Sen. Chuck Schumer has more campaign money in the bank than any other senator running for re-election this year — nearly $20 million at the start of 2010, according to CQ Moneyline. It is no surprise: New York’s senior senator, a Democrat, has been in the thick of all the major battles on Capitol Hill, from reforming health care to bailing out the financial institutions to getting a bipartisan jobs bill passed. He appears in a LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on LoHud.com. To tune into the conversation and submit questions via our interactive blogging technology, go to lohud.com/editorialspotlight; engage the “Cover it live” feature to submit a question.
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The majority of Americans are very happy with the healthcare they currently have but just want to control the co-pay increases and coverage caps.
WHY DON’T YOU SUPPORT TORT REFORM and ALLOWING INSURANCE COMPANIES TO CROSS STATE LINES TO INCREASE COMPETITION?
Our phone companies are national so why aren’t our insurance companies?
Those two solutions are the simplest ways to tackle the costs.
Oh, and what ever happened to cracking down on Medicare fraud? It was suppose to be in the bill BUT AMERICANS NEED THAT FIX TODAY! Give it a special bill.
Are you aware that many New Yorkers believe you are more interested in getting the position of Senate Majority Leader when Reid is defeated in November than you are in representing them and their wishes?
Are you aware that your constituents don’t want Healthcare and Cap and Trade (aka Cap and Tax) shoved down our throats?
Are you aware that Congress’ poll numbers are around those of used car salesmen?
Are you aware that 63% of Americans don’t believe their representatives should be re-elected?
If you know all this, why are you so arrogant about forcing the Obama agenda on New York?
Will you ever stop voting the “party line” to insure your position in Democrat leadership? ? ?
One of your most important jobs is to protect the American people. As our Senator, you should realize that New Yorkers are on the front line for attack from radical Islamists. YET YOU HAVE FAILED TO CALL FOR A CHANGE IN POLICY OR THE REMOVAL OF JOHN BRENNAN after these outrageous comments regarding released GITMO detainees:
From http://www.Investors.com—“The Pentagon’s latest accounting of ex-Gitmo prisoners reveals that at least 20% of them have joined or are suspected of joining terrorist groups like al-Qaida. The White House tried to shrug off the new report, which threatens the president’s case for closing the military prison. Outrageously, deputy National Security Council adviser John Brennan argued that, compared with the 50% recidivism rate in U.S. prisons, “20% isn’t that bad.”
Once again, the Obama administration is putting Islamic terrorists in league with common criminals, which decidedly is not an apples-to-apples comparison. If a pot dealer or shoplifter goes back on the street and picks up where he left off, that’s one thing. But it’s very different if a terrorist goes back on the street or returns to the battlefield. ...”
AS A NEW YORKER I THINK TWENTY PERCENT IS OUTRAGEOUS!
HOW CAN YOU STAND WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
SHOULDN’T YOU BE STANDING UP FOR NEW YORKERS?
From the NY Times February 5th, 2009:
Earlier on Air Force One, Mr. Obama was asked by pool reporters traveling with him about the size of the proposal:
“I think it is important to make sure that the recovery package is of sufficient size to do what’s needed to create jobs. We lost half a million jobs each month for two consecutive months and things could continue to decline, we’ll know the number tomorrow. ..”
Now Democrat leadership is trying to convince the American people that the Stimulus Package of 2009 was NEVER intended to be a “jobs” bill. I can read. I have access to the internet.
WHY DO DEMOCRATS LIE TO US? ... I like many other Americans can check on the facts ourselves.
Now the President will spend hundred of millions of taxpayers dollars flying around on Air Force One trying to campaign on last year’s pork-laden failure.
Ground him. We’ll save a fortune and he won’t be overexposed reading his teleprompter.
Why is it that Tort changes were not a part of Health Care reform? The models democrats like to use (England, France, Canada, etc) all tightly restrict law suites and awards.
Lawyers in this Country recieve more for least risk than anyother group.