Sen. UCharles Schumer. (Umzekeliso: UFred Harper / iNew York Braganca
Tphakathiiminyaka emibini engakhange alale ebhedini, wothuswa ngu-Sen. Dick Durbin kutsha nje, ebhekisa kulowo wayesakuba ngumlingane wakhe eWashington, D.C., kunye no-Charles Schumer. Usenokuthi, ‘Kulungile ke, uthini?’ Uqhubeke watsho, amashiya ebethe nkxu kwiiofisi zaBalindi. Ibhedi yayi kwigumbi lokuhlala . Mna nomfazi wam singene nje ukuze sibone ibhokisi yakhe kwaye ndathi kuye, 'Wenze ntoni umama wakho kuwe? Ndiyathetha, akazange akuxelele ukuba wenze umandlalo wakho? '
Ukucaphuka kuka-liberal wase-Illinois kunye nomhlobo wakhe wakudala kuyaqondakala; ungowokugqibela kumgca omde wezopolitiko ukwazi ukoyiswa ezandleni zikawonke umntu ubiza uChuck. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, i-3 yenombolo ye-3 yedemokhrasi kwi-Senate yaxhamla uMnu Durbin, isabhokhwe esincinci, kwaye wabhengeza ukuba ufumene iivoti zokuthatha indawo yeNkokeli ye-Senate encinci ethatha umhlala-phantsi uHarry Reid.
Yayiyinto ekhawulezileyo yokhuphiswano olwaqhubeka amashumi eminyaka. Kwakungu-Schumer weediliya: Ngexesha elimalunga neeyure ezingama-24 emva kokuba uMnu Reid etyhile isigqibo sakhe sokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ekupheleni kuka-2016, uMnu Schumer wayechithe imali eninzi, esebenza ngeefowuni esazi ukuba yena, hayi uMnu. UDurbin, wayezonwabisile noMnumzana Reid.
Enkosi ngokuthanda kwakhe ezopolitiko, amandla angenakulinganiswa okunyusa ingxowa-mali, uthando olude ebomini kunye nekhamera, ukuthintela ubuqhetseba bokwenyani, kunye nenhlanhla eninzi, uCharles Ellis Schumer waseSheepshead Bay kungekudala uza kuba lelinye lawona mazwe anyuliweyo amagosa. Ukho kuyo yonke indawo, ubukrelekrele, akanakunyamezeleka kwaye uyaphikisana-umenzi wempi osisidenge, umhlobo othembekileyo waseWall Street okwangoku ungumhlobo wamagorha okhululekileyo njengoSodolophu uBill de Blasio kunye USen Elizabeth Elizabeth Warren. Ukunikezelwa kolawulo lweRiphabhlikhi yeCongress kunye nokusilela kwamandla eenkwenkwezi kubathunywa bakarhulumente, yena, ngokuqinisekileyo, kuphela kweNew Yorker eWashington ebalulekileyo.
Unelungelo loku, usebenze oku, wavuma uMnu Durbin, wongeza ukuba umphathi wakhe wexesha elizayo usebenza kwinqanaba le-RPM ephezulu kuno Mnu Reid. UHarry wayengomnye wenkokeli yekomidi elizinikeleyo… u-Chuck uzibandakanya kakhulu buqu.
Bambalwa abathandabuzayo ukuba u-Chuck Schumer unelungelo elifanelekileyo lokukhokela i-Senate Democrats. Kodwa abanye abagxeki bayathandabuza ukuba uyindoda na kulo msebenzi-ngenxa yokuba nobukrelekrele ngokungakhathali, ukungapheli kwe-Wall Street boosterism kunye nokungabikho komtshayelelo kumbono wakhe wezopolitiko.
UMnu Schumer kwiCaribbean Day Parade yonyaka ophelileyo. (Ifoto: Michael Loccisano / Getty Izithombe)TUnyana womtshabalalisi kunye nomama wasekhaya, uCharles Schumer wayehlala engaphaya kwamandla akhe. Ufumene i-1600 efanelekileyo kwi-SATs yakhe e-James Madison High School, apho wayeyi-valedictorian. Njengesidanga sokuqala, waphumelela unyulo njengomongameli weHarvard Young Democrats, kwaye kamva waphumelela kwiHarvard Law School.
Kwiminyaka engama-23, isikolo esitsha somthetho sasisungula iphulo lakhe kwiNdibano yesiZwe, ecela umngeni kubapolitiki ababini abanamava kwizikolo zaseDemocratic. Wayeneminyaka engama-25 emncinci kunowokuqala, igqwetha uJerome Cohen. Yayiyindawo yamaJuda enesidima, ngoko ke uSchumer waya emsebenzini ebonisa abantu angabakhuphela ngaphandle kukaMnu Cohen.
Wayefunda naye komnye woonyana bam, Mnu. Cohen, 89, ukhumbule ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ephawula ukuba umchasi wakhe omncinci wasebenzisa igama lesiYiddish kumntu oqinileyo ukuzazisa. Wazichaza njenge ziba , Utshilo uMnu. Cohen. Wakwazi ukufowuna ngokwakhe umgqatswa ongumYuda.
Umnumzana Schumer ebengamjongi njengo Mnu. Cohen, kodwa wamcaphukisa, waphumelela abasebenzi abasebenza kumazantsi eBrooklyn ngeevoti ezimalunga nama 700. Khange ndonwabe kakhulu ngeloxesha. Kodwa wandoyisa, uMnu Cohen wavuma, egxininisa ukuba yena noMnu Schumer bahlala bengabahlobo. (Mnu Schumer's igosa lobomi beNdlu yeeNgwevu Uthi wayengoyena mntu mncinci wendibano okhethwe ukusukela oko uTheodore Roosevelt; bubuxoki obu. Umntu oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala ogama linguRichard Gottfried, osengumntu waseManhattan, wanyulwa ngo-1970.) 
Umnumzana Schumer owayesakuba ngumlingane wendlu u-Sen Dick Durbin. (Ifoto: Arman Dzidzovic / New York Braganca)
Unyulo lwembali okanye hayi, uChuck Schumer kwakunzima ukuphoswa. Wayecinga, njengabanye abambalwa bezomthetho, ekwakheni udumo lwasekhaya. Kudala ngaphambi kokuba u-Alfonse D'Amato, iRiphabliki ekugqibeleni woyise, wabizwa ngokuba yi-Senator Pothole, Mnu. Schumer wagcwalisa imingxunya, ngokoqobo.
Kwiminyaka engama-25, kwaye esandula ukuba lilungu lowiso-mthetho, wakhokela ababhali kunye noonondaba kumzamo wokulungisa imingxunya kwindawo ethembekileyo yeAvenue V eSheepshead Bay. Ukutsala iibhegi ezingama-80 zephawundi ebandayo, i-asphalt esele yenziwe, u-Assemblyman Schumer wahambisa iqela lakhe kwimingxunya engama-55, eneenkcukacha Inkqubo ye- INew York Times , eyaphawula ukuba umgcini wendibano wayeqaphela ukuba angagcwalisi nayiphi na imingxunya engaphaya kwemida yesithili sakhe.
Ndizibona ndingusodolophu wedolophu enabantu abangama-150,000 abangenawo amandla ohlahlo-lwabiwo mali, u-Schumer waqhayisa.
Ngo-1978, umnumzana Schumer oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala wayetyelele ummandla waseMidwood xa ummelwane wakhwaza esithi wayesandula ukuphangwa. Umnumzana Schumer waleqa abarhanelwa ababini, wanceda ukubamba intombazana eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala. Wambamba ekhala kwaye ekhaba imizuzu emihlanu de kwafika amapolisa, uxelele Amaxesha . Sele enobuchule ekuyileni ukulunywa sisandi, wabonelela ngomkhabi omnandi kwinqaku. Abaqhekezi babelutshabalalisa uluntu olukumgangatho ophakathi njengepakethi yeengcuka ezihamba phambili.
Umwisi-mthetho oselula, owayene-mantra kwezopolitiko ngu Unxibelelwano noluntu, ngokutsho kwalowo wayesebenza naye uDaniel Feldman, lwaluphumelela ngamandla. Ubetha yonke intlanganiso yebhodi yoluntu, irally yomqeshi kunye nomsitho wokuthweswa izidanga esikolweni. Wasungula uphando olwalusemxholweni, ebhengeza urhwaphilizo kwiinkqubo zonyango lweziyobisi kunye nesikimu sokubambisa ixabiso kwintengiso ye-asphalt kwisiXeko saseNew York.
U-Chuck wafumana umatshini wokushicilela ngakumbi kunendibano iphela, wathi uMnu Feldman, owathi kamva wangena endaweni yomqeshi wakhe omdala kwiNdibano. Kodwa ngelinye ixesha wangena eofisini egxeka esithi 'Isiqingatha sabantu besi sithili andazi ukuba ndingubani na.' Abanye abezopolitiko kuloo ndawo, abaziwa kancinane kunoChuck, bazikhohlisa ngokucinga ukuba baziwa ngcono kunabo babenjalo. U-Chuck wayenoluvo olukhulu lobunyani.
Kodwa uMnumzana Schumer wayenqwenela inqanaba elikhulu kuneAlbany, ukhumbula owayesakuba nguSomlomo weNdibano uMel Miller: Besihlala sicinga ukuba uzakushukuma nje xa kuvulwa ... Amehlo akhe ayeseWashington.
Mr. Umsebenzi wezopolitiko kaSchumer sisifundo sekhefu elinethamsanqa kunye nekhosi ye-chess yokusebenzisa lonke ixesha lokugqibela. Uyazi ukuba yintoni kanye kanye amandla akhe-kunye nobuthathaka babo bamphazamisayo.
Xa uElizabeth Holtzman, ngelaxesha elona bhinqa lincinci lakha lakhethwa kwiCongress, washiya isihlalo sakhe ukuba abaleke engaphumelelanga kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, umnumzana Schumer oneminyaka engama-29 waxhumela kugqatso lokungena endaweni yakhe. Wayeqhayisa ngebali lephephandaba elalisithi, ecaleni kukaNks Holtzman, wayengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwezopolitiko kwisithili sakhe.
Wayengaphazami. Waphumelela ngokulula ngo-1980 ngokuchasene nabanye abathathu abaMdemokhrasi waza waqalisa umsebenzi weNdlu ekuqaleni kwexesha likaReagan.
Esi yayisisiqalo sobuhlobo obunzulu, obuhlala buhleli bukaMnumzana Schumer kunye neWall Street. Uthathe indawo kwiKomiti yeeNkonzo zezeMali, enyusa isiqingatha sesigidi seedola kumafemu aphezulu abameli besixeko nakwizindlu zokhuselo ukubonisa ubungqongqo bakhe phambi kokuba izithili zebandla ziphinde zenziwe ngokutsha ngo-1982. INew York, ngenxa yokulahleka kwabantu, yayimiselwe ukuphalaza uninzi Izihlalo zendlu. Isithili sika Mnu Schumer sasinda.
Kodwa kwakungeli xesha, ngesizathu esahluke ngokupheleleyo, umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko waphantse waphela.
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Umnumzana Schumer kwinkomfa yoonondaba ngeCawe kutshanje. (Ifoto: Aaron Adler weNew York Braganca)
Ukujongwa ekujongeni kwakhona, phantse yonke impumelelo kubomi bukaMnu Schumer ijongeka kwangaphambili. Ewe, inkwenkwe esebenza nzima eHarvard iphumelele isihlalo kwiNdibano. Ewe, wabaleka waya kwiCongress. Ewe, walifezekisa iphupha lezopolitiko ezingenakubalwa kwaye, kwi-1999, lilungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu yase-United States. Ewe, ngo-2015, wabhaptizwa njengenkokeli elandelayo yeSenate Democrats.
Ekwindla ye-1983, inkwenkwezi ephumayo yayijonge enzonzobileni.
Bendihlala ndikhankanywa njengomnye wezopolitiko ezishushu eziselula, wakhalaza Imagazini yaseNew York . Ngoku, ngubani owaziyo?
Inkqubo ye- Iphephancwadi elide lisasazeka ayicingeki nanamhlanje: UMnu Schumer, ozingelwe kwisitulo esijikelezayo, ujonge ubuso obumuncu kwikhamera, njengoCharlie Brown. Isihloko esiphakamileyo ngaphezulu kwefoto yakhe: ICongressman Phantsi kwelifu: Iminyaka emithathu kaCharles Schumer yokuLwa iSityholo.
Inqaku liphindaphinda ukuba igqwetha lase-U.S kwaye kamva igqwetha laseBrooklyn babesecicini lokumangalela i-congressman yekota yokuqala ngesityholo sokunyanzela abasebenzi beNdibano yakhe ukuba basebenze kwiphulo lakhe lobumbano ngelixa bekwirhafu kaRhulumente. Ngokujika nje, igqwetha lesithili saseBrooklyn eliphanda elityala yayinguElizabeth Holtzman owayesishiyile isihlalo sebandla uMnu Schumer waphumelela. (UNks. Holtzman waba yi-Brooklyn DA emva kokuphulukana nesicelo sakhe se-Senate.)
Umnumzana Schumer, ekhanyela ngobundlongondlongo nakuphi na ukungalunganga, wathi uphando luye lwamxabisa i-60,000 yeedola kwimirhumo yezomthetho kwaye uninzi lwalungalali. Wayebanga ukuba wayeka ukuba nabantwana. (Ekugqibeleni waba neentombi ezimbini kunye nenkosikazi yakhe u-Iris Weinshall.)
Isenokuba yayilixesha lokugqibela ebomini bakhe ukuba azisizele. Kukho imeko-bume echasene nabezopolitiko namhlanje, ukuqikelela ukuba unetyala nokuba uyintoni na umrhumo, utshilo.
Ngethamsanqa uMnu Schumer, UNks Holtzman akazange eze nesimangalo. Ilifu lokuziphatha phezu kwentloko yakhe lakhawuleza lagqitha.
Emuva ekhaya, wayeqhubeka nokulawula imicimbi yommandla-kwaye wayengekho ngaphezulu kokukhathaza abantu abangaphandle ababemthumele kwiCongress. Kwindibano yowe-1984 yeenkokheli zommandla weDemokhrasi, walumkisa ngelithi uphuhliso olukhulu lwezindlu zikawonke-wonke kwisithili sakhe, iSheepshead Bay-Nostrand Houses, lwalusemngciphekweni wokuphoswa, ngokwe-Democrat eyayikhona.
Eli gama lalisetyenziselwa ukuchaza inqaku xa uninzi lwabamelungu lunabantu abaNtsundu abaneleyo ukoyikisa abamhlophe baphume.
EWashington, nangona kunjalo, uMnu Schumer wenza zonke izinto ezichanekileyo kwezopolitiko. Udlale indima ebalulekileyo kulungiso lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kukaMongameli Ronald Reagan. Wayekhuthaza imigaqo-nkqubo yorhwebo eyomeleleyo kunye neJapan (ngakumbi eyimbangi yezoqoqosho ngelo xesha kunombutho othembekileyo). Wayenendima ebalulekileyo kwimithetho yolawulo lwemipu.
Ngo-1998, u-Sen. D’Amato, isigqeba samaRiphabhlikhi sesithathu, wayejolise ekuvuthweni. Unxweme lwedemokhrasi ngokuchasene noGeraldine Ferraro kunye noMark Green, emva koko wasusa uMnu D'Amato, waphumelela unyulo ngamanqaku ali-10.
Isigqeba esaziwa kakhulu sikaMnu Schumer (nesidume kakubi), u-Anthony Weiner, simthelekisa nomdlali wehoki omkhulu, uWayne Gretzky. UGretzky wabona umdlalo ucotha kancinci kunaye wonke umntu. U-Chuck unjalo, mhlawumbi ngasemva. Isantya sakhe sokuphumla esimiselweyo siphindwe kabini ngokukhawuleza kuninzi lwabantu eWashington.
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TUkuthatha umhlala-phantsi kuka-Sen.Daniel Patrick Moynihan ngo-2001 kwakuthetha ukuba uMnu Schumer, engaphantsi kwesiqingatha kwikota yakhe yokuqala, wafumana isikhundla seneta esiphezulu. Kodwa uHillary Clinton, owayesakuba li nenekazi lokuqala, ngoko nangoko ngeparachute wangena eNew York kwaye ngequbuliso uMnu Schumer wayengoyena senator mncinane.
Wayelilungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu iminyaka emithathu, owayesakuba ngu-Gov.David Paterson wakhumbula, emva koko kwangena umntu owayegubungele uHillary. Sasiya kwiminyhadala kwaye [iinkcukacha zeNkonzo yakhe eyimfihlo] zisishukumise xa singena.
Wayese… engazithembanga kwezopolitiko, wongeza isifihlo sikaSchumer. Into enkulu ngezo ntsuku yayikukuba siyifumana njani le senator intsha, engezizo izityebi, engadumanga, engahlali kumatheko aphezulu, avela eBrooklyn — simfumana njani?
Umnumzana Schumer waqala ukutyelela onke amabandla angama-62 kurhulumente, into ayenzayo minyaka le. Wazntywilisela kwimicimbi ephezulu ukuze ashukumise ithegi enkulu yenkululeko. Kwangoko kulenyanga, umzekelo, wacela i-HBO ukuba idubule imovie malunga noHarriet Tubman kwidolophu yakhe iAuburn, NY, idolophu encinci eFinger Lakes. Uye wakwazi ukufumana iyogathi yamaGrike, uninzi lwayo luvelise kumantla eNew York, edweliswe njengemenyu eyahlukileyo yenkqubo yesidlo sasemini yesikolo, ukuqala kunyaka olandelayo wesikolo. 
Umnumzana Schumer khange afune ukuba uCaroline Kennedy abekwe njenge senator encinci yase New York [Ifoto yeSebe likaRhulumente nguWilliam Ng / I-Domain yoluntu]
Ngo-2004, ukuphumelela kwakhe ukhetho kwakhona kwakulawula ngokwaneleyo kangangokuba abaninzi bathetha ngoMnu Schumer njengegosa elizayo. Kodwa xa uNkosazana Clinton ejonge iphulo likamongameli, waqonda ukuba anganguye umenzi yaseNew York ngaphandle kwelinye iphulo elinegazi. Wahlala eWashington.
Amandla akhe afikelela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ngokushiya kukaNks uClinton ukuya kwintloko yeSebe likaRhulumente kangangokuba uMqwalaseli, kwi-2009, wambiza ngokuba ngu-hegemon. Esinye isizathu yayikukuba wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuthambiseni uNks.Clinton owayengene ezihlangwini zakhe, owayengumfazi we-congresswoman ongaziwayo ovela kwisithili esisemaphandleni ekuthiwa nguKirsten Gillibrand.
Into awayeyiyo yayiyibhodi yam yesandi, uMnu Paterson ukhumbula. Wayengatyhili kumaphephandaba ukuba sithetha rhoqo njengoko sasinjalo.
Umnumzana Schumer uxelwe ukuba akafuni ukukhuphisana nokuqwalaselwa luluntu (kunye nothando) noCaroline Kennedy, mhlawumbi ekuphela komgqatswa onokuthi adume ngokudlula kukaNks uClinton. Xa uMnumzana Paterson ethatha uNks. Gillibrand (umgqatswa owathandwayo nguMnu Schumer) njengendlu yeeNgwevu zesizwe ngo-2009, yasonjululwa loo ngxaki.
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CI-huck Schumer yezopolitiko, njengoko iphindaphinde i-nauseam yesikhangiso, gxila kwinqanaba eliphakathi. Hayi izityebi. Kwaye hayi amahlwempu.
Unolwazi, kodwa akayikulandela. Akunakulindeleka ukuba achithe imali eninzi kwezopolitiko ekulweni ubuhlwempu okanye ukungalingani kwemivuzo.
Unyathela ngenyameko. Ngokwendalo i-hawkish, wavotela iMfazwe yase-Iraq xa uluvo lukawonke-wonke lwaluyiyo; wayechasene nomtshato wabantu besini esinye de kube lixesha kanye apho kungasasebenziyo ukwenza njalo.
Lixesha, uMnu Schumer uthe ngo-2009, emva kokubhengeza ukuba uxhasa ukulingana emtshatweni. Amagama kaMnu Schumer, nokuba leliphi na ixesha awise umthetho ngalo-elingcono nelibi-ebesoloko eyi-apropos.
Ngexesha lokomelela kwezoqoqosho, wazimanya namaRiphabhlikhi ukuze abethe ngempumelelo iindonga phakathi kweebhanki zotyalo-mali kunye neebhanki zorhwebo. Ngo-2007, wanyanzelisa ulawulo oluncinci kushishino lwezezimali ukwenza isiXeko saseNew York sikhuphisane kwihlabathi liphela. Ngexesha elifanayo, wenza isilungiso esathintela iKhomishini yoKhuseleko kunye noTshintshiselwano ekujongeni iiarhente zokulinganiswa kwamatyala, njengeeNkonzo zeStandard & Poor's kunye neMoody's Investors Service.
Umnumzana Schumer wabelana ngabanikeli kuninzi lwabaphetheyo kwiRiphabhlikhi. Yena no George W. Bush, umzekelo, ngamnye wabala uGoldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley kunye no CitiGroup njengabaxhasi abakhulu. Iibhanki ezimbini ezinkulu zotyalo-mali eziwe ngonyaka ka-2008, uLehman Brothers kunye no-Bear Stearns, baphinde banika imali kubo bobabini abantu. Abaxhasi bakaMitt Romney, abanjengoPaul Singer noJohn Paulson, nabo baxhasa amaphulo kaMnu Schumer.
Uluncedo kakhulu kuluntu lweshishini, ucacisile uKathryn Wylde, umongameli weNtsebenziswano yeNew York City, engenzi nzuzo emele ishishini elite. Ndicinga ukuba uye wanceda iNew York ukuphepha iimbumbulu ezininzi.
Kodwa umnumzana Schumer wayiphepha imbumbulu ngokwakhe. Ngaphandle kokuba encedisile ekungeniseni imeko yolawulo evumayo abagxeki abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba bakhuthaza ukungalunganga kweWall Street kunye nokuwa kwezoqoqosho, uhlala edumile; uyonwabele ilitye eliqinileyo elingama-54% lokufumana imvume, ngokokuvota okutsha kukaMarist.
Ubuninzi bomsebenzi wakhe indima yakhe yayikukonyusa imali eninzi kwiKomiti yeDemocratic Senate Campaign kwaye ke abe lilungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu kwiWall Street kwaye isebenze kakuhle de iWall Street yaphosa uqoqosho, utshilo uRobert Kuttner, umseki Ithemba laseMelika , elona phephancwadi lakhokelela kwinkululeko. Iiprogressives zimjonge njengeArchetypal Wall Street Democrat.
IWall Street yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yaseNew York, utshilo uMnu Schumer kudliwanondlebe olufutshane noMqwalaseli. Ndine-gyroscope yam yangaphakathi: xa besenza into elungileyo, ndiza kubabuyisela. Xa besenza into engeyiyo, ndiza kubagxeka. Uye waphawula ukuba wayengumbhali ophambili ka-Dodd-Frank, umthetho wasemva koRhwebo owomeleza ukuphononongwa kweebhanki kunye neWall Street.
Njengoko i-zeitgeist yezopolitiko, ubuncinci kwiiDemokhrasi, ishiya ngasekhohlo, uMnu Schumer mva nje uzifumene ekwimeko engathandekiyo. Uyamelana no-Elizabeth Warren-populism, kodwa uphawu lwakhe, ngokusisiseko, lumalunga nokuziqhelanisa-uChuck Schumer akanakuze athandwe.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, wayethe chuu ukuba lilungu elinqwenelekayo kwiKomiti yeBhanki ethandwayo, apho wayeza kuba nomsebenzi ongathandekiyo wokupholisa abo bashiyekileyo bevuselelekileyo ngelixa bekhupha izibonelelo zezemali zaseNew York.
Wayegxeka ubambiswano lweTrans-Pacific, isivumelwano sokurhweba ngokukhululekileyo samazwe ali-12 esixhaswe nguMongameli u-Obama kunye neWall Street-kwaye watshabhiswa ngabaninzi abaxhomekeke kwiDemokhrasi kunye nabasebenzi abalungelelanisiweyo. Umthetho uza kunika iCongress amandla okuvota okanye aphikise-kodwa angalungisi okanye enze iifilibuster-izivumelwano ezinkulu zorhwebo zamanye amazwe ekuxoxiswene ngazo yi-White House. 
Umnumzana Schumer ngobusuku anyulwe njengelungu le-U.S. (Ifoto HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP / Getty Izithombe)
Endaweni yokujoyina inkampu yaseWarren kwaye aqhankqalaze isivumelwano sonke njengesoyikiso kwimisebenzi yaseMelika, uMnu Schumer uthathe indawo, utshilo uMnu Kuttner, onokuthi abeke inkululeko kwaye kwangaxeshanye abonise amahlakani kwicandelo lezemali akaluchasi urhwebo . Ecacisa ukuba wayekhathalele kuqala nokuphambili ekuchaseni amazwe angaphandle asebenzise imali yawo ukufumana inzuzo yorhwebo, uMnu Schumer watyhala isilungiso sokwenza kanye loo nto, mhlawumbi esazi ukuba ulawulo luka-Obama lwaluza kuyidubula ukuba ikhe yasinda kwiNdlu. I-Senate ivote kwiveki ephelileyo udlulise isivumelwano sentengiso kodwa wabulala ukulungiswa kwemali kaMnu Schumer.
Nangona uMnu Schumer evotile ngokuchasene nomthetho wezorhwebo, angatsho ukuba inkcaso yakhe yayingeyongcinga kwaye ebonisa inkqubela phambili wavota ngendlela eyiyo.
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Twemka engazange avukele nxamnye noMnu Schumer. Iinkokeli zabasebenzi zinjengaye. Amatshantliziyo aqhubela phambili alumkile ngakumbi, kodwa kunqabile ukuba ajolise kubo, njengoClintons okanye u-Andrew Cuomo.
Kwaye namaRiphabhlikhi anezinto ezintle zokuthetha ngaye. Inkxaso yakhe engagungqiyo ku-Israyeli xa ejamelene nobutshaba bamanye amazwe imzuzele abahlobo abaninzi kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, wakhankanya owayesakuba ngu-Sen Norm Coleman, owayesakuba yiRiphabhlikhi yaseMinnesota, nowayefunda kwisikolo esiphakamileyo sika Mnu Schumer eJames Madison.
Ndimazi iminyaka elikhulu. UChuck akazange abe yintyatyambo yodonga, utshilo uMnu Coleman. Ungomntu onzima, okrelekrele kwaye elihloniphayo iziko.
Ukuhlala kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu kunikeze ngeenzuzo ezininzi kuMnu Schumer. Ukuthandwa kwakhe akusokoli njengosodolophu okanye irhuluneli ngenxa yokuba akanguye umntu olawulayo: ulwaphulo-mthetho oluguquguqukayo, ukulahleka kwemisebenzi kunye neentlekele ezenziwe ngabantu azibekek 'ityala kuye. Akukho ziko labezindaba linikezelwe kuye, njengoko kukho iHolo yeSixeko kunye neAlbany. Yonke into ayenzayo ayilandelwa. Umnumzana Schumer, ke ngoko, unokukhetha imicimbi yakhe, isitayile se-buffet, kwaye ayiphathe. Akalindelwanga, kunyanzelekile, ukuba akhokele.
Ilifa le-Schumer lilungu le-pointillist. Akafani noMnu Reid, uKesare welizwe lakhe , ngamazwi e-Nevada yezopolitiko enkulu uJon Ralston. Umnumzana Reid wasebenzisa ulawulo olupheleleyo kwezopolitiko zaseNevadan, egeza ikhaya lakhe elilibalekileyo ngeebhiliyoni zeedola. Phantse wonke uMdemokhrasi owayebalekela iofisi ephezulu kwafuneka amange iringi kaMnu.
Akukho projekthi ziphambili zemisebenzi yoluntu okanye isiqwenga somthetho esiphethe isitampu seSchumer. Iminwe yakhe, kancinci ngexesha, ikho yonke indawo.
Xa uMqwalaseli wabuza inginginya yabantu abakrelekrele malunga nempumelelo eyodwa enkulu kaMnu Schumer kwikhondo leminyaka engama-40, bazabalaza ukubiza enye.
Wenza izinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Unomnwe kwimbiza nganye, wanikela uMnu Paterson, irhuluneli yangaphambili.
Ungumenzi we-dealmaker onobuchule, utshilo uKenneth Sherrill, uprofesa ophuma kwisayensi yezopolitiko kwiZiko leMfundo kunye neHunter College, eCUNY. Kodwa andikwazi ukucinga ngento enye. Ukunyaniseka, ndizobe ndingenanto.
Ekunye nabanye abaDemokhrasi, wanceda u-Obamacare ukuba abe ngumthetho-kodwa kamva wakhalaza uMongameli u-Obama bekufanele ukuba ujolise kwenye indawo kwaye iqela lakhe lavuthela ithuba abantu baseMelika ababanike ngalo kwintetho yonyaka ophelileyo kwi-National Press Club.
Ngaphandle koko, ezinye iimfazwe, ezifana nokulawula izikhombisi ze-laser kunye ne-wire grill zokucoca iibrashi, kubonakala ngathi zincinci. Okwangoku, iinkomfa zooMnumzana Schumer ezenziwa rhoqo ngeenkomfa zeendaba zeCawa, umxholo wokuhlekwa ngamanye amaxesha phakathi kweentatheli, zisebenza ngokukuko ekuhlakuleleni umfanekiso wopolitiki okhathala ngokusebenza nzima. Usathanda iisuti ezinamaxabiso aphantsi kunye nokungeneka, phantse isimilo esidlangalaleni; Abancedisi bathi, ngothando oluthile, ukuba uyi-slob engenakudla inja eshushu kwindawo efanelekileyo ngaphandle kokufumana i-catsup kunye nokuzonwabisa ebusweni bakhe.
Isitayela sihlala sinento, nangona kukho ukungafani. Intatheli ngoMatshi ophelileyo uye wahlola umnumzana Schumer, odume ngebhayisikile ejikeleza isixeko ngeempelaveki, ehla kwisithuthi uhambo olufutshane ukusuka kwisidlo sakusasa sangeCawa kwiBhunga leMibutho yamaJuda yaseFlatbush. Abancedisi bavelisa ibhayisekile kunye noMnu Schumer, owake waba ngumboniso, wenza ngathi wayehamba yonke indlela eya kumnyhadala owawuseBrooklyn.
Ukuba ngenene uthatha indawo kaMnu Reid, elona lifa lakhe likhulu kunokuba yile: ukuzibeka ngokugqibeleleyo kwindawo yokuphumelela.
Inguquko yenzeka ngo-2006. Usihlalo weKomiti yeDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Campaign, uMnu Schumer wafuna isileyiti sabagqatswa ukuba baphinde bathathe iNdlu yeeNgwevu kwiRiphabhlikhi. Umkhosi wabanyanisekileyo bakaSchumer — uJon Tester waseMontana, uClaire McCaskill waseMissouri, uBob Casey wasePennsylvania — weza kulawula kuloo mjikelo, njengoko abavoti bavukela ivenkile enkulu nxamnye nexesha likaGeorge W. Bush. U-Obama wave ngo-2008 wagqobhoza uninzi kwaye wongeza kwigunya lakhe. Kulo mjikelo wonyulo, wanyusa ngaphezulu kwe- $ 160 yezigidi ze-DSCC-kwaye wanceda abantu baseRiphabhlikhi ukuba bangahlali njengoMnu Coleman.
Kwakunokwenzeka, mhlawumbi, lelona xesha lililo embalini ukuba liphathe.
Ngethamsanqa kwakhona kwicala likaMnu Schumer. Ngo-2016, iiRiphabhlikhi kufuneka zikhusele izihlalo ze-Senate ezingama-24, xa kuthelekiswa ne-10 kuphela kwiidemokhrasi.
Ngaba iiSenate zeDemokhrasi zinokuphinda zithathe uninzi ngo-2016? Ngokuqinisekileyo, uCharlie Cook, omnye wabaqikeleli bezonyulo abaphambili kweli lizwe, kutshanje ubhale Ijenali kaZwelonke .
Yintoni enokuthi yenze ukuba uMnu Schumer oyikeke nangakumbi kunangaphambili kwabo bangaphambili kwakhe likhaya lakhe. Kwi-New York eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, akanakubethwa, kwaye iRiphabhlikhi khange ihlangane nomceli mngeni-ngo-2010, waxhela itakane elaziwa njengedini laseRiphabhlikhi eligama linguJay Townsend ngamanqaku angaphezu kwama-30. Ngo-2016, xa elandela unyulo kwakhona, kujongeka ngathi kuyafana.
Njengenkokheli yeSeneti, uMnu Schumer uzakubanakho ukwenza iimfuno zaseNew York zibaluleke kakhulu kwiCongress enobutshaba. Ukuba uba yinkokeli yesininzi, uya kuseta i-ajenda yegumbi. Uya kuba liqabane elibalulekileyo lokuthethathethana nomongameli olandelayo, iRiphabhlikhi okanye iDemokhrasi, kwinto eyakuba ngumzimba owahlulwe ngokusondeleyo phakathi kwala maqela mabini.
Iidola zaseburhulumenteni zeNew York, ebizwa ngokuba yihagu, zingafumaneka ngokulula kunye noMnu Schumer ophetheyo. Isitalato iWall, iqabane lakhe laphakade, liya kuba neentshatsheli zokuphosa i-punch ngamanye amaxesha kwindawo yasekhohlo. Unokubonisa inkqubela phambili yeeprojekthi ezingafunekiyo zalapha ekhaya, njengo Mnu. Reid ukwenzile e-Nevada kunye ne-Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
Uya kuba nesongezelelo esongezelelweyo ekufumaneni iiprojekthi kurhulumente zibandakanyiwe kwimithetho yokugqibela yokulalanisa, utshilo uPatrick Miller, unjingalwazi oncedisayo kwisayensi yezopolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseKansas. Uye waphawula ukuba owayesakuba yiNkokheli ye-Majority i-Sen. U-Bob Dole wase-Kansas wayelawula kwindawo engenabandlululo. Okwangoku, iinkokheli zidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuxoxisaneni ngezinto eziza kuba kwi-ajenda kunye nezo zingayi kubakho.
Oku kunokuthetha ukuba, ubuncinci, imali ethe kratya yeSixeko saseNew York ukujongana neemfuno zophuhliso. Ngo-2014 Iziko leNgxelo yeKamva leDolophu uthe isixeko sodwa siza kudinga i-47 yezigidigidi zeedola ukubuyisela nokulungisa izitrato ezindala, iibhulorho kunye nemiqondiso engaphantsi kwendlela kule minyaka mihlanu izayo. Phantse isiqingatha semibhobho yokondla amanzi esixekweni yafakwa ngaphambi kowe-1940 kwaye malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1 000 zingaphezulu kwekhulu leminyaka ubudala, ngokwengxelo.
Ukubeka nje, uninzi lwezixhobo ezibalulekileyo zesixeko zihlala zibambekile kwinkulungwane ye-20-ingxaki kwisixeko esizimeleyo ukuba sikhuphisane nezinye izixeko zehlabathi kuqoqosho lwenkulungwane yama-21 yanamhlanje, itsho ingxelo.
Ayothusi into yokuba uMnumzana Schumer acinge ukuba anganikezela okuninzi kwilizwe lakhe. UThixo evuma ukuba ndiyinkokeli, uthe ngokungathi ukunyuka kwakhe bekungumbuzo, andiyi kuyilibala iNew York. INew York isemathanjeni am. Ndizimisele ukukhuthalela iNew York ukunceda ngandlela zonke endinako njengangaphambili. Inxalenye yomsebenzi endiwuthandayo, yinxalenye yomsebenzi endizingcayo ngawo… Ndiza kuhlala ndizama ukusebenzisa i-clout yam eNew York. Ndenza ngoku, ndiza kuthi emva koko.
Inguqulelo yeli bali yavela kwiphepha elingaphandle likaJuni wesithathu woshicilelo lweNew York Braganca.
