Senator Chuck Schumer ought to be ashamed of himself. He represents one of the most progressive states in the nation, so why has Schumer gone and voted against reforms to the Patriot Act – twice in two weeks?
Last week, Schumer voted against protecting Americans from known abuses of the Patriot Act’s Section 215. [...]

Here in New York State, both of our United States Senators voted against Senate Amendment 1434. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand voted to maintain no-bid government contracts.

The Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009 would deal with this problem by prohibiting the U.S. government from selling or giving cluster bombs to any foreign country.