U.S. Senator from New York

Chuck Schumer

Democrat · New York

Senate Democratic Leader since 2017, previously Majority and Minority Leader. Serving since 1999. Former House member. Managed passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Record

Progressive Democrat and Senate leader. Shepherded passage of Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Key figure in Dodd-Frank financial reform.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

S.5183 — A bill to establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
S.4796 — Stock Buyback Accountability Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 16, 2026)
S.4791 — A bill to abolish the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 16, 2026)
S.4781 — Make More in America Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 15, 2026)
S.J.Res.149 — 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 the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed". (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
S.4124 — A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President. (Introduced, Mar 17, 2026)
S.4007 — Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act (Introduced, Mar 5, 2026)
S.3911 — A bill to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to express the sense of the Senate that the Pride flag should be on display at the Stonewall National Monument in the State of New York, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Feb 25, 2026)

Notable votes

Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
Voted Nay on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Yea on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Yea on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Yea on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Yea on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

S.734 — Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
S.5189 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
S.5108 — A bill to protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
S.3524 — American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
S.5022 — Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
S.J.Res.199 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)". (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
S.4982 — Good Jobs for Good Airports Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
S.4429 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 13, 2026)

Voting analysis

Chuck Schumer leads the Senate Democrats, and two features of his record follow straight from the job. He holds almost no committee seats — leaders shed them, because the floor is the assignment — and he has filed more bills than nearly anyone measured on this site.

2.7%

Votes against the Democrat majority

219

Roll calls where a party majority formed

38 of 45

Rank among Senate Democrats, most defections first

Voting things through

His departures are nearly all votes to advance or to pass something his caucus would not. He supported a bill at passage, three joint resolutions, and a cloture motion on a continuing appropriations measure: five occasions where the Democratic position was no and the leader's was yes. Only one runs the other way, an amendment to a surveillance bill offered by a member of his own caucus, which he opposed and the caucus supported.

All 6 roll calls where Chuck Schumer voted against the Senate Democrat majority.
Roll call	Date	Outcome	Their vote
H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, as Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7148 · roll call 119	Jan 30, 2026	Bill Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.J.Res. 25 On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 25 · roll call 119	Mar 26, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R. 1968 Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 1968 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1968 · roll call 119	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	Yea (party: Nay)
S.J.Res. 3 S.J. Res. 3 On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 3 · roll call 119	Mar 4, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.J.Res. 109 On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 109 · roll call 118	May 16, 2024	Joint Resolution Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R. 7888 Durbin Amdt No. 1841 as Modified On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1841 to H.R. 7888 (No short title on file) · roll call 118	Apr 19, 2024	Amendment Rejected	Nay (party: Yea)

Against the New York Democrats

New York's two Senate seats are both Democratic. Schumer records fewer departures than his colleague, which is unsurprising for the member whose job is setting the position everyone else is measured against.

Among the 2 Democrats in the New York delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Chuck Schumer is below that average at 2.7%.

Committee seats and filings

His committee record amounts to rules and administration plus an ex officio intelligence seat — a leader's portfolio rather than a legislator's. The bills are broad and political: an anti-corruption bureau, a stock buyback measure, the abolition of a federal fund, a domestic manufacturing bill, and a disapproval resolution aimed at a consumer lending rule. No single subject accounts for more than one of them.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Chuck Schumer's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (1), Finance and Financial Sector (1), Foreign Trade and International Finance (1), Government Operations and Politics (1), Law (1), Public Lands and Natural Resources (1).

2451

Bills sponsored

8111

Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

His congressional service began in the House in the early nineteen-eighties and has run unbroken since, one of the longest such records on this site. He is present for almost every roll call.

First elected in 1981, now serving across 23 terms. Chuck Schumer falls in the veteran cohort.

0.5%

Roll calls recorded as not voting

220

Roll calls eligible to vote on

Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Chuck Schumer has 2451 bills sponsored, 8111 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex Officio)

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