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Charles E. Schumer

U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY

Democratic New York since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY current
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY
New York
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY
New York
Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NY
New York
Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-9
New York
Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-9
New York
Democratic Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-9
New York
Democratic Jan 5, 1993 Jan 3, 1995 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-10
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 1991 Jan 3, 1993 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-10
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 1989 Jan 3, 1991 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-10
New York
Democratic Jan 6, 1987 Jan 3, 1989 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-10
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 1985 Jan 3, 1987 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-10
New York
Democratic Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-16
New York
Democratic Jan 5, 1981 Jan 3, 1983 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.355, social dim. -0.411. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bradley Hansell to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Nay Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Lukas to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Nay Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cristian M. Stevens to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Nay Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua M. Divine to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Nay Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schmitt Admt. No. 2853 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 2863 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 2896 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2898 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murkowski Amdt. No. 2865 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2893 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Booker Amdt. No. 2887 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Rosen Amdt. No. 2878 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 2862 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Amdt. No. 2855 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 2856 Yea Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Discharge Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,207,086. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 104 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 47 $295,298 24%
Big donor 56 $170,014 14%
Party 1 $24,646 2%
Unclassified 896 $717,128 59%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$24,646 SCHUMER MAJORITY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Party Oct 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,282 GRASSROOTS MEDIA FRIENDS OF SCHUMER unclassified Aug 7, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$19,159 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Nov 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,085 AMALGAMATED BANK FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Mar 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,948 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Oct 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,917 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Nov 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,481 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,773 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,696 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,592 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Jun 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,531 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,519 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Aug 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,518 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Nov 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,019 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,899 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC FRIENDS OF SCHUMER Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)

  • SRES 771 US · Jun 17, 2026
    A resolution congratulating the New York Knicks on winning the 2026 National Basketball Association Finals.
  • S 4796 US · Jun 16, 2026
    A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rate of the excise tax on the repurchase of corporate stock, and for other purposes.
  • S 4791 US · Jun 16, 2026
    A bill to abolish the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and for other purposes.
  • S 4781 US · Jun 15, 2026
    A bill to expand the mission of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and focus on building export-related domestic critical industries that produce…
  • SJRES 149 US · May 13, 2026
    A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer…

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