Word: schumer
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House conferees, however, refused to accept a Senate-passed ban on 14 types of semi-automatic assault weapons, noting strong opposition on the House floor to a broader prohibition. The House rejected a proposal by Rep. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to ban more than 20 assault-style weapons when it passed crime legislation last month...
...Schumer predicted "if this bill reaches the president he will sign it. He doesn't want to veto a tough crime bill." But Schumer said the administration wants an issue and "word went out to the Republicans--stop this bill at any cost...
...Schumer said Democrats plan to bring the crime bill up for a vote on the House floor today as Congress races to complete its business in time for the Thanksgiving holiday...
...like the Billy Carter episode, the Rogers ploy backfired, dragging the White House into the controversy for the first time. It also raised fresh questions about the Justice Department's plodding investigation of B.C.C.I.'s U.S. affairs. Congressman Charles Schumer, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, promptly called for a formal probe of the Adham-Rogers connection. Both the White House and the Justice Department last week formally cleared Rogers of any ethics-law violations. Still, Schumer persisted in his calls for additional inquiries, in part because he says he believes that the White House...
...There is a plausible case that someone told the prosecutors to slow down, to lay off B.C.C.I.," Schumer says. "I don't know if this is true, but when we've interviewed law-enforcement people in this case, Justice has insisted that someone from the White House...