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American politician (born 1950), Minority Leader of the United States Senate (2017–2021) and again since 2025
There is no single, authoritative public list in the provided reporting that catalogues U.S. senators “receiving money from Venezuela.” Available sources document extensive U.S. legislative activity o...
The 1986 maritime provisions were presented by supporters as a narrow, prosecutorial fix to close jurisdictional gaps and strengthen penalties for drug manufacture, possession and distribution aboard ...
Available reporting and public records in the provided sources do not identify any U.S. senators as “getting money back from Venezuela.” The documents instead show U.S. senators sponsoring legislation...
Chuck Schumer did vote for a 1986 law, the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, that expanded U.S. authority over suspected drug-smuggling vessels — a vote sometimes summarized as permitting military fo...
Available sources confirm the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) was enacted in 1986 as part of the Anti‑Drug Abuse Act and received bipartisan support . The specific claim that Senator Chuck S...
Senator Chuck Schumer—then a New York member of the House—voted for the Anti‑Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which included the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement provisions that expanded U.S. authority to prosecu...
There is no reliable, sourced list in the provided reporting that names U.S. senators accepting money from the Venezuelan government; available sources focus on U.S. Senate votes and legislation relat...
Chuck Schumer was publicly linked to the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MLDEA) from the 1980s and voted for counter‑drug authorities, but the blanket claim that he “shut in the law in 1996 about b...
The claim that Senator Chuck Schumer “wrote” a law that explicitly allows the U.S. government to blow drug-smuggling boats out of the water is a simplification and a mischaracterization: Schumer backe...
Available sources show the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 included a subtitle called the "Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986," part of bills H.R.5484/S.2878 in the 99th Co...
Reporting and social posts in November 2025 circulated a viral narrative that Sen. John Kennedy “executed” or stunned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez (AOC) in a dramatic on‑camera showdown; multiple par...
President Trump posted and reposted messages calling Democratic lawmakers “TRAITORS” and labeling their actions “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” language that multiple outlets report as endo...
Available reporting in the provided search results does not list any U.S. senator who has publicly disclosed receiving gifts or payments "linked to Venezuela" in the last ten years; coverage instead d...
Multiple contemporaneous official inventories and photo reports from January 2021 make , while some contemporaneous statements and later commentary claimed rioters smeared feces and urine inside the b...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not show any current House or Senate leaders openly calling for President Trump to resign in 2025; instead, the material documents calls for action in ...
Available reporting shows multiple viral accounts and fringe sites claim a dramatic on-camera exchange in which Sen. John Kennedy “executed” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) on the Senate floor, bu...
Chuck Schumer did vote in favor of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act package in 1986 that included the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement provisions; the MDLEA was enacted as part of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act and...
Contemporary online posts claim Senator Chuck Schumer voted “Yes” on the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act as part of the 1986 Anti‑Drug Abuse legislation; the MDLEA was enacted within the Anti‑Drug A...
Multiple major outlets report that President Donald Trump posted social media messages calling a group of Democratic lawmakers’ actions “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” prompting Democrats t...
The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) was enacted in 1986 as part of the Anti‑Drug Abuse legislative package and expanded U.S. jurisdiction to prosecute drug crimes on vessels on the high seas...