Topic: Charles Schumer

NY Gets $607M More In Fed Funds For Schools

NBC 5 Plattsburgh (WPTZ) - 2 days ago
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said New York has qualified for all $607 million in federal funds to stave off thousands of teacher layoffs statewide.. ...

Schumer tours Strand Theater and takes part in economic roundtable

Press Republican, Northeastern NY - 2 days ago
Sen. Charles Schumer toured the Strand Theatre and took part in a brief economic roundtable with local government and business officials Thursday...

N.Y. Senator Adds Voice To Concern About Credit Cards, Echoing Cuomo's Health Credit Probe

Medical News Today - 2 days ago
MarketWatch: More warnings about credit cards - including those to pay for health care services - are coming from New York's elected officials...

Federal grant restores Saratoga firefighters

NBC 13 Albany (WNYT) - 3 days ago
Firefighters can return to their jobs thanks to a federal grant.. . U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Scott Murphy announced the department is...

(9/2010) Bank Executives On The New Lending Fund

Basil & Spice - 3 days ago
Norbert Michel Ph.D.-- . . Silly puns can provide us with immense joy. Just ask my son, a big fan of Lightning McQueen and Mater. So I'm calling...

Schumer: Don't go corp.

New York Post - 3 days ago
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday to consider requiring credit-card companies to obtain tax...

If Fashion Copyright Harms So Many, Why Is Congress Pushing For It?

Techdirt - 4 days ago
With the latest version of the totally unnecessary and ridiculously dangerous fashion copyright bill likely to become law, despite a near total...

Shameful News Industry Willing To Sacrifice Wikileaks To Get Shield Law

Techdirt - 5 days ago
A few weeks ago, we noted, with some disappointment, that the politicians who had been pushing for a much needed federal shield law for journalism...

In Its Haste to Gouge India, Congress Neglects To Consider The TN Visa

Sramana Mitra on Strategy - 8 days ago
By guest author Kirk Laughlin. . [Writer and video correspondent Kirk Laughlin is the newest contributor to my blog's coverage of outsourcing...

A Carry-on Bag Fee Tax Won t Fly

Traveler's Check - 27 days ago
One of the dumber developments in the airline world took form this week as several U.S. Senators exercised themselves into indignation about Spirit...