Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman
Senate Policy Committee Chairman
Charles Schumer
Senior Senator New
York
Elected 1998
Committees:
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Finance
Judiciary
Rules and Administration – Chairman
Ratings:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 93
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 100
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 5
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 0
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
Yes Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
Yes Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
No Repeal DC Gun Laws
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
Yes Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
Yes Regulate Financial Firms
Regulations
on financial services firms
Yes Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
Yes Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
Yes Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
No Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Yes Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2010 Charles
Schumer (D) 3,047,880 66% 19,519,748
Jay
Townsend (R) 1,480,423 32 218,557
2004 Charles
Schumer (D) 4,769,824 71% 15,467,530
Howard
Mills (R) 1,625,069 24 628,578
1998 Charles
Schumer (D) 2,551,065 55% 16,671,877
Al
D’Amato (R) 2,058,988 44 24,195,287
New York
Population 2010: 19,378,102
State Rank: 3rd
Change since 2000: up
2.1%
Urban: 87%
Rural: 13
Cities:
Buffalo 261,310
Median Income: 55,353
Median Home Value: 310,100
Private Employment: 77%
Government Employment: 17
Self-Employed: 6
Poverty: 14
Blue Collar: 17
White Collar: 63
Median Age: 38
Over 65: 13%
Under 18: 23
High School Graduates: 84%
College Graduates: 32
Graduate Degree: 14
Veterans: 7%
Registered Voters 2010:
Democrats - 5,853,921
Republicans - 2,920,366
Independents - 3,032,457
Voter Turnout - 4,763,688
Turnout, Voting Age -
32%
White: 58%
Black: 14
Hispanic: 18
Asian: 7
2008 Presidential Vote:
Barack Obama (D) - 4,804,701 63%
John McCain (R) - 2,752,728 36
2004 Presidential Vote:
John Kerry (D) - 4,314,280 58%
George W. Bush (R) - 2,962,567 40
Charles Schumer's Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Yes Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
Yes Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
No Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
Yes Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
No Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
Yes Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
Yes Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
No Increase Missile
Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
No Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
Yes Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
* Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
Yes Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
No Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
Yes Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
No Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
No Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
No CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
Yes Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
Yes Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
* Absent
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
No Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
No Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
Yes Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
No Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
Yes Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
No Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
Yes Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
Yes Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
Yes Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
Votes in the 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
No Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
Yes Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
Yes Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
No Permit ANWR Development
Cloture
motion to end debate on allowing energy development of Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
No Confirm Ashcroft as AG
Confirm
John Ashcroft as Attorney General
No Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
Yes Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
Yes Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion
services for military personnel and dependents overseas
Yes Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
No Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
Yes Authorize Force
in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
Yes Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar union
membership
Votes in the 106th Congress: 1999 – 2000
No Education Savings Accounts
Tax free
education savings accounts for children in public, private schools
Yes Prescription Drug Benefit
Establish
prescription drug Medicare benefits
No Delay Ergonomic Standards
Delay
federal standards for ergonomic protection for one year
No Phase Out
Estate Tax
Phase out
estate and gift taxes
No Review Movie Violence
Federal
review of violence in entertainment produced on federal property
Yes Gun Show Background Checks
Background checks
on persons purchasing guns at gun shows
No Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
late-term procedures known as partial birth abortion
Yes Broaden Hate Crimes List
Broaden
coverage of federal hate crimes
Yes NATO War in Serbia
Authorize
US operations as part of NATO campaign against Yugoslavia
No Table Cuba
Table
proposal to bar US citizens’ travel to Cuba
Yes Nuclear
Test-Ban Treaty
Ratify
comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Yes Permanent
Trade with China
Enable
permanent trade relations with China
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