politico.com - 10/15/2009
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has asked to be removed from the host committee for a conference of the left-leaning Jewish group J Street and was "unaware" she had been included on the group's list of supporters , spokesman Matt Canter said.
Her withdrawal comes after her political ...
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/14/2009
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threw down the gauntlet
on the public option for Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-NV) last night. Sponsored Topics: Harry Reid - Party leaders of the United States Senate - Chuck Schumer - Senate - United States
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directorblue.blogspot.com - 10/17/2009
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Well, there are a lot to choose from,
but one in particular is the sleaziest of the
lot. That would be none other than Chuckie "Welfare Queen" Schumer, senior dirtbag from New York.He's called "Welfare Queen" seeing as how he never held a real job in his life. So "Welfare Queen" it is. And I do ...
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politico.com - 10/15/2009
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politico.com —
October 14, 2009 Reid, Schumer huddle over Maddow
appearance Harry and Chuck had a little chat today...
Senate Democrats are still buzzing over comments by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) that some interpreted as an attempt to publicly pressure Majority ...
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Reid, Schumer huddle over Maddow appearance
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More J Street Evacuations: Gillibrand, Schumer Drop Out
Weekly Standard Blog —
... morning that Delaware Rep. Mike Castle, the front-runner for that state's open Senate seat in 2010, had withdrawn his name from the host committee for J Street's inaugural conference later this month -- his staff insists that Castle himself was "totally unaware" that his name had been attached to a conference that features a speaker who blamed Israel for the 9/11 attacks. Now the other shoes are dropping. Ben Smith reports: ...
How Extreme Is Michael Oren?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... . The neocon campaign to kill any Jewish-American alternative to the Israel-Never-Does-Anything-Wrong crowd is also in full force, with Schumer pulling out of a J-Street event he'd already apparently agreed to. Goldfarb ...
Guess who's not hosting a dinner
Power Line —
... Now Ben Smith at Politico reports that both Gillibrand and Castle have asked to be removed from the "host" committee. Gillibrand pleaded cluelessness -- a spokesperson said she was "unaware" she had been included on the J Street supporter list. ...
Gillibrand drops out of J Street
Israel Matzav —
... Well, you can remove another Senator from the J Street list. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has dropped out of the J Street gala dinner hosts list. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has asked to be removed from the host committee for a conference of the left-leaning Jewish group J Street and was "unaware" she had been included on the group's ...
Shame on Schumer and Gillibrand
TPMCafe —
... Ben Smith of Politico reports that New York's Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have withdrawn their names from the host committee for J Street's upcoming first-ever conference. Schumer departed first, before the Congressional sponsor list was published; Gillibrand was listed, then followed Schumer out the door. ...
Here's hoping the Weekly Standard thugs' attempts to kneecap J Street give it a deserved boost
DownWithTyranny! —
... those cases where he may not wish to offend either side, but for a pol with as keen a nose for power as his, it's clear that he's not going to risk offending those "major Jewish organizations." Ditto Senator Gillibrand, who understands that if she wishes to be elected to the Senate seat she was appointed to she can't either -- and understands well enough that she never in fact signed on for the event, as J Street has acknowledged. What's interesting is that somebody fed the story to Politico, which played it for maximum heat if not much light. Naturally the house organ of the ...
The Early Word: Presidential Rainmaker
The Caucus —
... , and a host of lawmakers have asked to be taken off the host committee for the conference. (Check out The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg’s ...
Iran Sanctions Bill Pits Obama Against Israel Hardliners
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... and New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, withdrew their support for the J Street conference after initially saying they would attend. ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/17/2009 — Ben Smith of Politico reports that New York's Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have withdrawn their names from the host committee for J Street's upcoming first-ever conference. Schumer departed first, before the Congressional sponsor ...
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powerlineblog.com 10/14/2009 — We've written several times about "J Street," a collection of leftists who claim to represent "sensible mainstream of pro-Israel American Jews," but who in reality are anything but pro-Israel. Here , for example, I noted that one of the most ...
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jpost.com 13 days ago — A leading Republican congressman warned that the climate toward Israel on Capitol Hill could be changing, ahead of his address to a major Jewish conference Sunday. "The possibility is there," US House of Representatives Minority Whip Eric Cantor told ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 9/25/2009 — I just got off a conference call with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). They are confident -- very confident -- that health care reform will include a public option. "The health care bill that is signed into law by the President ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 9/9/2009 — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in an interview with The American Prospect , said he's "always favored using reconciliation for the good parts" of the health care reform bill.
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