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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., attends a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate to take up COVID-19 relief next week

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., heads to an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Schumer praises McConnell for confirmation pace on Biden’s Cabinet picks

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

On the first full day of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, is joined by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., center, and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., during a press event at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The pivotal Georgia runoff election this month was decisive in handing Democrats the majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer dismisses ‘fringe legal theory’ that Trump impeachment trial is unconstitutional

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Pelosi to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Schumer: Senate would pass $2,000 stimulus checks bill on up-or-down vote

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trumps litany of legal challenges and unproven claims of fraud. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Republicans outspend Democrats for Georgia runoffs

By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listens at right on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, Schumer, won his party's support to stay on leading the Democrats in the Senate, according to a Democrat granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door balloting. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Schumer says Trump is creating a crisis with ‘temper tantrum’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi, Schumer congratulate Biden in ‘happy’ phone call

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate starts debate on Amy Coney Barrett; Supreme Court confirmation vote expected Monday

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This Thursday, June 6, 2019, photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Democrats demand Treasury probe of political influence on Trump’s tax return audit

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. walks outside the Senate floor on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Opaque and secretive’: Schumer, Murray demand answers from White House on contact tracing efforts

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrive to speak to the media about the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein: Supreme Court confirmation ‘premature’ after COVID-19 outbreak

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. walks outside the Senate floor on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Chuck Schumer: Judge Amy Coney Barrett should be tested, quarantined

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., meets with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Republican efforts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are likely to move swiftly this week, with President Donald Trump possibly nominating a replacement within days and GOP senators hoping to jump-start the confirmation process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell blasts Chuck Schumer over Supreme Court rhetoric, calls it ‘performance outrage’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a press briefing on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, outside the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer heckled at press conference: ‘You ain’t doing s—t’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Charles Schumer calls on HHS Secretary Azar to resign over COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the North Portico of the White House, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump: Schumer, Pelosi don’t want a new stimulus deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Chuck Schumer presents liberal wish list for Biden White House, Democratic Senate in 2021

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer ready to make a deal after executive orders

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, to highlight the new Republican coronavirus aid package. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

McConnell, Schumer point fingers over failed COVID-19 relief talks

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times