Schumer gambled that he had the votes without knowing how Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) would vote on the nomination for Lauren McFerran. Both voted "No" on a crucial ...

They vote down a new five-year term for an NLRB union favorite.

Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema ... 50 against ending debate and proceeding to a vote on her reconfirmation. Schumer said in a statement following the failed cloture vote: "It is deeply ...

Democratic lawmakers, like Schumer, took a dim view of the vote. Some directed their anger directly at Manchin and Sinema. “Shortchanging workers is a bad way to leave,” Rep. Mark Pocan ...

Joe Manchin as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Biden’s decision, announced earlier ...

Manchin, 77, a lifelong Democrat before becoming an independent in mid-2024, is retiring after 14 years as a key swing vote in the Senate. Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) praised him as ...

“Some of the happiest times I have had in the Senate were on Joe Manchin’s boat,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The New York leader recently took to the Senate floor to thank ...

In a lame duck effort, President Biden and Senate Democrats tried to reconfirm National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran, a Democrat, to another five-year term, and thereby solidify a ...

However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., failed to handicap Trump's impact on labor and unions for the first two years of his term with the vote, which took place on Wednesday afternoon.