When
people say Senator Schumer loves attention, they don’t have the wrong
idea. It is very rare to see, on any
issue, that Senator Schumer doesn’t have an opinion, or even if he isn’t
stating his opinion, just simply giving a statement or a comment to what is
going on. It is even rarer to see, when a time of need arises, Senator Schumer not
giving his support where it is needed. So it should come to no surprise that
when disaster struck the Philippines, Senator Schumer showed his support for efforts
to help Philippine people stay in the states while their home was recovering,
while at the same time putting his two cents into a rumor about a democratic
primary. This is just two of the many things Schumer does and issues he speaks
on behalf.
On
Friday, Senator Schumer made a statement with Cardinal Dolan asking that the
Department of Homeland Security allow an estimated 200,000 Filipino citizens to
stay in the United States while their homeland recovers. With the Philippines just
having gone through one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded with the
death toll at 3,621 and still rising, it is not fair to send people back there
now to suffer. Schumer is calling it an act of “classic American hospitality.”1
What they are asking for specifically is a blanket extension, which is
temporary extended status, which would allow the Filipino people here to
continue doing what they came here to do in the first place, work, school, etc.
This extension would last as long as it takes for the Philippines to recover.
The Department of Homeland Security has failed to comment on this request but Schumer
expects them to comply with this request being that he is the chairman of the subcommittee
on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security.
About
two weeks ago, Senator Schumer declared at a fundraiser dinner that he would
fully support Hillary Clinton if she ran for president in the 2016 election. He
believes it is her time and that she can take the party and country far. As a
result of these feelings and a policy that was put in place in 2005, Schumer is
against a Democratic primary. On Thursday, Schumer made a statement responding
to rumors that Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts would possibly run
against Clinton, saying that Democrats should avoid primaries because “primaries
are really a killer.”2 Not to say that Warren wouldn’t be a good
candidate but Schumer believes it is not strategically smart to run against
people in your own party. Schumer went on to say, “it would be great if
Democrats would unite around [Clinton] early, we don’t’ have a primary on the
Democratic side and let the Republicans beat the daylights out of each other,”
Schumer said.
Schumer has had a lot of experience in government and I think it
is fair to say that throughout his time he has learned how to balance his state
and Washington well. No senator or representative is perfect, but it seems to
me that there is always something Senator Schumer is talking about but it is
never too much of one without the other. I believe Schumer chooses his issues
wisely and plays a really good politician.
References:
2. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/chuck-schumer-elizabeth-warren-2016-elections-99869.html#ixzz2kw9V6jBo
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