Chuck Schumer Targeted By Progressives Over Jobs, Taxes

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WASHINGTON -- Progressives are targeting the Senate Democrats’ top message and policy maestro, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, telling him not to "cave" on key investment priorities in spending negotiations with Republicans.

The group Progressive Change Campaign Committee is delivering that message through its New York members after a Washington Post op-ed said Schumer and his colleagues have concluded the only jobs bill Republicans will let pass would be based on tax cuts -- not infrastructure spending, investments in education and other areas aimed at spurring longterm job-growth.

So the group is asking members to call Schumer and tell him to fight, rather than settle for whatever Republicans say they will accept at the outset.

"Democrats shouldn't be seeking the lowest common denominator with extremist Republicans -- that's not leadership," says an email sent to New Yorkers from PCCC’s Jason Rosenbaum. “They should fight for the real investments in jobs that America needs."

Schumer spokesman Brian Fallon countered that his boss is indeed determined to win the items PCCC is talking about.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/15/chuck-schumer-progressives_n_877042.html

[FLAprogressive]

1. $chumer does what's best for $chumer, plain and simple. Hate that this guy is the go-to "Dem" on Sun

AM talk shows.

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2. Schumer AKA "The Senator from Wall Street"

He didn't get that moniker for nothing

[FLAprogressive]

4. and $chumer is the guy the party trots out every Sun., says a lot about who they think is the "face

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3. Recommend

[adigal]

5. Schumer does the bidding of his corporate overlords

That is all. Even my republican mother loves him.