Chuck Schumer - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Chuck Schumer Index / People Transcripts David Simas ...at the discretion of Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer on the one hand, and Nancy Pelosi o... Cecilia Muñoz ...of principles from Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer , which amounted to nothing. I mean... ...about the Senate consideration is that Senator Schumer really was trying to get—his view was... Chuck Hagel ...me there and I could explain to them. Chuck Schumer was great. Chuck's Jewish and he wa... Jeff Flake ...developed a working relationship with Senator Schumer and Senator Durbin. They used to com... Wendy Sherman ...of it—were in a really hard position. Chuck Schumer exemplifies that. He put in an enormou... Leon Panetta ...with [Mitch] McConnell, I sat down with [Chuck] Schumer , with each of them, and I said, “Look... Rob Nabors ...was Senator Reid, Senator Patty Murray, Chuck Schumer , Dick Durbin, and a guy by the name o... ...people like John McCain, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer . These are some of the lions of th... Jason Furman ...what would that do to our cost?” And Chuck Schumer would say, “But I don't want to take i... ...weren't generous to start with. And Chuck Schumer was from New York State—New York Stat... Kevin Concannon ...like the congressman psychiatrist or Chuck Schumer calling me over to urge that we expan... ...it for you.” [Laughter] It was classic Chuck Schumer , you know? Anyway. We're ver... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns