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发帖数: 61690 | 1 The expected passage of immigration reform this week will hand Sen. Charles
Schumer (D-N.Y.) the biggest legislative triumph of his Senate career and
bolster his case to someday become Democratic leader. [WATCH VIDEO]
Schumer strenuously avoids speculation about his political future or talk
about what will happen when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
decides to step down.
But there’s no doubt among his Senate Democratic colleagues and aides that
Schumer wants to succeed Reid. The bipartisan passage of a landmark
immigration bill will go a long way in addressing any lingering concerns
about his ability to lead the Democratic caucus.
“Everyone knows he is a great political strategist and a great communicator
. Now they know he’s a consummate legislator,” said Jim Kessler, who
worked for Schumer before becoming the senior vice president for policy at
Third Way, a Democratic think tank.
Schumer has had other significant legislative accomplishments in the upper
chamber. He helped push $20 billion in funding for the victims of the 9/11
terrorist attacks through a GOP-controlled Senate; he added the college
tuition tax credit to the 2009 stimulus package; and he secured funding for
the cleanup of Hurricane Sandy last year.
Kessler ranked passage of the immigration bill with Schumer’s biggest
victory as a member of the House, the 1994 crime bill. Schumer made a name
for himself as a legislator by passing a controversial ban on assault
weapons despite the ambivalence of the then-chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas).
Schumer minted his credentials as one of the nation’s sharpest political
strategists by serving as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee during the Democratic takeover of the Senate in 2006. His
reputation grew when he served another cycle in that role and helped expand
the Democratic majority to 60 votes.
The longtime knock on Schumer is that he is über-partisan — not the best
trait for the leader of a chamber that traditionally relies on bipartisan
compromise to get anything done. Some Republicans in the upper chamber, most
notably, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), are not fond of
Schumer.
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the chief Republican co-sponsor of the immigration
bill, was initially leery of working with Schumer because of his partisan
reputation. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), another member of the Gang of
Eight, had to persuade McCain that Schumer was sincere about moving a
bipartisan bill.
“He’s been often described in the past as a fierce partisan, a very
political person by nature, but in this particular instance he has
demonstrated real willingness to reach across the aisle and work with
Republicans,” said Jim Manley, a former senior Senate Democratic leadership
aide. “It’s impressive that Republicans in the Gang of Eight put aside
their views of him as hyper-partisan to work on this proposal.”
Schumer butted heads with Reid and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.)
over the target vote count for final passage of the bill.
At the outset of the floor debate, Schumer set the ambitious goal of passing
it with 70 votes, while Reid and Durbin argued that negotiators should
focus more on passing a strong bill with 60 votes. Schumer argued a strong
bipartisan majority would put more pressure on the House to act; Reid urged
him not to worry about what would happen in the House.
Reid on Friday admitted Schumer’s strategy was the correct one.
“No one — no one [of] 100 senators — no one other than the senator from
New York thought we could get 70 votes,” he said on the Senate floor. “I
doubted he could get 70 votes. He knows I doubted that. No one in this body
thought we could get 68, 72 votes except him.”
Reid says he plans to run for reelection in 2016. As long as he can fend off
GOP opponents in the purple state of Nevada, Reid has the top Democratic
job in the Senate for as long as he wants it, say Democratic aides. But he
will have served eight years as Senate majority leader by the end of next
year, when he turns 75 years old, and could change his mind on seeking a
sixth term.
Schumer would have been the favorite to take over Reid’s spot even without
Senate passage of the immigration reform bill, but the anticipated win
rounds out his leadership résumé.
“He’s so overwhelmingly in position to win a leadership race,” said a
former Democratic Senate chief of staff.
The former aide said Schumer has enhanced his reputation for getting things
done.
“People just view him as a very powerful force,” said the source. “We may
need a powerful force, if we lose the majority [in 2014]. We may need a
powerful force, if we lose the presidency [in 2016].”
Durbin is Schumer’s most likely rival to succeed Reid. He has also played a
major role in putting the immigration reform bill together; he’s one of
the bill’s co-authors, as a member of the Gang of Eight, and built
political momentum for immigration reform as a longtime champion of the
DREAM Act.
Durbin faced down Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in private negotiations over
capping work visas, according to Senate sources, and gave the green light
for a pivotal deal with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on H-1B visas.
But Schumer was the one who reached out to Graham to put the Gang of Eight
together, and he’s taken the lead throughout the negotiations.
A victory on immigration would take the sting out of Schumer’s high-profile
legislative disappointment earlier this year, when a bipartisan deal to
expand background checks for gun sales collapsed.
“I think it’s a significant accomplishment,” said former Sen. Byron
Dorgan (D-N.D.), who once held the third-ranking spot in the Senate
Democratic leadership. “There have been many attempts to pass immigration
legislation. Obviously this has required a lot of patience with the group of
eight legislators that Chuck put together.”
Schumer invoked the memory of former Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), the
legendary Senate dealmaker, the day he and his colleagues unveiled their
legislation.
“He’s a worthy successor to Ted Kennedy, and that’s saying a lot,”
Graham told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday.
Manley, who worked nearly 12 years as Kennedy’s press secretary, joked it
might be a bit too early to put Schumer on that kind of pedestal.
“There is only one Ted Kennedy. God broke the mold after he made Sen.
Kennedy,” he quipped.
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发帖数: 1430 | 2 Schumer是个人精。八人帮里他最精明，把其他七个人玩的团团转。
但是此人应该是个奸臣，和赵高，秦桧，与汪精卫属于同一类的败类.
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【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: The expected passage of immigration reform this week will hand Sen. Charles
: Schumer (D-N.Y.) the biggest legislative triumph of his Senate career and
: bolster his case to someday become Democratic leader. [WATCH VIDEO]
: Schumer strenuously avoids speculation about his political future or talk
: about what will happen when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
: decides to step down.
: But there’s no doubt among his Senate Democratic colleagues and aides that
: Schumer wants to succeed Reid. The bipartisan passage of a landmark
: immigration bill will go a long way in addressing any lingering concerns
: about his ability to lead the Democratic caucus.
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发帖数: 1067 | 3 看他样子就不像个好人，他要选总统不把大家恶心坏了
【在 f*******8 的大作中提到】
: Schumer是个人精。八人帮里他最精明，把其他七个人玩的团团转。
: 但是此人应该是个奸臣，和赵高，秦桧，与汪精卫属于同一类的败类.
:
: Charles
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发帖数: 4704 | | b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 6 他不会选总统的。他的最高政治理想就是当majority leader.这小子是有两把刷子。
06年做民主党参议员选举委员会主席时候，他愣是抢下了6席，让民主党51：49夺回了
参议院。08年连任选举委员会主席，又搞下了8席，让民主党59席，加上biden策反了
arlen spector,让民主党09年拥有了magic number 60.然后这下子，野心就有了，
变成了民主党3号人物。
2010年时候，reid面临tough election.当时觉得reid可能要败选。schumer要和durbin
争majority leader。不过reid顺利当选后，也就没有了internal war.
不过schumer也是滑头，2012年时候，reid让他继续当选举委员会主席，他觉得难办，
推托不干，后来reid找了murray. murray成功的让民主党赢了2席。现在murray是参议
院民主党4号人物。
【在 e******u 的大作中提到】
: 看他样子就不像个好人，他要选总统不把大家恶心坏了
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发帖数: 760 | 7 bso脑容量大
durbin
【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: 他不会选总统的。他的最高政治理想就是当majority leader.这小子是有两把刷子。
: 06年做民主党参议员选举委员会主席时候，他愣是抢下了6席，让民主党51：49夺回了
: 参议院。08年连任选举委员会主席，又搞下了8席，让民主党59席，加上biden策反了
: arlen spector,让民主党09年拥有了magic number 60.然后这下子，野心就有了，
: 变成了民主党3号人物。
: 2010年时候，reid面临tough election.当时觉得reid可能要败选。schumer要和durbin
: 争majority leader。不过reid顺利当选后，也就没有了internal war.
: 不过schumer也是滑头，2012年时候，reid让他继续当选举委员会主席，他觉得难办，
: 推托不干，后来reid找了murray. murray成功的让民主党赢了2席。现在murray是参议
: 院民主党4号人物。
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