Though the NAM wants Beijing to revalue the yuan, it does not support the Schumer bill.
The Schumer bill's success, which has surprised even its sponsor, is accelerating other measures.
Currently, for example, the Schumer bill to put a penal tariff on Chinese goods looks unlikely to pass.
Last week he introduced several amendments to the Schumer bill to this effect.
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Schumer's bill would mandate background checks for all gun sales, including private transactions.
Cornyn said Thursday that he would propose amendments to Schumer's bill on the Senate floor, and he also mentioned that a bipartisan substitute to the measure could be offered.
On immigration reform, will the President work to round up more Republican co-sponsors for the bill that Schumer and Graham are working on?
"Sandy was there, available, the criteria fit, the money was getting through quickly and it fit the timetable, " Mr. Schumer said of the relief bill.
Schumer, McCain and their "Gang of Eight" already missed a self-imposed deadline to have their bill ready in March, but Schumer said he hoped that this week, it will happen.
"It's not going to be an issue in campaigns, " predicted New York Democrat Rep. Charles Schumer, who voted against the bill.
Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey introduced a bill to double that tax to 30% for anyone leaving the U.S. for tax reasons.
"This commitment to cost-cutting is a good-faith gesture by the health care industry, but it does not mitigate the need for a public plan option in the upcoming reform bill, " says Schumer.
So, let us assume that the China currency bill actually works as Schumer and Brown desire: China realises the errors of its ways, floats the yuan and the yuan rises 30% against the US dollar.
Schumer and Durbin are among Democratic authors of the bill and both sit on Leahy's committee.
Schumer is pushing for voluntary adoption of his passenger bill of rights among cruise liners.
Charles Schumer, a Democratic senator, has introduced a bill that would authorise America to slap duties on imports deemed to benefit from an artificially low currency.
With no parallel bill in the House of Representatives, Mr Schumer's proposal is a long way from becoming law.
And we are also heartened by the fact that Senator Schumer at least has said that he expects that a bill will be filed shortly after the Easter vacation.
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Those disputes had led talks to break down a week ago, throwing into doubt whether Schumer, Flake and other senators crafting a comprehensive immigration bill would be able to complete their work as planned.
In August even Mr Schumer, needing to look tough on outsourcing, pushed through a bill sharply raising H-1B fees on firms that depend heavily on the visas.
Here is an interesting article by the New York Times in 2007 describing the shared DC-home of Senator Schumer, Senator Durbin, Rep. George Miller and Rep. Bill Delahunt.
There are a couple of senators, including Senator Schumer and Debbie Wasserman Schultz who are proposing that they pass a bill that is supposed to reprimand China for currency inflation.
Schumer said New York's legislature has sent Gov. David Paterson a bill to ban texting as well.
Schumer said Monday that an initial timetable called for delivering the text of a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee by March, and Senate passage by late spring or in the summer.
Schumer also proposed resurrecting judicial mortgage modifications, an idea that failed to survive the housing rescue bill passed earlier this summer.
The Senate rejected a procedural move by Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, to prevent a vote on an amendment offered by Schumer that would block the deal.
Charles Schumer, a Democratic senator, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, authors of the 2005 China tariff bill that probably pushed China to move, have introduced a variant that would force the Treasury to make the designation and then seek redress through the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation, and unilateral duties.
"All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill, but hopefully we can get that done by the end of the week, " said Schumer.
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