my senior senator, chuck schumer.n unbelievable leader and an extraordinary public servant. he put his heart and soul into this. the is an extraordinary closer. he was here until the last hour last night making every effort possible to do what needed to be done. i can tell you with great honesty that he is an extraordinary man who put all of new york first. thank you, chuck. [applause] i >> want to thank our majority leader. harry reid is not only someone who leads by example, but leads from what he believes in. his core values are at the heart of a man who does unbelievable things for other people. he has led every step of the way. the has never faltered. he has never wavered. he has never forgotten our 9/11 heroes. thank you, perry. [applause] i want to thank senators and mendez and gothenburg for new jersey. they had been there every step of the way. thank you for your advocacy and commitments. thank you so much. thank you, frank. i want to turn to my house colleague who has been working on this for nine years. the

senator chuck schumer introduced the bill and calls for punishment of anyone who misuse full body scan images. they could face fines up to $100,000. the transportation security administration says it already has safeguards in place so the images cannot be stored, transmitted or printed and the images are deleted after their used. >> just ahead, the hundreds of rats goss up to adoption in san jose. they were confiscated from a man featured on the reality tv show. around and wind -- rain and wind ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just forou. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> alan: 1,000 rats were put up for adoption today at andy's pet shop in san jose. the rats were rescued from a ordinarying -- hording situation in los angeles. it started when a man let the rats breed out of control. neighbors complained because the rats spilled into their yard. the show turn

chuck schumer was trying to get a compromise through at a million dollars rather than $250,000.he president fought against that. he doesn't want to be the president who is running against having raised taxes in 2012. but the problem is that that's what he tells america that he wants. you've got this problem, this dissonance between what he's saying and what he appears to want. people are very confused and very frustrated. i would like him to be honest and make tarring ument with the american people why he thinks this is a good idea. >> ifill: is this bad feeling left over from other debates which liberals lost with the white house like the public option debate with the health care. >> this is different. i didn't think people would get upset about this but they are and particularly here in d.c., you had many of the president's strongest supporters were federal employees who were willing to take a freeze on their wages for the good of the country. >> ifill: which the president did call for. >> now they're seeing that wage increase go to pay for millionaires for people who make mor

the measure by senator chuck schumer calls for punishing anyone who misuses full body scan images with to a year in prison. they could face fines up to $100,000. the security administration says it has safeguards in place so the images can't be stored, transmitted or printed. tsa officials say they're deleted after they're inspected by security screeners. >> it's 4:45. facebook.com users will begin noticing something different today. >> coming up on the abc 7 morning news, the new information your friends will see now on your profile page. >> high stakes in the fight against higher taxes. >>> all right. welcome back. it is almost 4:48 on this monday. i want to draw your attention to the great lakes and the east coast with the deep breeze. look at atlanta, high of 39. that's insane. d.c. and pretty close to new york and boston. 20 chicago, 29 st. louis and that's also where we see most of our activity and this lake-effect snow. we have rain here around l.a. and salt lake but no delays. if any develop, you know where to turn to, yeah, our flight tracker at abc7news.com. you can turn to e

chuck schumer. [applause] >> thank you, and i just want to ditto all kirsten's many thanks, but there is one person she did not thank. she did an amazing job. she never gave up in the darkest days and was indomitable. some of these senators would stop her from bothering me, and i said no, and the result of our but hard work we see today. what a great victory for a new legislative. isn't that fabulous for any new legislator? but for someone this new to do so much so soon is utterly amazing. and one other group that was not bank, and that is the people behind us. i think we would all agree we were sort of the players who moved the pieces on the chess table, but they were the ones who stood behind us, who held up that table. without them, there would not have even been a game. they were amazing. they never gave up. their love of country and their fellow first responders was unlimited. unlimited. and i have to tell you, the medal of them of amazing. we sat in a room with a few of them yesterday -- i did

my senior senator, chuck schumer.able leader and an extraordinary public servant. he put his heart and soul into this. the is an extraordinary closer. he was here until the last hour last night making every effort possible to do what needed to be done. i can tell you with eat honesty that he is an extraordinary man who put all of new york first. thank you, chuck. [applause] i >> want to thank our majority leader. harry reid is not only someone who leads by example, but leads from what he believes in. his core values are at the heart of a man who does unbelievable thgs for other people. he has led every step of the way. the has never faltered. he has never wavered. he has never forgotten our 9/1 heroes. thank you, perry. [applause] i want to thank senators and mendez and gothenburg for new jersey. they had been there every step of the way. thank you for your advocacy and commitments. thank you so much. thank you, frank. i want to turn to my house colleague who has been working on this for nine years. the work that caro

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know, i think the kind of argument they are having is an argument that's going nowhere because chuck schumer doesn't have the support for it, sounds good on a bumper sticker but he doesn't -- >> perhaps it's not part of reality. i want to finish with your point which was alluded to before. compromise. while all of this is happening you have treasury secretary timothy geithner trying to get a bipartisan compromise. what would the compromise look like? >> at this point we're not sure, but our reporting on the hill from dana bash and others and my own reporting shows we're looking at some kind of a temporary extension. do you do it for two years? do you do it for three years? what can we afford to do? then the democrats are worried, look, we don't want to be sold out by the white house on some kind of a compromise. what will we as democrats get in return. will they get an extension, for example of unemployment insurance in the long term, without having to pay for it right away? will there be some kind of a wink and a nod about, well, maybe we can ratify the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and get that going.

even talked about for 2012 is a republican and the democrats you've got harry reid, patty murray, chuck schumer, dick durbin, everybody does it. so what's the sort of high and mighty posture by the republicans last night? >> well, the heat is coming from the newly emboldened conservative base in the republican party and the tea partiers and others had railed against earmarks. it really became awkward when you see senator connen come out and attack the bill and then get challenged because he has his own earmarks in it. it just became untenable. they couldn't vote against it. and still have any credibility. and so they just had to tank the bill all together. and this is just a touch of flavor of the kind of fights, many fights that we're going to be in for next year. i can almost see why the republicans would have preferred to have a long-term omnibus spending bill that would get them into next year before these kinds of clashes would begin happening. because now in all likelihood they could start almost as soon as the next congress begins. >> that is exactly what we're going to see in the next c

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. >> fooling around, senator chuck schumer took issue with that expression. here's what he said on the senate floor just a few hours ago. >> this is not fooling around. these men and the thousands of others who rushed to the towers on 9/11 and in the days thereafter were not fooling around. they, just like my colleague from arizona, were risking their lives. to call that helping them fooling around is saddening and frustrating. we are not fooling around. we are fulfilling our duty as patriotic americans to all of those from new york and elsewhere who rushed to the towers. i repeat, it is not, i underline, it is not fooling around on new york city. >> well, all 42 senate republicans signed a letter promising to prevent a vote on anything till the issue of extending the bush era tax cuts was resolved. we all know that. here's what kirsten gillibrand said about that. quote, the idea that tax cuts for millionaires would derail this legislation is simply outrageous and offensive. the men and women who rushed to the burning towers and worked for hundreds of hours i

. >> chris, i can tell you senators kirsten gillibrand and chuck schumer have been working non-stop with the last several weeks with republicans to try to find the best way to approach this. these first responders literally risk their lives when they went to ground zero. they came from all over the united states and now many of them are struggling with health problems that are clearly directly related to that experience. to turn our backs on these brave people is the wrong thing to do. will it cost money? yes. is it the right thing to do? yes. we've got to find a way to fund it that's acceptable to republican as and democrats. >> chris: let me ask you about that, senator durbin. if this 9/11 bill is so important, why is it that the democratic-controlled senate never held a vote on this bill until the lame duck session and president obama, as best we can tell, never said a word about the bill in public? >> i can't tell you where the white house stands. i have hope -- i hope they support it. this is like an airport with runway closed down. we have aircrafts stacked up trying to land. we ha

chuck schumer, senator from new york, number three in the senate technically, he is making the case he's for this package, president obama should have really put it to republicans. let it expire and say republicans are punishing every american who makes less than $250,000 by not allowing their taxes to be reduced, and pass tax cut to please republicans to say these are the obama tax cuts. don't negotiate on to republican terms but on your own term, democratic terms ultimately, i don't think it was political salable and people like bill clinton are making the case that the president got a good deal and can go forward in a good economy and say i got you the tax cuts. you can see it in your paycheck if you are a working american, if you are seeking education benefit, here it is. those are good steps for the american people. and for democrats, they're just good politics, despite the promise by anthony weiner and john conyers and the like to stop it in the house, you watch. what will happen is there will be so much political pressure the house is not going to have a choice. all the stuff van

failed, but it looks like kucinich is going to take upper the 9/11 first responders bill, which chuck schumer and kristen miranda say has a real chance. democrats and republicans also came together to pass a tax bill. that's a pretty big accomplishment. this has been an extremely productive congress over the last two years. health care, finance obligatory reform, and now the nuclear arms treaty coming up for votes. an extremely productive congress. democrats would say they have been very productive. republicans would say they provide a tax hikes. but they will all go home for christmas with a couple of a congressman's duties owed in their districts. host: thanks for joining us this morning. caller: thanks for having me. host: the question is about homeland security and whether you feel safer. try, mich., wilson is join us on the independent line. caller: thanks for c-span. homeland security is about as good as it can be. we have to look at and other countries like france and germany and england. they have tourists. even russia has had incidents. i think the president and homeland security, th

guest: slightly different from chuck schumer.t: as one of the young democrats in the house, what kind of leadership you expect to see from folks like chuck schumer? guest: i think the country is looking for compromises to some extent, obviously. i think -- half of the blue dogs which are conservative democrats lost in this last cycle. therefore, i think there hand will be strengthened and little bit because if they will help us get back the majority. i think he would have a bright future. my owned -- my own a congressperson in south florida will also continue to have a very strong voice. host: glen, welcome to the "washington journal." caller: i am wondering if this dream act has not already taken place because there are so many children going to school that are illegal immigrants, and so many children in hospitals that are illegal immigrants. what kind of programs to they ?ave a question mar what do the democrats think about this? what is going on it? guest: i do not think it is about votes. i am being somewhat more of a politic

new york senator chuck schumer joins us this morning. senator, i want to get to a lot of things. let's begin with this report from senator coburn. he says there's hundreds of billions of dollars of waste. do you buy that? >> well, there's lots of waste in the government, that's true, but senator coburn never mentions the outstanding things we do in the government that senior citizens, soldiers, veterans depend on. you can't just use a meat axe. you have to use a scalpel, and that's what we're trying to do. >> and you are looking like you'll be in until christmas, doing an awful lot of work during this lame duck session of congress. i know you're critical of the president negotiating in this tax compromise but decided to vote for it. you also passed the don't ask, don't tell, food safety bill and seem to have a breakthrough on something you've been fighting for for years, this several-billion dollar bill for health benefits for emergency workers from 9/11. are you confident you have the votes? will the house stay in session to make sure it gets passed? >> well, i believe we have t

but the reason is because you have senators like chuck schumer of new york and others who believe the have something like that. they will say, republicans, you see, this is proof, all they want to do is cut taxes for millionaires. we're probably going to hear that over and over again this morning. already the senate has been in for about an hour debating. and let's play for our viewers the gist of what we're hearing from the arguments on either side of this. >> the majority in the senate like the majority of the country believes the middle class deserves this tax cut. the minority in the senate believes against all evidence to contrary, millionaires, billionaires, and the big ceos ship jobs overseas deserve this give away. we disagree, but that's why the founders created this body. to debate and settle those agreements. >> this debate is not about cutting taxes. this debate is whether or not we ought to increase taxes on anybody during a recession. >> reporter: and t.j., that is the argument we're hearing from republicans over and over again that the reason they want to extend all the

senate, senator johnson followed by senator chuck schumer. both worth an estimated $700,000. lugar worth $670,000 followed by senator wicker and senator kyl. guest: you have said -- a congressman in the house and senate that will fall outside the norm for members of congress. there is an exception to every rule. what may be the case for most members and be the case for, certainly, the wealthiest members coming you have some people who come from more modest means who have not had the business success that some members of congress have had. host: you can check out his blog @ opensecrets.org. they check money and politics. he also works for "the dallas morning news" and "the eagle tribune." from akron, ohio, good morning. caller: i would like to think c- span for bringing us news. i but to talk about citizens united. these die-hard republicans know nothing about citizens united, and nothing about reconciliation. from i understand it, we had a contract where we had george bush not veto anything for six years. the first thing he vetoed was a health care for children. now we have r

senator chuck schumer, democrat of new york, wants to make it illegal for anyone to distribute or record images produced by full body scanners on airports. this is from "the washington post." and on the front page, they took -- take a look at how house rookies are coming into office. it talks about how they are going to get to do what politicians long have had to do -- fundraiser and meet the pavement -- beat the payment even if they come from a tea party philosophy. how dozens have held a reception at bistros and town houses, taking money from k street lobbyists and other power brokers within days of their victories. newly elected house members have raised about $2 million since their election. that coming to us from "the washington post." let us get back to mary, democrats' line. at little rock, arkansas. do you think this potential deal, extending the bush era tax cut all across the board for a couple of years temporarily and also extending unemployment benefits is a good deal? caller: no, it's not a good deal. the wealthy has -- have been getting plenty of money from the poor and mid

. >> senator chuck schumer how can you say we can work on the bill next year? year. comprehensive reform could only be done this year on a bipartisan basis. i am talking to congressmen on the other side of the aisle. i believe it is possible. but we need to sit down with people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle and see if we can come up with a framework. it is december. >> what needs to happen differently? >> we need to have bipartisan buy-in. many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle look at the election results. in three states, colorado, nevada, and california, the hispanic vote was hired for democrats than in 2008. i do not think any political party can succeed in writing off such a large percentage of americans. >> when are you going to introduce another border security bill? >> it will have to be done in a comprehensive way. as senator durbin said, we showed our good will. we are not against closing the border. it will not work on its own. we are looking for comprehensive reform that will strengthen the border even more than the legislation i i

we will also hear from senators chuck schumer of new york and orrin hatch of utah. this is just over an hour. >> mr. president, the provision of economics is about scarcity. for example, these principles of economics, president bush's chief economic adviser, gregoryc wrote this, quote, economics did the study of how society manages its scarce resources, in the ofe quote.about fis about fiscal polfiicy.sc how fiscal policy is about howment, society, acting through its government, chooses to allocate scarce resources. there is not an endless supply e of money. we have to make choices. every time that we put together a budget, we have to make choices. every time that we formulate thv nation's tax policye, we have to so wn make choices. so when it comes to whether to e extend the 2001 tax cut, once again, we have to make choices. it's a question of priorities.ut the debate over what to do aboue the 2001, 2003 tax cuts for a those with the highest incomes is a debate about priorities. be are we better off devoting resoc scarce resources to a larger tax cut than those of

well, senator chuck schumer has looked at this saying you know what, we need the ft droorks crack downhey have to go away but making it clear. so they want to do something about that so people are a little more protected and they know first-hand if i'm going to go ahead and buy something like this, i may get hit with this fee so be more sure what you buy. >> it's not just electronics, it's everything? >> it could be a lot of things. >> socks, how much -- >> what's the restocking fee. if they are in the package and you didn't open it why should you get hit with the fee. that's what some are concerned about. it should be a little bit clearer about what things can be hit with these fees and what shouldn't be and knowing that in advance so that you're thinking about returning something. if you go out and buy your mac book, if you take it back there is a 10% checking of that computer. >> and the real question, is there actually some elf making sure that everything is in place. >> true. >> even still. >> should that be passed on to the consumer or is that -- >> just part of the cost of doing

senate, senator johnson followed by senator chuck schumer. both worth an estimated $700,000. senator lugar worth $670,000 followed by senator wicker and senator kyl. guest: you have said -- a congressman in the house and senate that will fall outside the norm for members of congress. there is an exception to every rule. what may be the case for most members and be the case for, certainly, the wealthiest members coming you have some people who come from more modest means who have not had the business success that some members of congress have had. host: you can check out his blog @ opensecrets.org. they check money and politics. he also works for "the dallas morning news" and "the eagle tribune." from akron, ohio, good morning. caller: i would like to think c- span for bringing us news. i but to talk about citizens united. these die-hard republicans know nothing about citizens united, and nothing about reconciliation. from i understand it, we had a contract where we had george bush not veto anything for six years. the first thing he vetoed was a health care for children. now w

. >> chuck schumer was going after that, and the white house took it down. >> by the way, i find thate house would not try to push a tax, a higher tax rate on millionaires. >> news you can't use is straight ahead on "morning joe." and some coffee. - sure, cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. >>> time for some news you can't use. this is somewhat useful but we put it here. rahm emanuel running for mayor of chicago: new poll out, "chicago tribune" shows him as the front-runner, 32%. but there's a group of challengers who say you shouldn't be running in this race, rahm ae manuemanuel. the rules say you have to live in chicago for a full year leading up to your mayoral run. rahm emanuel maintains he still owned his home, but just rented it out. there was a hearing in a basement, an odd scene yesterday. people showed up barking at him, lobbing questions at him. one of the attorneys for this group of challengers took rahm through slides of the home t

senate, senator johnson followed by senator chuck schumer. both worth an estimated $700,000. senator lugar worth $670,000 followed by senator wicker and senator kyl. guest: you have said -- a congressman in the house and senate that will fall outside the norm for members of congress. there is an exception to every rule. what may be the case for most members and be the case for, certainly, the wealthiest members coming you have some people who come from more modest means who have not had the business success that some members of congress have had. host: you can check out his blog @ opensecrets.org. they check money and politics. he also works for "the dallas morning news" and "the eagle tribune." from akron, ohio, good morning. caller: i would like to think c- span for bringing us news. i but to talk about citizens united. these die-hard republicans know nothing about citizens united, and nothing about reconciliation. from i understand it, we had a contract where we had george bush not veto anything for six years. the first thing he vetoed was a health care for children. now w

one amendment would extend tax cuts to the middle class and chuck schumer included tax cuts for those making up to $1 million. neither amendment gathered enough votes to move on. negotiations continue. we begin with senator schumer and orrin hatch. then i will speak for a few minutes. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: this debate is very simple, and that is, do we believe -- everyone here believes, in all good faith, that we ought to extend permanently tax breaks for the middle class. the question that is on the floor today is: do we want to extend those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires at a time of huge deficit? mr. schumer: i would argue vociferously, no. i would argue most economists agree that shouldn't happen. i would argue that the american people by 26% to 74% are against giving new tax breaks to millionaires. why? it's very simple. it's not that we are against millionaires. god bless them. most of them made their money the hard way. they worked hard, they made the american dream. every one of us would like to have done that, or most of

the geraldo rivera axiom that says let's raise taxes on people, this is geraldo's idea taken by chuck schumer. in one way, i think we're switching roles a little bit. i see what the republicans are saying. how can we talk about the dream act and don't ask, don't tell, extending all the benefits if we don't know what rate everybody is paying taxes with the expiration coming up on 12/31 much let's get this done. there was this commission with timothy geitner and the office of budget director and congressional leaders where they agreed we all got along here. >> we're not switching roles. i said from the beginning stop the political games and get this stuff done. so this was steny hoyer's quote yesterday. of course, democrat from maryland. mr. van holland, another democrat, believes this not undermine negotiations on compromise. we're talking about the fact that the democrats want to vote today on middle class tax cuts. nor is it intended to embarrass or put republicans in a difficult not situation. >> no, not supposed to embarrass the republicans. keep in mind if they don't do it promptly all th

. >> senator chuck schumer how can you say we can work on the bill next year. ? >> it can only be done next year. comprehensive reform could only be done this year on a bipartisan basis. i am talking congressman on the other side of the aisle. i believe -- talking to congressman on the other side of the aisle. i believe it is possible. but we need to sit down with people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle and see if we can come up with a framework. >> there is no timetable yet treated it is december. >> what needs to happen differently? >> we need to have bipartisan by in. -- bipartisan buy-in. many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle look at the election results. in three states, colorado, nevada, and california, the his -- the hispanic vote was hired for democrats than in 2008. i do not think any political party can succeed in writing off such a large percentage of americans. >> when are you going to introduce another border security bill? >> it will have to be done in a comprehensive way. as senator durbin said, we showed our good will. we are

we expect to hear from senator chuck schumer of new york. >> is everyone here? ok.i think the vote today showed the american people where both sides of the aisle are. democrats are for a middle-class tax cut. republicans are willing to hold hostage the middle class tax cuts to get tax cuts for the wealthy. the middle class needs the tax cuts. their incomes have declined. the highest income bracket have done very well and there dollars have shown a deficit reduction. that is how we feel. the other party seems to feel that tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires is the most important thing this nation can do. we're going to continue this fight until we achieve our goal. permanent tax cut for the middle class but no tax cuts for the millionaires and billionaires. we did not have anything against them. god bless them. they have made a lot of money, and that is great, but they do not stimulate the economy. only 30 cents of every $1 to the highest income people is spent. $1.52 is spent on unemployment benefits. we find it impossible to understand how our colleagues on

first is chuck schumer. this is 25 minutes. mr. schumer: okay. then i will speak for a few minutes. the presiding officer:he senator fr new york. mr. schumer: this debate is very simple, and that is, do we believe -- everyone here believes, in all good faith, that we oht to extend permanently tax breaks for the middle class. the question that is on the floor today is: do we want to extend those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires at a time of huge deficit? mr. schumer: i would argue vociferously, no. i would argue most economists agree that shouldn't happen. i would argue that the american people by 26% to 74% are against giving new tax breaks to millionaires. why? it's very sime. it's not that we are against millionaires. god bless them. most of them made their money the hard way. they worked hard, they made the american dream. every one of us would like to have done that, or most of us. so this is not aimed at being critical of them. but it, rather, says we have two economic realities. one, we have an economy that, under the bush tax cuts right now -- my colleague mention