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Schumer: Help is on the way to NY after relief bill passes

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves the chamber just after the Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Senate passage sets up final congressional approval by the House next week so lawmakers can send it to President Joe Biden for his signature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘We can do big things,’ Schumer says as Senate approves aid

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Projects GOP tied to Pelosi, Schumer dropped from virus bill

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Fourth grade teacher Kelly Brant stands in her classroom as she talks to her students who were learning remotely Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at Park Brook Elementary School in Brooklyn Park, Minn. While prekindergarten through second grade students returned for in-person learning, the older elementary students will return to the building for class in February. (Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

A pop quiz on education

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

In this image from video, senators gather around Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., bottom left, after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, made an objection to evidence presented by House impeachment managers during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

What did Raskin and Schumer know - and when did they know it?

By Jeffrey Lord

President Joe Biden meets Republican lawmakers to discuss a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Washington. From left, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on

By LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris talks with Vice President Mike Pence during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate confirms Biden 1st Cabinet pick as Democrats control

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Schumer optimistic about rail tunnel after Buttigieg meeting

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference outside the United States Postal Service Jamaica station, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says time’s almost up for Pelosi, Schumer: ‘We need new leadership’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky talks during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington/Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Schumer completes tour of all NY counties despite virus

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

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

Post-election rancor clouds chances for COVID relief bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

The rising sun shines over the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday morning, May 11, 2020. (AP Photos/Mark Sherman)

Democrats blast 4-4 Supreme Court on Pennsylvania mail-in ballot dispute

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s untruths on court pick, Biden’s flubs

By HOPE YEN and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speaks with Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, left, at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Socialists are destroying the United States

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Schumer Sanction Lawyers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Democrats allow abuse of legal system by not supporting ‘Safe to Work’

By Gary Anderson

President Donald Trump prepares to sign four executive orders during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

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)

Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to reporters as White House chief of staff Mark Meadows stands left on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Last-ditch virus aid talks collapse; no help for jobless now

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press