Chuck Schumer
Senate Democratic Leader, Democrat of New York. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade officials or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-10-09.
At a glance
Party Democratic Office Senate Democratic Leader Born 1950 Education Harvard Law School; Harvard College; James Madison High School Occupation writer, lawyer, politician, jurist
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Record
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Full official biography, including earlier offices (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)
In Congress: 1397 bills and resolutions sponsored, 8127 cosponsored, 33 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov
A joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit. (Public Law 117-73, 2021-12-16)A bill to provide for a 2-week extension of the Medicaid community mental health services demonstration program, and for other purposes. (Public Law 116-29, 2019-07-05)A bill to rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel". (Public Law 115-260, 2018-10-09)A bill to authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all formats. (Public Law 114-219, 2016-07-29)A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1335 Jefferson Road in Rochester, New York, as the "Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office". (Public Law 113-193, 2014-11-26)Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-166, 2012-08-10)Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-341, 2010-12-22)A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building". (Public Law 111-288, 2010-11-30)Confirmation votes
Every Supreme Court confirmation while in the Senate, and Cabinet confirmations in the last two Congresses. Senate records, newest first.
Supreme Court
Voted Yea on Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2022-04-07, Confirmed 53–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2020-10-26, Confirmed 52–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2018-10-06, Confirmed 50–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2017-04-07, Confirmed 54–45, roll call ) Voted Yea on Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S (2010-08-05, Confirmed 63–37, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2009-08-06, Confirmed 68–31, roll call ) Voted Nay on Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (2006-01-31, Confirmed 58–42, roll call ) Voted Nay on John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States (2005-09-29, Confirmed 78–22, roll call ) Cabinet
Voted Nay on Keith Sonderling, Secretary of Labor (2026-09-30, Confirmed 47–41, roll call ) Voted Nay on Todd Blanche, Attorney General (2026-08-08, Confirmed 50–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on Walter Clayton, Director of National Intelligence (2026-07-28, Confirmed 51–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security (2026-03-23, Confirmed 54–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Michael G. Waltz, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations (2025-09-19, Confirmed 47–43, roll call ) Voted Nay on Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force (2025-05-13, Confirmed 74–25, roll call ) Voted Nay on John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy (2025-03-24, Confirmed 62–30, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor (2025-03-10, Confirmed 67–32, roll call ) Voted Nay on Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education (2025-03-03, Confirmed 51–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Daniel Driscoll, Secretary of the Army (2025-02-25, Confirmed 66–28, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2025-02-19, Confirmed 52–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce (2025-02-18, Confirmed 51–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture (2025-02-13, Confirmed 72–28, roll call ) Voted Nay on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025-02-13, Confirmed 52–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (2025-02-12, Confirmed 52–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2025-02-06, Confirmed 53–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on Eric Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2025-02-05, Confirmed 55–44, roll call ) Voted Nay on Pamela Bondi, Attorney General (2025-02-04, Confirmed 54–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on Douglas Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2025-02-04, Confirmed 77–23, roll call ) Voted Nay on Christopher Wright, Secretary of Energy (2025-02-03, Confirmed 59–38, roll call ) Voted Nay on Douglas Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (2025-01-30, Confirmed 80–17, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2025-01-29, Confirmed 56–42, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation (2025-01-28, Confirmed 77–22, roll call ) Voted Nay on Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury (2025-01-27, Confirmed 68–29, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security (2025-01-25, Confirmed 59–34, roll call ) Voted Nay on Peter Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (2025-01-24, Confirmed 50–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2025-01-23, Confirmed 74–25, roll call ) Voted Yea on Marco Rubio, Secretary of State (2025-01-20, Confirmed 99–0, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Where they stand
In their own words, from their official website and their statements on Government , summarised in plain English. Under each issue, their Senate votes: Final passage votes in the Senate in the last two Congresses (2023 to now); for a bill blocked without a final vote, the last vote to end debate on it (cloture: 60 votes needed); and votes on amendments, each filed under the issue the amendment is about and checked by a person. Bills are matched to each issue by Congress.gov's own topic for the bill (and its subject tags, unless it is a catch-all bill with dozens). Closest votes first: a lopsided vote says little about where anyone stands. The 10 most recent of the 236 show here; the rest are folded under each issue.
Economy and cost of living
Schumer says Democrats fought to lower the cost of food, housing, energy, groceries and gasoline, and that Republicans pushed policies that raised those costs. He lists the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, the infrastructure law and the American Rescue Plan among his accomplishments.
“We fought to lower the skyrocketing costs of Trump's economy: the cost of food, the cost of housing, the cost of energy, the cost of groceries, the cost of gasoline.”
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Show 22 more votes Voted Yea on Kim’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent increased barriers to American caregivers, including individuals caring for seniors, children, home care workers, and individuals engaged in the care economy. (2025-04-05, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 98; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status". (2024-04-10, Passed 50–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on Alsobrooks’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting attacks on Federal employees by protecting legally binding collective bargaining agreements and the right to organize. (2025-04-04, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 18; A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions". (2025-03-27, Passed 52–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J. Res. 28; A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications". (2025-03-05, Passed 51–47, roll call ) Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the impacts of hedge fund ownership of single-family homes and rent prices. (2025-02-20, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 30; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights". (2023-03-01, Passed 50–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J. Res. 13; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act. (2025-05-07, Passed 52–47, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sanders’s amendment: To make sure the Senate can increase the Federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by a simple majority vote. (2025-04-05, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States. (2023-11-01, Rejected 46–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kennedy’s amendment: To remove the sunset on modification of work requirement exemptions. (2023-06-01, Rejected 46–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the impacts of hedge fund ownership of single-family homes and rent prices. (2026-04-23, Rejected 46–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Congress continuing its work to rein in the administrative state by supporting legislation that prevents Federal agencies from finalizing major rules without congressional approval, strengthens the Article 1 law-making powers of Congress, cuts spending resulting from costly regulations, reduces inflation, and unleashes economic growth. (2025-02-21, Agreed to 53–47, roll call ) Voted Yea on Schumer’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing Trump's tariffs from increasing the cost of groceries and everyday goods for families. (2025-04-04, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 32; 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 Financial Protection relating to "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)". (2023-10-18, Passed 53–44, roll call ) Voted Yea on Klobuchar’s amendment: To strike a provision relating to delayed implementation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program matching funds requirements. (2025-07-01, Rejected 45–55, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 109; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121". (2024-05-16, Passed 60–38, roll call ) Voted Nay on S. 1582, As Amended; A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes. (2025-06-17, Passed 68–30, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 3853; A bill to extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining. (2024-03-07, Passed 69–30, roll call ) Voted Nay on Hawley’s amendment: To require the imposition of additional duties with respect to articles imported from the People's Republic of China until trade between the United States and the People's Republic of China comes into balance. (2023-06-01, Rejected 17–81, roll call ) Voted Yea on Schatz’s amendment: To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. (2023-07-27, Agreed to 86–11, roll call ) Voted Yea on Warnock’s amendment: To provide enhanced protection against debt collector harassment of members of the Armed Forces. (2023-07-26, Agreed to 95–2, roll call ) Accurate? 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Taxes and government spending
Schumer has sponsored a bill to raise the excise tax on corporate stock buybacks. He also sponsored a bill to terminate and refund certain duties (tariffs) imposed by the President.
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Show 58 more votes Voted Yea on Schiff’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the obligation of amounts appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the public assistance and hazard mitigation programs. (2026-04-23, Rejected 49–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.R. 1, as Amended; A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (2025-07-01, Passed 50–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Van Hollen’s amendment: To strike the appropriations for the Office of Management and Budget. (2025-07-01, Rejected 50–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Warner’s amendment: Use of revenues from lease payments from Metropolitan Washington Airports for aviation safety improvements and other purposes. (2025-07-01, Rejected 50–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To rescind funds from the Department of Energy loan programs office. (2024-09-19, Rejected 47–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To provide adequate funding for defense and increase the rescission of funding for the Internal Revenue Service. (2023-06-01, Rejected 49–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 2882; A bill making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-09-19, Rejected 47–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Scott (FL)’s amendment: To use unspent COVID-19 relief funds to offset the costs of grants. (2023-04-19, Rejected 47–49, roll call ) Voted Yea on ending debate on S. 3385; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the enhancement of the health care premium tax credit. (2025-12-11, Rejected 51–48; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.R. 4, As Amended; A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (2025-07-17, Passed 51–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on Hickenlooper’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing the use of proceeds from public land sales to reduce the Federal deficit. (2025-04-05, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To strike the waiver authority for Administrative PAYGO. (2023-06-01, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cotton’s amendment: To provide appropriate adjustments to the discretionary spending limits, in the event of funding under a continuing resolution. (2023-06-01, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on H. R. 5371; A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-09-19, Rejected 44–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on Van Hollen’s amendment: To prohibit the use of appropriated amounts by DOGE. (2025-03-14, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Schiff’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Federal wildland firefighters and associated personnel. (2025-02-20, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on H.R. 7024; A bill to make improvements to the child tax credit, to provide tax incentives to promote economic growth, to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States, to provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters, to make improvements to the low-income housing tax credit, and for other purposes. (2024-08-01, Rejected 48–44; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Baldwin’s amendment: To strike the rescissions of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (2025-07-16, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Rosen’s amendment: To provide tax relief for the middle class. (2025-04-05, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Budd’s amendment: To rescind unnecessary coronavirus funds. (2023-06-01, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on H.R. 7147; A bill making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2026-03-26, Rejected 53–47; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on H.R. 4016; A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-10-16, Rejected 50–44; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Upon Reconsideration, S. 2882; A bill making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-09-30, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Lujan’s amendment: To strike reconciliation instructions requiring damaging cuts to programs critical to rural Americans and food assistance for American families. (2025-02-21, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Murray’s amendment: To strike the reconciliation instructions and create a reserve fund to implement a bipartisan, multi-year agreement to provide up to $171,000,000,000 in discretionary funding for defense and up to $171,000,000,000 in discretionary funding for other programs, accounts, and activities to address border, veterans, farmers, food and nutrition, disaster relief, and other needs. (2025-02-20, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Peters’s amendment: To rescind unobligated balances under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (2026-06-05, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To create a point of order against legislation that would create more debt over a 30-year period than has accumulated over the past 249 years. (2025-04-04, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.R. 1968; A bill making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. (2025-03-14, Passed 54–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on Upon Reconsideration, H.R. 5371; A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-09-30, Rejected 55–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lankford’s amendment: To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations. (2023-10-25, Rejected 56–42, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To establish prohibitions relating to the purchase or sale of State or municipal securities. (2024-02-29, Rejected 37–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.R. 5371, As Amended; A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-11-10, Passed 60–40, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 2806; A bill to provide for automatic continuing appropriations. (2025-09-29, Rejected 37–61; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on Braun’s amendment: To prohibit earmarks. (2023-10-26, Rejected 35–62, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 3746; A bill to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling. (2023-06-01, Passed 63–36, roll call ) Voted Nay on Braun’s amendment: To rescind discretionary appropriations in the event of a debt ceiling crisis period and to honor the full faith and credit of the debts of the United States in the event of a debt ceiling crisis. (2023-06-01, Rejected 35–62, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To reduce continuing funding by 15 percent, except for the Department of Defense, military construction, and the Department of Veterans Affairs and to rescind $30,000,000,000 from enforcement funds provided to the Internal Revenue Service. (2023-11-15, Rejected 32–65, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To provide for automatic continuing resolutions. (2024-12-20, Rejected 28–67, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 815, as Amended; A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes. (2024-02-13, Passed 70–29, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 7148, as Amended; A bill making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2026-01-30, Passed 71–29, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 25; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales". (2025-03-26, Passed 70–28, roll call ) Voted Yea on S.J. Res. 3; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales". (2025-03-04, Passed 70–27, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To reduce the amount appropriated for the United States Agency for International Development. (2025-03-14, Rejected 27–73, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To reduce new budget authority for functions 150, 250, 500, and 600 in order to offset $70,000,000,000 of new spending by cutting $45,000,000,000 of foreign aid, eliminating $5,000,000,000 in refugee spending, cutting $16,000,000,000 from the Department of Education, and cutting $4,000,000,000 of National Science Foundation funding. (2026-04-23, Rejected 25–73, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To reduce the amounts appropriated in divisions B and C and to rescind amounts appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service. (2023-11-01, Rejected 23–74, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To require an adequate amount of deficit reduction as part of reconciliation. (2025-02-21, Rejected 24–76, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 9747; A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes. (2024-09-25, Passed 78–18, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 7463; A bill making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. (2024-02-29, Passed 77–13, roll call ) Voted Nay on Scott (FL)’s amendment: To reduce funding for certain programs under the division making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. (2025-08-01, Rejected 15–81, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 6938; A bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2026-01-15, Passed 82–15, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kennedy’s amendment: To reduce the Agriculture discretionary appropriations by 2 percent across the board. (2025-08-01, Rejected 14–81, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 4366, as amended; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. (2023-11-01, Passed 82–15, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To prohibit earnings on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository institution. (2025-10-09, Rejected 14–83, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 10545; A bill making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. (2024-12-21, Passed 85–11, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 6363; A bill making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. (2023-11-15, Passed 87–11, roll call ) Voted Yea on H. R. 3944, as amended; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (2025-08-01, Passed 87–9, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 5860; A bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. (2023-09-30, Passed 88–9, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To modify the debt limit instruction for the House of Representatives and the Senate. (2025-04-04, Rejected 5–94, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Health care
Schumer has sponsored a bill to restore the premium tax credit for lawfully present individuals and cosponsored a bill to expand access to in vitro fertilization. He has also held events across New York opposing Medicaid cuts.
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All 30 votes Voted Yea on Wyden’s amendment: To strike section 2001(b)(4) relating to reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives to cut $880,000,000,000 from Medicaid. (2025-04-05, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Baldwin’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing a reduction in Medicaid funding that could lead to rural hospital closures, cost increases for individuals with other kinds of insurance, or higher rates of uncompensated care. (2025-04-05, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Wyden’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study related to economic consequences of private or confidential drug pricing agreements struck by any Federal department, agency, or office with any pharmaceutical manufacturer. (2026-04-23, Rejected 48–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sanders’s amendment: To rescind certain amounts appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and certain changes to Medicaid. (2026-01-30, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending price gouging on prescription drugs. (2025-02-21, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Duckworth’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting access to fertility services, and eliminating barriers for families in need of high-quality, affordable fertility services by expanding nationwide coverage for in vitro fertilization. (2025-02-21, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Ossoff’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting access to maternal and pediatric health care through Medicaid. (2025-02-20, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. (2025-02-20, Agreed to 51–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 3386; A bill to provide a health savings account contribution to certain enrollees, to reduce health care costs, and for other purposes. (2025-12-11, Rejected 51–48; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Rosen’s amendment: To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for Global Health programs, including family planning and reproductive health. (2025-07-16, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Warnock’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to access to health care, which may include legislation preventing reductions in funding for Medicaid that could lead to benefit cuts, coverage loss, or slashed provider payments. (2025-04-05, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Reed’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing reduction in enrollment or benefits for individuals enrolled in Medicaid, including seniors, children, families, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and military families. (2025-04-04, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. (2025-04-04, Agreed to 51–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 57; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds". (2024-05-15, Rejected 46–49, roll call ) Voted Yea on Kim’s amendment: To strike a provision relating to limitations on certain Medicaid payments. (2025-07-01, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Shaheen’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving and extending vital tax credits enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which make heath care accessible and affordable and that have led to the lowest uninsured rate in our Nation's history. (2025-02-21, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Duckworth’s amendment: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the plan of the Secretary for Department of Veterans Affairs workforce reduction in fiscal year 2026. (2025-08-01, Rejected 45–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Schiff’s amendment: To reduce the amount rescinded from Global Health programs to preserve funding for programs addressing diseases. (2025-07-16, Rejected 46–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Blumenthal’s amendment: To ensure full and uninterrupted funding for Department of Veterans Affairs health care and benefits provided by the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168), also known as the "PACT Act", preventing any cuts or delays. (2025-02-21, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 4554; A bill to express support for protecting access to reproductive health care after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on June 24, 2022. (2024-07-10, Rejected 49–44; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sanders’s amendment: To cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half and expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing. (2025-07-01, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Slotkin’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing reductions in funding and staffing necessary to respond to, control, and prevent avian flu. (2025-02-21, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on ending debate on S. 4445; A bill to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization. (2024-09-17, Rejected 51–44; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 4381; A bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception. (2024-06-05, Rejected 51–39; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on Vance’s amendment: To prohibit funds appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2024 from being used to enforce a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus. (2023-10-25, Agreed to 59–38, roll call ) Voted Yea on Hawley’s amendment: To extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining. (2023-07-27, Agreed to 61–37, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sanders’s amendment: To reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2025-10-09, Rejected 10–88, roll call ) Voted Yea on Gillibrand’s amendment: To amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to funding for the World Trade Center Health Program. (2023-07-27, Agreed to 94–4, roll call ) Voted Yea on Menendez’s amendment: To reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018. (2023-07-27, Agreed to 96–2, roll call ) Voted Yea on Murray’s amendment: To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the ways beryllium sensitivity can be established for purposes of compensation under that Act and to extend the authorization of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health of the Department of Labor. (2023-07-19, Agreed to 96–2, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Social Security and Medicare
Schumer says he has worked to protect Social Security and Medicare. He cosponsored a bill to cap high out-of-pocket costs for Medicare fee-for-service benefits and to strengthen programs that protect low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
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All 9 votes Voted Yea on Ossoff’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reversing cuts to the Social Security Administration, which may include cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency or any other cuts to seniors' services. (2025-04-04, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. (2025-02-20, Agreed to 51–49, roll call ) Voted Yea on Markey’s amendment: To preserve access to Social Security's phone service. (2025-04-05, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Hirono’s amendment: To prevent DOGE from closing Social Security offices, preserving access to benefits for seniors and people with disabilities. (2025-04-05, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. (2025-04-04, Agreed to 51–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on Sanders’s amendment: To cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half and expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing. (2025-07-01, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Crapo’s amendment: To delay the repeal of the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions until additional changes are made to offset any negative impacts on the actuarial balance of the Social Security Trust Funds. (2024-12-20, Rejected 34–62, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 82; A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. (2024-12-21, Passed 76–20, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To adjust the normal and early retirement ages for Social Security benefits and increase the maximum age for delayed retirement credits. (2024-12-20, Rejected 3–93, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Immigration and the border
Schumer says he worked across the aisle in 2013 on a comprehensive immigration reform package that passed the Senate. He has cosponsored a bill to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
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All 12 votes Voted Yea on Sanders’s amendment: To rescind certain amounts appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and certain changes to Medicaid. (2026-01-30, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Coons’s amendment: To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens. (2025-01-15, Rejected 46–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on S. J. Res 18; A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility". (2023-05-17, Passed 50–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on S. 2, As Amended; An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33. (2026-06-05, Passed 52–47, roll call ) Voted Yea on Gallego’s amendment: To make funds available for the timely adjudication of DACA renewal applications. (2026-06-05, Rejected 47–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Marshall’s amendment: To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes. (2023-06-01, Rejected 46–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on ending debate on S. 4361; A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. (2024-05-23, Rejected 43–50; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on S. 5, As Amended; A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. (2025-01-20, Passed 64–35, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To eliminate funding for refugee and entrant assistance. (2026-01-30, Rejected 32–67, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cornyn’s amendment: To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention. (2025-01-15, Agreed to 70–25, roll call ) Voted Nay on Ernst’s amendment: To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention. (2025-01-20, Agreed to 75–24, roll call ) Voted Yea on Graham’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the apprehension and deportation of adult illegal aliens convicted of rape, murder, or sexual abuse of a minor after illegally entering the United States. (2026-04-22, Agreed to 98–0, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Abortion
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All 3 votes Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 3627; A bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes. (2026-01-27, Rejected 47–45; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S.6; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. (2025-01-22, Rejected 52–47; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 4554; A bill to express support for protecting access to reproductive health care after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on June 24, 2022. (2024-07-10, Rejected 49–44; 60 needed, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Energy and climate
Schumer says Democrats want to require data centers by law to cover their own rising costs in surrounding communities. He has held events opposing cuts to clean energy tax credits and cites passing the Inflation Reduction Act.
“Senate Democrats want to make it mandatory for data centers to cover their own costs by law, not by suggestion or hope or whim.”
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Show 29 more votes Voted Nay on S. J. Res. 11; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards". (2023-04-26, Passed 50–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To make a categorical exclusion available for use on certain land by States and Indian Tribes through a project delivery program. (2023-04-18, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Shaheen’s amendment: To repeal amendments that terminate certain clean energy credits, and for other purposes. (2025-07-01, Rejected 49–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 89; A joint resolution providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The 'Omnibus' Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". (2025-05-22, Passed 49–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 131; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision". (2025-12-04, Passed 49–45, roll call ) Voted Yea on Hickenlooper’s amendment: To modify the provision terminating the residential clean energy credit, and for other purposes. (2025-07-01, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Bennet’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reinstating the fired Federal employees at the Forest Service, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management. (2025-02-20, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Rubio’s amendment: To prohibit the use of funds to implement the final rule regarding energy efficient standards for certain subsidized housing. (2023-10-25, Rejected 47–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 30; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights". (2023-03-01, Passed 50–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on H. J. Res. 35; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions". (2025-02-27, Passed 52–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 58; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces". (2024-05-21, Passed 50–45, roll call ) Voted Yea on Rosen’s amendment: To maintain parity for wind and solar facilities under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2025-07-01, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 87; A joint resolution providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". (2025-05-22, Passed 51–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 31; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act". (2025-05-01, Passed 52–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 42; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment". (2025-04-30, Passed 52–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on S. 4072; A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2024-04-18, Rejected 52–46, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 61; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure". (2024-04-10, Passed 53–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J. Res. 80; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision". (2025-10-30, Passed 52–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 88; A joint resolution providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". (2025-05-22, Passed 51–44, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 75; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers". (2025-05-01, Passed 52–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 20; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters". (2025-04-10, Passed 53–44, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 61; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing". (2025-05-06, Passed 55–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 27; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'". (2023-03-29, Passed 53–43, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 24; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers". (2025-04-03, Passed 53–42, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kaine’s amendment: To strike a provision relating to expediting completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. (2023-06-01, Rejected 30–69, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To terminate wind and solar credits. (2025-07-01, Rejected 21–79, roll call ) Voted Yea on Cruz’s amendment: To prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities. (2023-07-20, Agreed to 85–14, roll call ) Voted Yea on Barrasso’s amendment: To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, establish an HALEU for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Demonstration Projects Program, and submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program, and to enhance programs to build workforce capacity to meet critical mission needs of the Department of Energy. (2023-07-27, Agreed to 96–3, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 870; A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs. (2023-04-20, Passed 95–2, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Guns
Schumer says he was the leading sponsor of the Brady Bill, which set mandatory background checks for handgun purchases.
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All 3 votes Voted Nay on H.J. Res. 44; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'". (2023-06-22, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Murphy’s amendment: To require a report on veterans who would have been reported to the national instant criminal background check system and who die by suicide with a firearm. (2025-08-01, Rejected 44–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kennedy’s amendment: To prohibit the availability of funds for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (2023-10-25, Agreed to 53–45, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Crime and policing
Schumer says he led the fight against crime earlier in his career, sponsoring the Violence Against Women Act and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. He voted for an amendment to fund local law enforcement hiring programs.
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All 8 votes Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes. (2025-10-09, Rejected 47–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Lujan’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting police, which may include initiatives that provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. (2025-02-21, Rejected 48–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S.6; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. (2025-01-22, Rejected 52–47; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Duckworth’s amendment: To limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities. (2025-10-09, Rejected 46–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Hirono’s amendment: To transfer amounts for youth mentoring programs of the Department of Justice. (2026-06-05, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Cortez Masto’s amendment: To appropriate amounts for local law enforcement hiring programs. (2026-06-05, Rejected 45–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul Amdt No. 1829; To append the Fourth’s amendment: To append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act. (2024-04-19, Rejected 31–61, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 331, as amended; A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes. (2025-03-14, Passed 84–16, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Education
Schumer says he authored a permanent tax credit to offset rising college tuition costs and led the push to make tuition tax deductible.
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Show 4 more votes Voted Yea on Hirono’s amendment: To eliminate a program of qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships for public, private, or religious schools. (2025-07-01, Rejected 50–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on S.J.Res. 43; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program". (2023-11-15, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 3627; A bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes. (2026-01-27, Rejected 47–45; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 45; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans". (2023-06-01, Passed 52–46, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Foreign policy and defense
Schumer voted for measures directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran not authorized by Congress, and for a bill sanctioning Russia and Iran. He also led a bipartisan push to protect the silicon carbide chip supply chain from unfair Chinese competition.
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Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (2026-07-14, Rejected 50–46; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Yea on Paul’s amendment: To strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion. (2026-08-07, Rejected 32–64, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 5334, as amended; An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. (2026-08-07, Passed 86–11, roll call ) Show 48 more votes Voted Yea on Shaheen’s amendment: To reduce the amount rescinded from Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia. (2025-07-17, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Coons’s amendment: To strike the recession of amounts made available for international disaster assistance, to ensure the United States can compete with China and maintain our long tradition of providing lifesaving aid. (2025-07-16, Rejected 49–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: To provide adequate funding for defense and increase the rescission of funding for the Internal Revenue Service. (2023-06-01, Rejected 49–48, roll call ) Voted Nay on Johnson’s amendment: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-28, Rejected 47–49, roll call ) Voted Yea on Van Hollen’s amendment: To amend title 32, United States Code, to clarify certain limitations on full-time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. (2025-10-09, Rejected 47–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Merkley’s amendment: To strike the paragraph of the bill that rescinds $15,000,000 that had been appropriated for the United States Institute of Peace. (2025-07-17, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Ossoff’s amendment: To reduce the amount rescinded from International Organizations and Programs and to ensure that UNICEF receives all of the funding previously appropriated to it by Congress. (2025-07-17, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Booker’s amendment: To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for the Feed the Future Program to improve global food security and agricultural resiliency and support agriculture research that benefits United States agribusinesses and universities. (2025-07-16, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Yea on Bennet’s amendment: To prevent any disruption in security assistance to Ukraine. (2025-04-04, Rejected 48–51, roll call ) Voted Nay on Wicker’s amendment: To establish the Office of the Lead Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance. (2023-07-26, Rejected 51–48, roll call ) Voted Yea on Schumer’s amendment: To prohibit the use of funds to procure or modify foreign aircraft for presidential airlift. (2025-10-09, Rejected 46–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on Kennedy’s amendment: To prohibit allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund for perpetrators of genocide and state sponsors of terrorism without congressional authorization. (2023-07-27, Rejected 51–47, roll call ) Voted Yea on Duckworth’s amendment: To limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities. (2025-10-09, Rejected 46–52, roll call ) Voted Yea on Duckworth’s amendment: To make veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily dismissed without cause eligible for reinstatement and to require reports from Executive agencies on the number of veteran employees fired from such agencies. (2025-03-14, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Yea on Reed’s amendment: To ensure continued United States support for the Government of Ukraine to stand firm against aggression by the Government of Russia in Europe. (2025-02-21, Rejected 47–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To limit foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority or any other Palestinian governing entity in the West Bank and Gaza. (2024-01-18, Rejected 44–50, roll call ) Voted Yea on Warner’s amendment: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening protections for members of the Armed Forces by prohibiting the use of any commercial messaging application to transmit information revealing the timing, sequencing, or weapons to be used during impending United States military operations in foreign countries that may endanger the lives of members of the Armed Forces. (2025-04-04, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cruz’s amendment: To ensure that United States diplomats and officials of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission are able to advance efforts seeking compliance by the United Mexican States with the 1944 Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande. (2023-11-01, Rejected 52–45, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cruz’s amendment: To provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. (2023-07-26, Rejected 46–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Durbin’s amendment: To prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. (2024-04-19, Rejected 42–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on H.R. 23; A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies. (2025-01-28, Rejected 54–45; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on Risch’s amendment: To provide for a delayed, conditional repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. (2023-03-23, Rejected 41–52, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To appropriately address the use of amici curiae in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings and to require adequate disclosure of relevant information in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 applications. (2024-04-19, Rejected 40–53, roll call ) Voted Nay on Rubio’s amendment: To provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges. (2023-07-27, Rejected 55–42, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cruz’s amendment: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-28, Rejected 41–55, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 326; A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes. (2023-04-26, Rejected 57–42; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sullivan’s amendment: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-28, Rejected 38–57, roll call ) Voted Nay on Hawley’s amendment: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to clarify the meaning of the term "aggregate value" for purposes of the Presidential drawdown authority. (2023-07-19, Rejected 39–60, roll call ) Voted Nay on Wyden’s amendment: To strike section 25, relating to definition of electronic communication service provider. (2024-04-19, Rejected 34–58, roll call ) Voted Nay on Graham’s amendment: To provide for more targeted authority under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. (2023-03-22, Rejected 36–60, roll call ) Voted Nay on Hawley’s amendment: To prohibit the use of funds for providing grants, funding, or any financial benefit to Chinese entities. (2023-10-31, Agreed to 61–36, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.R. 7888; A bill to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. (2024-04-19, Passed 60–34, roll call ) Voted Nay on Ricketts’s amendment: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-28, Rejected 31–65, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 316; A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-29, Passed 66–30, roll call ) Voted Yea on Kaine’s amendment: To require the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes. (2023-07-19, Agreed to 65–28, roll call ) Voted Nay on Hawley’s amendment: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (2023-03-28, Rejected 26–68, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 2296, as amended; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (2025-10-09, Passed 77–20, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To provide for the termination of authorizations for use of military force after two years. (2023-03-23, Rejected 19–76, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to Ukraine for military, economic, and humanitarian aid. (2023-07-26, Rejected 20–78, roll call ) Voted Nay on Lee’s amendment: To limit the availability of funds for the support of Ukraine. (2023-07-20, Rejected 13–71, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To express the sense of Congress that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war before the United States engages in war. (2023-07-19, Rejected 16–83, roll call ) Voted Yea on Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670; A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (2023-12-13, Agreed to 87–13, roll call ) Voted Yea on S. 2226, As Amended; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (2023-07-27, Passed 86–11, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sanders’s amendment: To reduce military spending. (2023-07-27, Rejected 11–88, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force. (2023-03-22, Rejected 9–86, roll call ) Voted Nay on Sanders’s amendment: To reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2025-10-09, Rejected 10–88, roll call ) Voted Yea on Rounds’s amendment: To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and require review of certain agricultural transactions. (2023-07-25, Agreed to 91–7, roll call ) Voted Yea on Cornyn’s amendment: To provide for an investment screening mechanism relating to covered sectors. (2023-07-25, Agreed to 91–6, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Elections and ethics in government
Schumer has sponsored a bill to establish an Anti-Corruption Bureau and a bill to reform executive clemency. He says Democrats exposed what he calls Trump's corruption.
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Show 11 more votes Voted Yea on S. J. Res. 82; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act". (2025-12-18, Rejected 50–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on H. J. Res. 142; A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. (2026-02-12, Passed 49–47, roll call ) Voted Nay on Cruz’s amendment: To prohibit using funds to pay the salary of an individual who was nominated to the position of Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and whose nomination was subsequently withdrawn. (2023-10-31, Rejected 47–49, roll call ) Voted Nay on Budd’s amendment: To prohibit the use of funds to implement or enforce Executive Order 14019. (2023-10-31, Rejected 45–50, roll call ) Voted Nay on ending debate on S. 3012; A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes. (2025-11-07, Rejected 53–43; 60 needed, roll call ) Voted Nay on Scott (FL)’s amendment: To require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. (2025-10-09, Rejected 53–43, roll call ) Voted Nay on H. J. Res. 42; A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022. (2023-05-16, Passed 56–43, roll call ) Voted Nay on Johnson’s amendment: To limit disclosures regarding earmarks. (2025-08-01, Rejected 21–75, roll call ) Voted Nay on Marshall’s amendment: To strike the prohibition on political appointees being involved in the approval of queries by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2024-04-19, Rejected 17–75, roll call ) Voted Yea on H.J. Res. 26; A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. (2023-03-08, Passed 81–14, roll call ) Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To prohibit the use of authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to surveil United States persons, to prohibit queries under such Act using search terms associated with United States persons, and to prohibit the use of information acquired under such Act in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or as part of any criminal, civil, or administrative investigation. (2024-04-19, Rejected 11–81, roll call ) Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Ratings and endorsements
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Money
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Chuck Schumer (DEM, incumbent)
Raised
$1.2M through 2026-09-30
individuals $680K · PACs $163K · cash on hand $7.9M
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-08
38 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
AECOM PAC $2,500 AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $2,500 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $1,875 ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $5,000 AT&T INC. FEDERAL PAC $1,000 ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500 BEYOND FINANCE EMPLOYEE PAC $5,000 CENCORA, INC. PAC $5,000 COLLEGE OF AMERICA PATHOLOGISTS PAC (PATHPAC) $2,500 DELTA AIR LINES PAC $2,500 DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC) $5,000 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000 EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000 GE VERNOVA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500 HUMANA INC. PAC $10K INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE, INC. PAC $2,500 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $5,000 K&L GATES LLP PAC $1,000 MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $5,000 MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. PAC $1,000 NASDAQ, INC. PAC (NASDAQ PAC) $2,500 NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT PAC $2,500 OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE) $5,000 PARSONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 SAAB, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA, INC. PAC $2,500 SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000 STEPTOE LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 SUNRUN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SUNRUN PAC) $2,500 THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $7,500 TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000 UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $2,500 UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
All filings at the FEC ↗
Praise and criticism
What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Each side shows everything we found and checked, so one side may be longer than the other.
Praise
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse : Says Senate seats in some deep-red states are in play because of candidates Schumer recruited. pbs.org
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Brian Schatz : Credits Schumer's recruiting and electoral strategy for putting Democrats in contention to take the Senate. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Ro Khanna : Credited Schumer with strong work on the CHIPS Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure, even while calling for his replacement. cbsnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Adriano Espaillat : Defends Schumer, saying he held out for many weeks and voted no on the shutdown deal. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Show 10 more Sen. Chris Murphy : Said Schumer opposed the shutdown deal behind the scenes and pressed hard against that outcome. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries : Jeffries defended Schumer, saying Schumer and Senate Democrats had waged a valiant fight on behalf of the American people during the shutdown. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Dick Durbin : Durbin said Schumer handled the shutdown deal well, calling it a hard assignment. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen : Shaheen said Schumer did the right thing in March by keeping the government open and was unfairly attacked for it. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Tim Kaine : Kaine said Schumer's strategy emerged from hearing everyone out, and that he lets the caucus air opinions without putting his thumb on the scale. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Peter Welch : Welch said Schumer has an impossible job and did it well. apnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Mike Huckabee : Praised Schumer for opposing the Iran nuclear deal, calling it an act of statesmanship over partisanship. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Peter Welch : Said Schumer handled an impossible job well during the shutdown. apnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
David Hogg : Praised Schumer's communications effort during the shutdown, calling a video 'nice work.' politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez : Said Schumer and Jeffries are the ones actually negotiating and leading Democrats in the shutdown fight. nbcnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Criticism
Rep. Ro Khanna : Says Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced because he failed to lead the fight on health care premiums. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Seth Moulton : Says the shutdown deal shows the need for new leadership, arguing an effective leader would have united the caucus to vote no. cbsnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Jasmine Gripper, Working Families Party : Says she is unsure New Yorkers want Schumer showing up and wants him in D.C. fighting to protect democracy. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Abdul El-Sayed : Said Schumer's whole approach is to talk to money people and dole out corporate money to elect candidates who serve corporations. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Show 20 more Juliana Stratton : Said she would not support Schumer as leader and that he should step down. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
House Speaker Mike Johnson : Said Schumer and Jeffries are irredeemable and he has given up on the leadership. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. John Thune : Dismissed Schumer's DHS offer as not real. axios.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Donald Trump : Said Schumer and Jeffries will try to stop the reconciliation bill, calling them Radical Left Democrats. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Our Revolution : The group circulated a petition demanding that Schumer resign. nbcnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Zach Wahls : Said Schumer is part of a status quo that has failed Iowans and accused rival Turek of being beholden to him. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Mitch McConnell's successor as Majority Leader, Sen. John Thune : Thune accused Schumer of living in fear of socialists taking over the Democratic Party and of deferring to progressives. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Markwayne Mullin : Mullin accused Schumer of wanting open borders and called him a lying politician. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
NRSC spokeswoman Bernadette Breslin : The NRSC said Schumer's fundraising appeal reflects Republican donor enthusiasm and that the Democratic brand is dying. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
NRSC spokesperson Samantha Cantrell : The NRSC said Schumer has a primary problem, with the establishment-backed candidate struggling to keep up with a progressive rival. nbcnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Chief Justice John Roberts : Rebuked Schumer for his remarks about Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch outside the Supreme Court. cnn.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Sen. Martin Heinrich : Heinrich said Schumer's Maine miscalculation showed he and the DSCC operate on an old model of electability in an anti-establishment year. politico.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Ilhan Omar : Omar criticized Schumer for not endorsing Mamdani, saying Democrats should support their party's nominee. foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Ro Khanna : Khanna said Schumer is no longer effective. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Speaker Mike Johnson : Johnson said Schumer and Jeffries attached wild partisan demands to a simple stopgap funding bill. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Senate Majority Leader John Thune : Thune said Schumer and Jeffries are afraid of their shadows and under pressure from their left. washingtonexaminer.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Vice President JD Vance : Vance said Schumer is listening to far-left radicals out of fear of a primary challenge, causing the shutdown. nbcnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Rep. Elise Stefanik : Stefanik warned that Schumer and Jeffries prop up the 'Marxist-communist wing' of the Democratic Party. washingtonexaminer.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Bernie Sanders : Called Schumer and other Democratic leaders' reported push for Mills to run 'disappointing' while praising Platner. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Ro Khanna : Said Schumer is 'no longer effective' after the shutdown-ending vote. thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Controversies
Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source .
Allegations
Alleged recruitment of a similarly named candidate in the Alaska Senate race
The Justice Department's amended federal complaint incorporates a New York Times report that Peltola's campaign and the DSCC recruited a retired teacher to enter the race. Sen. John Barrasso (R) alleged that Schumer 'schemed and colluded' with the Peltola campaign. The articles do not report any finding on the allegations.
Sources: politico.com , foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Ethics complaints over Supreme Court remarks
After Schumer told Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh at a rally that they had "released the whirlwind" and "will pay the price," the National Legal Policy Center filed complaints with the Senate Ethics Committee and the New York bar alleging his remarks violated Senate ethics rules and professional conduct rules, and Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a censure resolution; Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement rebuking the remarks.
Sources: foxnews.com , cnn.com , congress.gov , politico.com , cnn.com , cbsnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Ethics complaint over calls for IRS scrutiny of conservative groups Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
The Center for Competitive Politics asked the Senate ethics committee to examine nine Democratic senators, including Schumer, accusing them of pushing the IRS to investigate specific groups. The article does not report an outcome.
Sources: thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
IRS complaint against Schumer-aligned dark money group
A liberal watchdog group filed an IRS complaint alleging that Majority Forward, a dark money group aligned with Schumer, concealed political activity in an effort to suppress Republican voter turnout in 2018 races.
Sources: foxnews.com , foxnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Other
Forged sexual harassment document targeting Schumer Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
A forged 13-page legal document alleging sexual harassment by Schumer against a former staffer circulated among media outlets; the purported accuser said her signature was forged and called the allegations false, and Schumer's office asked Capitol Police to investigate and pursue criminal charges.
Sources: cbsnews.com , nbcnews.com , axios.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Criticism of Schumer's leadership during government shutdown Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
After the 2025 shutdown ended, several House Democrats, progressive groups and some Democratic Senate candidates called for Schumer to step down as leader. Axios reported that no Democratic senator had publicly said he should step aside.
Sources: axios.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Campaign contributions received from Jeffrey Epstein Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
The Hill, citing FEC filings compiled by OpenSecrets.org, reported Schumer received seven $1,000 donations from Epstein between 1992 and 1997 through several PACs. Schumer's spokesperson said he would donate an equal sum to anti-sex trafficking and anti-violence against women groups.
Response: While these campaign accounts closed about 20 years ago, and even then the campaign never controlled the two political action committees (PACs), Sen. Schumer is donating an equal sum to anti-sex trafficking and anti-violence against women groups
Sources: thehill.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
Backlash over Schumer's vote on Republican funding bill Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
After Schumer cast a vote that helped pass a Republican funding bill to prevent a shutdown, some House colleagues and liberal advocates called on him to step down as Democratic leader. NBC News reported none of the Democratic senators had called on him to quit.
Response: Look, I’m not stepping down
Sources: nbcnews.com
Accurate? Yes No Missing context
From Semblen
Semblen analyzed 16 of Chuck Schumer's statements on Government ; 15 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often Loaded Language, Exaggeration/Hyperbole, Name Calling.
Floor remarks: LEGISLATIVE SESSION (2026-11-12) · Black-and-White Fallacy, Card Stacking, Loaded LanguageFloor remarks: LEGISLATIVE SESSION (2026-11-11) · Bandwagon Appeal, Repetition, Loaded LanguageFloor remarks: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION (2026-10-05) · Black-and-White Fallacy, Loaded Language, Appeal to PrejudiceFloor remarks: RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT (2026-10-04) · Card Stacking, Loaded Language, Conspiracy AppealFloor remarks: TRIBUTE TO CIETTA KIANDOLI (2026-10-03) · Repetition, Exaggeration/Hyperbole, Glittering GeneralitiesAll 16 statements →
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