“We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.”
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Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States Senator from New York. He has been in office since 1999 and is a member of the Democratic Party. Schumer has been a prominent figure in the Senate, serving as the Majority Leader from 2007 to 2017 and as the Minority Leader from 2017 to 2021. more