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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
10/15/1982 H.R.7180 National Anti-Arson Fire Insurance Act 10/15/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
08/19/1982 H.R.5715 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the tax-free rollover of partial distributions from qualified employer plans by increasing the limitations on the deduction for retirement savings. 08/19/1982 See H.R.4961.  (All Actions)
06/15/1982 H.R.6552 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 5 miles per hour. 06/15/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.  (All Actions)
04/15/1982 H.R.6060 Tenant Credit Reporting Act 04/15/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.  (All Actions)
03/15/1982 H.R.5750 Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1982 03/15/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
02/05/1982 H.R.5422 Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1982 02/05/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
01/26/1982 H.R.5355 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to restore veterans' burial benefits terminated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. 01/26/1982 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  (All Actions)
12/31/1981 H.R.5212 A bill to amend section 235 of the National Housing Act. 12/31/1981 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
12/26/1981 H.R.4879 An act to clarify the treatment of international banking facility deposits for purposes of deposit insurance assessments and to remove certain limitations on the mortgage loan purchase authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association. 12/26/1981 Became Public Law No: 97-110.  (All Actions)
12/14/1981 H.R.5213 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of certain payments under section 236 of the National Housing Act received by cooperative housing corporations. 12/14/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/01/1981 H.R.4937 A bill to reestablish the tenant rental payment and income review requirements which were in effect with respect to federally assisted housing programs before the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981. 12/01/1981 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
11/10/1981 H.R.4938 A bill to repeal the provision added by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which treats investments by individual retirement plans in collectibles as distributions. 11/10/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
11/05/1981 H.R.4720 A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937. 11/05/1981 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.  (All Actions)
09/17/1981 H.R.4517 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the income level applicable to joint returns at which unemployment compensation becomes taxable. 09/17/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
09/17/1981 H.R.4516 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that taxable unemployment compensation will be treated as wages for purposes of the limitation on the deduction for individual retirement savings. 09/17/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
06/03/1981 H.R.3780 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend child's insurance benefits to full-time students who have not attained the age of 26, and for other purposes. 06/03/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/30/1981 H.R.3346 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. 04/30/1981 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/20/1981 H.R.2057 A bill providing for a reduction in the amount paid each year by the United States as its contribution toward the assessed budget of the United Nations, such reduction to be equal to the amount of that contribution which would be used for the expenses of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights. 04/20/1981 Executive Comment Requested from State.  (All Actions)
04/07/1981 H.R.3131 A bill for the relief of Pepi Traub. 04/07/1981 Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.  (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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