CEO of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) expressed his concern that “with unemployment in the Rochester area nearly 10 percent, the ongoing labor shortage is not only harming the 305 workers of the RWDSU Local 200 who work in the facility, but can harm the entire Wayne County economy due to the facility's centrality to the regional and state apple market.

Time Warner Cable Internet

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Eric Massa, both of whom represent portions of the Rochester, New York market that would be affected by the changes, announced their opposition to the plan and even went as far as to threaten legislation to ban such a scheme.


Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

It was renamed for D'Amato in 2002 from a bill by Peter T. King that was supported by Chuck Schumer who had defeated D'Amato.

Civil Rights Council

In the United States Senate, 12 Senators co-sponsored the partnering Senate Resolution 1668 the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act: John Kerry, Chris Dodd, Jack Reed, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, President Barack Obama, Bob Menendez, Mary Landrieu, Barbara Boxer, Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown.

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act

, and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The bill was re-introduced to both houses of the 112th United States Congress on March 15, 2011, by representative Diana DeGette and senator Bob Casey.

Green Party of New York

Colia Clark ran for Senator of New York against Chuck Schumer.

Jeff Koyen

The article was widely condemned by Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Drudge, and Abe Foxman, among others, including now-disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner who suggested that New Yorkers take copies of that issue out of their news boxes and destroy them.

The Agenda Project

The breakfasts have had over 100 notable speakers including US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, and author Mona Sutphen.


see also

Schumer

Schumer box, the summary of the costs of a credit card, named after Chuck Schumer