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Chuck Schumer | |
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
| Whip | Dick Durbin |
| Preceded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2017 | |
| Vice Chair | Mark Warner Elizabeth Warren |
| Preceded by | Harry Reid |
| United States Senator from New York | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1999 Serving with Kirsten Gillibrand | |
| Preceded by | Al D'Amato |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
| In office January 3, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
| Whip | Dick Durbin |
| Preceded by | Harry Reid |
| Succeeded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Leader | Harry Reid |
| Preceded by | Byron Dorgan |
| Succeeded by | Debbie Stabenow |
| Chair of the Senate Rules Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Dianne Feinstein |
| Succeeded by | Roy Blunt |
| Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus | |
| In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Leader | Harry Reid |
| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 | |
| Leader | Harry Reid |
| Preceded by | Jon Corzine |
| Succeeded by | Robert Menendez |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Holtzman |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Weiner |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 45th district | |
| In office January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Solarz |
| Succeeded by | Daniel L. Feldman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Ellis Schumer November 23, 1950 New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Working Families Party[a] |
| Spouse |
Iris Weinshall (m. 1980) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Amy Schumer (cousin) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
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Charles Ellis Schumer (/ˈʃuːmər/ SHOO-mər; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since 2021[2] and the senior United States senator from New York since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and was Senate Minority Leader from 2017 to 2021. Schumer is in his fifth Senate term, making him the longest-serving US senator from New York, having surpassed Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits in 2023. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
A native of Brooklyn and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Schumer was a three-term member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980. He served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999, first representing New York's 16th congressional district before being redistricted to the 10th congressional district in 1983 and 9th congressional district 10 years later. In 1998, Schumer was elected to the Senate, defeating three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato. He was reelected in 2004 with 71% of the vote, in 2010 with 66% of the vote, in 2016 with 70% of the vote, and in 2022 with 56% of the vote.
Schumer chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2005 to 2009, overseeing 14 Democratic gains in the Senate in the 2006 and 2008 elections. He was the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin. He served as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate from 2007 to 2017[3] and chaired the Senate Democratic Policy Committee from 2011 to 2017.[4] Schumer won his fourth term in the Senate in 2016 and was then unanimously elected Democratic leader to succeed Reid, who was retiring.[5][6]
In January 2021, Schumer became Senate Majority Leader, becoming the first Jewish Senate majority leader. As majority leader, Schumer shepherded through the Senate some of the Biden administration's major legislative initiatives, such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act. Under his leadership, the Senate confirmed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy's, and the most diverse slate of federal judicial nominations in American history,[7] including Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African American woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
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- ^ Yee, Vivian (November 8, 2016). "Chuck Schumer Wins 4th Term in Senate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ O'Keefe, Ed; DeBonis, Mike (November 16, 2016). "Schumer is next top Senate Democrat, adds Sanders to leadership ranks". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ Gramlich, John. "Biden has appointed more federal judges than any president since JFK at this point in his tenure". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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