Legislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it.
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The Democratic Brand and the DNC Mess
In the end, effective candidates matter far more than the party machinery or label.
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You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
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Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money
The Hawaii senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.
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No Time to Compromise on ICE
If they are not careful, Democrats could get outmaneuvered on the details of trading funding for reform.
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Republicans Scramble for Health Care Ideas as Obamacare Deadline Looms
Next week, massive premium increases get locked in. The GOP has shown no interest in stopping it, or preventing any other increases in health care costs.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Shutdown Cave and the Next Health Care Fight
David Dayen and Prospect co-founder Bob Kuttner look at the politics and policy of the end of the government shutdown.
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A Blessing in Disguise?
The Republicans now own the reopening of the government on Trump’s terms, and they have a real problem when it comes to the cost crisis. Whether that helps the Democrats depends entirely on how the Democrats play it.
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One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer
Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.
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Democrats Get Rolled by Their Own
Coming out of last Tuesday’s election blowout, the Democrats were riding high and unified. But on Sunday night, centrist Senate Democrats, with Chuck Schumer’s tacit encouragement, voted to reopen the government on Republican terms.