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  • 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
07/16/1984 H.R.5942 Tenant Credit Reporting Act 07/16/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.  (All Actions)
05/25/1984 H.R.5659 Criminal Justice Information Improvement Act of 1984 05/25/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.  (All Actions)
05/17/1984 H.R.5681 Broker Deposit Limitation Act 05/17/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.  (All Actions)
05/15/1984 H.R.4718 National Entrepreneurship Act 05/15/1984 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
03/30/1984 H.R.5218 A bill to provide that any funds appropriated for fiscal year 1985 or fiscal year 1986 to the Department of Defense for procurement under the B-1B bomber program shall be transferred to the Secretary of Education to be used for grants to State and local educational agencies for the hiring of additional elementary school teachers. 03/30/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.  (All Actions)
03/05/1984 H.R.4986 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits thereunder to individuals who have been deported or ordered deported from the United States on account of certain activities conducted under the direction of or in association with the Nazi government of Germany during World War II. 03/05/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
02/10/1984 H.Con.Res.246 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the president of Syria should permit Jewish emigration. 02/10/1984 Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.  (All Actions)
08/03/1983 H.R.3780 A bill for the relief of Morris and Lenke Gelb. 08/03/1983 Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.  (All Actions)
07/11/1983 H.R.3469 A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be five miles per hour. 07/11/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.  (All Actions)
06/29/1983 H.R.3413 A bill to limit temporarily the acquisition of depository institutions and the commencement of certain new activities by State chartered depository institutions, and for other purposes. 06/29/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.  (All Actions)
06/17/1983 H.R.3306 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit medical expenses incurred by crime victims to be deductible without regard to the 5-percent floor on the deduction for medical expenses. 06/17/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
05/16/1983 H.R.2931 International Financial Stability Act 05/16/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy.  (All Actions)
05/03/1983 H.R.2378 International Financial Stability Act 05/03/1983 For Further Action See H.R.2756.  (All Actions)
05/02/1983 H.R.2748 Public Housing Tenant Reporting Procedures Act 05/02/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
03/24/1983 H.R.2364 Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1983 03/24/1983 Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
03/24/1983 H.R.2363 Tenants Emergency Relief Act 03/24/1983 Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
03/09/1983 H.R.2033 A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall use the same cost-based criteria in determining payments for the operation of lower income housing projects that were used immediately prior to January 1, 1983. 03/09/1983 Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
02/18/1983 H.R.1483 Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1983 02/18/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
02/08/1983 H.R.1361 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction to individuals who rent their principal residences for a portion of the real property taxes paid or accrued by their landlords. 02/08/1983 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/08/1982 H.R.7388 Real Dollar Mortgage Demonstration Act of 1982 12/08/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (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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