Charles Schumer

Schumer said that Democrats will soon test Senate Republicans by introducing a bill proposing background checks for firearms—an idea polls say is widely supported by American voters.

The Senate sent over 270 nominations back to the White House on Thursday.

"For too long, when women have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case," the Senate minority leader said.

Senator Chuck Schumer kicked some bluegrass on his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell by giving him a bottle of Brooklyn bourbon.

"President Obama created more jobs in the last year of his term than you created in the first year of yours," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday ahead of the president's State of the Union speech.

Their appointments are a nod to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Congress overrides an Obama veto for the first time during his administration.