Senator Chuck Schumer (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/03/1998
Next Election: 2016
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Iris; 2 Children: Jessica, Alison
Birth date: 11/23/1950
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Home City: Brooklyn NY
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Attorney

Education

JD, Harvard University, 1974 BA, Harvard University, 1971

Committees

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Finance
Joint Committee on Printing
Joint Committee on the Library
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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