[But Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had been among the IRS' critics for not raising the rate, said the IRS hadn't gone far enough.] The IRS, ... took a good first step ... but more needs to be done. |
[By the end, the baseball metaphors of the early hearing had given way to gambling analogies. Schumer one-upped Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), who had declared that senators were] rolling the dice with you, Judge. ... This isn't just rolling the dice. It's betting the whole house. |
[Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker.] These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here, ... Mr. Livingston, this may be the first and most important task you will ever face as speaker. Lead us out of this abyss. |
[If Roberts is confirmed, it will be the first time in 75 years that the nation will have a recent legal practitioner serving as chief justice.] You seem to be a lawyer above all, ... tend not to be ideologues. |
[It is not clear if the latest meeting would similarly lead them to hold off pressing for a vote.] We'll see, ... We'll see if there's progress. |
[The Democratic objective] is to figure out what kind of justice John Roberts will be, ... Will he be an ideologue who imposes his views on everyone through the courts or will he be a mainstream justice, albeit a conservative one? |
[The proceedings turned briefly comical in one exchange with Schumer.] It's as if I asked you what kind of movies you liked, and you say 'I like movies with good acting, I like movies with good cinematography,' ... I ask if you like 'Casablanca,' and you say 'Lots of people like 'Casablanca.' |
[The rapid advance of IT has created] real and potentially catastrophic vulnerabilities, ... could be devastating. |
[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer of New York on Monday asked the Bush administration to release oil from the U.S. emergency stockpile to help ease higher prices due to Hurricane Katrina.] Skyrocketing gas prices have tipped consumers upside down this summer and to protect our economy, the President should act immediately to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, ... If there was ever a time for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tapped, it would be now. |
A brief period for the company to continue lobbying without the full 45-day investigation that should have been done from the beginning is simply not enough. |
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. |
a gift to the oil companies. |
A teen-ager can only do so much damage with his fists. |
a very high and reliable source. |
Al D'Amato -- you ain't seen nothing yet, |