• SCHUMER, CHARLES E
Experience: Senate: 1999-Present
Home State: New York
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $15,863,650Coverage End: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Charles 'Chuck' E. Schumer
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Iris; 2 Children: Jessica, Alison
    Birth Date: 11/23/1950
    Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
    Home City: Brooklyn, NY
    Religion: Jewish

Education

    JD, Harvard College, 1974
    AB, Harvard College, 1971

Political Experience

    Minority Policy Committee Chair, United States Senate, 2015-present
    Senator, United States Senate, 1998-present
    Former Democratic At-Large Whip, United States House of Representatives
    Majority Policy Committee Chair, United States Senate, 2015
    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1980-1998
    Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1974-1980

Current Legislative Committees

    Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Member
    Finance, Member
    Joint Committee on Printing, Member
    Joint Committee on the Library, Vice Chair
    Judiciary, Member
    Rules and Administration, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Member
    Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Member
    Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, Member
    Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, Member
    Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, Member
    Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Member
    Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Vice Chair, Democratic Conference, Democratic Leadership Team, 2006-present

Professional Experience

    Attorney

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, New York State Bar Association
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 1199
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
08/04/1998 H.R.4396 Pension Plan Participant Protection Act of 1998 08/04/1998 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
07/31/1998 H.R.4379 Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1998 07/31/1998 Referred to House Budget  (All Actions)
07/22/1998 H.R.3081 Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1997 07/22/1998 Committee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
07/17/1998 H.R.4102 Child Care for Working Parents Act of 1998 07/17/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.  (All Actions)
07/07/1998 H.R.4138 Stolen Artwork Restitution Act of 1998 07/07/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.  (All Actions)
06/19/1998 H.R.3986 Student and Teachers Excellence in Education Act 06/19/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.  (All Actions)
06/05/1998 H.R.4015 For the relief of Kerantha Poole-Christian. 06/05/1998 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
05/15/1998 H.R.3759 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to widely distribute information describing their procedures for receiving and responding to complaints concerning harassment. 05/15/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.  (All Actions)
05/12/1998 H.Con.Res.275 Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of the determination of the Department of the Treasury not to allow the importation of certain large capacity military magazine rifles that are functionally identical to banned semiautomatic assault weapons. 05/12/1998 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
02/20/1998 H.R.3237 To establish a national registry from which adopted children may obtain medical information voluntarily provided by their birth parents. 02/20/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.  (All Actions)
12/10/1997 H.R.2967 Health Insurance Consumer's Bill of Rights Act of 1997 12/10/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.  (All Actions)
11/18/1997 H.R.2860 Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997 11/18/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
11/14/1997 H.R.2861 Welfare to Work Act of 1997 11/14/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.  (All Actions)
11/13/1997 H.R.3080 To waive the determination of the President that Lebanon and Syria are not major drug-transit or major illicit drug producing countries under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes. 11/13/1997 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.  (All Actions)
11/05/1997 H.R.2827 Taxpayer Right-To-Know Act of 1997 11/05/1997 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
11/05/1997 H.R.2826 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of a principal residence within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer. 11/05/1997 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
11/03/1997 H.R.2769 Brady Background Check Improvement Act 11/03/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.  (All Actions)
10/27/1997 H.R.2702 To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the importation of firearms that have been cosmetically altered to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons. 10/27/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.  (All Actions)
10/27/1997 H.R.2683 To amend the auto theft provisions of title 49, United States Code, to add air bag modules to the list of major auto parts protected under such provisions. 10/27/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.  (All Actions)
09/19/1997 H.R.2312 Immigrant Slave Trade Punishment Act of 1997 09/19/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.  (All Actions)
Total: 6114
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 S.722 Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017
06/13/2017 S.55 Fort Ontario Study Act
06/08/2017 S.Res.184 A resolution relative to the death of James Paul David "Jim" Bunning, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
05/17/2017 S.1162 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 S.675 Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
05/17/2017 S.324 State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017
05/08/2017 S.1068 Clean Energy for America Act
05/04/2017 S.1045 Save Women's Preventive Care Act
05/04/2017 S.Res.158 A resolution recognizing the cultural and historical significance of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
05/04/2017 S.Res.155 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should work in cooperation with the international community and continue to exercise global leadership to address the causes and effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
05/02/2017 S.1006 Equality Act
04/27/2017 S.967 Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017
04/06/2017 S.872 Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
04/06/2017 S.865 FRAC Act
04/05/2017 S.834 A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
04/05/2017 S.828 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes.
04/04/2017 S.820 A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
04/04/2017 S.819 Paycheck Fairness Act
04/04/2017 S.815 Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017
03/30/2017 S.Res.104 A resolution honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez.
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