[286], The Schumers have two children, Jessica and Alison, both graduates of their father's alma mater, Harvard College. [251], Schumer had been a staunch defender of low taxes on hedge fund and private equity managers in the mid-2000s, arguing that this was necessary to protect the industry. A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee. When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type. "[176] In August, after Trump said North Korea would be "met with fire and fury like the world has never seen" in the event of continued threats against the United States, Schumer released a statement advocating that the United States be "firm and deliberate with North Korea, but reckless rhetoric is not a strategy to keep America safe."[177]. The report was paid for with the DSCC credit card issued to the researcher's supervisor. [255] One opinion website said the senators wanted "to disrupt [the] Silk Road drug website". [285] Schumer and Weinshall live in Park Slope near Grand Army Plaza. In 1980, 16th district Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat of Republican Jacob Javits. Electrical & Computer Engineering. RESOLUTION Honoring the life of David Ferdinand Durenberger, former Senator for the State of Minnesota. Sen. Schumer did not respond Monday when asked multiple times about being seen at an event with a man accused of running a secret Chinese police station. [258][259] Some demonstrators complained that the bill had originated with wealthy campaign contributors who would reward legislators for passing the bill. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at 42 U.S.C. Webinfo@gmheng.com (801) 225-8970 (801) 225-9008 336 Mountain Way Drive Orem, UT 84058 U.S.A. He has produced a letter from the NYPD stating that neither he nor his wife, Iris Weinshall, has a handgun license from NYC. Charles Schumer is an idiot much like he called Trump May 3, 2022 - Anonymous Freelancer in Oklahoma City, OK Recommend CEO Approval Business Outlook Pros He is a hypocrite and only speaks out when it serves his and the Democratic agenda or has the opportunity to cut down Republicans. [78], In May 2009, he told reporters that the confirmation process for Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would be "more of a test of the Republican Party than it is of Judge Sotomayor", calling Sotomayor a "mainstream justice" whom Republicans had no reason to oppose. RESOLUTION Notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore. In the end, the FTC put ten companies on notice and identified a total of 140 scams. [194] He supports tax deductions for hunters who donate venison and other game to feeding programs. He is one of several Democratic staffers who spend their free time organizing their progressive colleagues, through both formal channels (the Congressional [123], In June 2018, Schumer delivered a Senate floor speech decrying Representative Maxine Waters's call to harass members of the Trump administration as protest of the administration's policies: "I strongly disagree with those who advocate harassing folks if they don't agree with you. [120] In December 2016, Schumer called on Trump cabinet nominees to release their tax returns and in doing so follow the precedent set by Steve Mnuchin and Tom Price. All Rights Reserved, Was bipartisanship at play in Bidens first 100 days? In November 2020, he said, "I have a proposal with Elizabeth Warren that the first $50,000 of debt be vanquished, and we believe that Joe Biden can do that with the pen as opposed to legislation".[139]. Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2023. A resolution honoring the life of David Ferdinand Durenberger, former Senator for the State of Minnesota. In 2009, for the 111th Congress, Schumer was succeeded as DSCC chair by Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey. [248], After the March 2007 meltdown of the subprime mortgage industry, Schumer proposed a federal government bailout of subprime borrowers to save homeowners from losing their residences and to shore up communities that were seeing neighborhoods destabilized due to foreclosures and the resulting decreases in neighboring home values. RESOLUTION To elect Patty Murray, a Senator from the State of Washington, to be President pro tempore of the Senate of the United States. 2 to S. 316 (No short title on file) RC# 65. "[189] In July, Schumer disavowed claims that the Democratic Party considered Russia its top priority and named health care and economic stability for working-class families as its primary concerns. Well, maybe, maybe not, it depends on what were talking about!, For Republicans, President Joe Biden isnt bipartisan enough. One of his aides at the time, Daniel Squadron, helped write it, and they drew from Schumer's experience helping his party win in the 2006 midterm elections. Later in the day the sit-in at Schumers office seemed to turn more contentious. New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2023. A bill to establish American opportunity accounts, and for other purposes. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) under Medicaid, and for other purposes. [29], An April 2009 SurveyUSA poll placed Schumer's approval rating at 62%, with 31% disapproving. A resolution notifying the President of the United States of the election of a President pro tempore. We'll never know the answer to that question. Cummings earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University. [172], In May 2018, Schumer praised Trump for opening the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, saying, "I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago, and I applaud President Trump for doing it. Cision Distribution 888-776-0942 In January 1999, Schumer, as a newly elected member of the Senate, also voted "not guilty" on the two impeachment charges. A resolution to make effective appointment of Senate Legal Counsel. It mocks Mr. Putin's dream of eventually restoring Russian hegemony over Eastern Europe. U.S. You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions." 103-141, 107 Stat. He was reelected in 2004 with 71% of the vote, in 2010 with 66% of the vote, in 2016 with 70% of the vote, and in 2022 with 56% of the vote. 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Charles E. Schumer: State: New York: Party: Democratic: Born: November 23, 1950 (Age: 72) Entered Office: January 3, 1999: Term Expires: January 3, 2023: "[125], Schumer was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count on January 6, 2021, when Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. The same day, Schumer introduced an amendment barring a company from operating in a U.S. port if the company was owned by a country that recognized the Taliban's regime in Afghanistan, the amendment being touted as similar to the House measure. Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2023. Washington says its hungry for bipartisanship, but its split on what exactly bipartisanship means and whether theres enough of it. Schumer also said he believed the federal government had the authority to order the immediate production of generic ciproflaxin to expand the government stockpile of the drug. [166] In March 2018, he told AIPAC's delegates that Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have nothing to do with the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. [167][168], Schumer is a co-sponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law. He won the Democratic primary with 51% of the vote against Geraldine Ferraro (21%) and Mark Green (19%). Request a demo today or learn more about LegiStorm Pro subscription options. WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron Cummings, former chief of staff to Republican U.S. [162] Nat Hentoff of the Village Voice wrote in November 2006 that "the loquacious Schumer has been indifferent to the administration's war on the Constitution and on our laws and treaties", particularly on the issue of torture. He backed his position, saying: "States like Arizona and Alabama will no longer be able to get away with saying they are simply 'helping the federal government' to enforce the law when they are really writing their own laws and knowingly deploying untrained officers with a mission of arresting anyone and everyone who might fit the preconceived profile of an illegal immigrant. He served as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate from 2007 to 2017[3] and chaired the Senate Democratic Policy Committee from 2011 to 2017. [216], Schumer is one of the Gang of Eight, a bipartisan group of four Democratic and four Republican senators who wrote and sponsored a 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill. R-Ky., right, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., join bipartisan members of the House and Senate for a moment of silence for 500,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths on the east front steps of the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 23, 2021. This is just the kind of case that it should be applied to. Here are some of the actual bipartisan things that have happened so far in Bidens first 100 days: Lawmakers unanimously passed three bills Of the 11 bills the Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. [38], Schumer's propensity for publicity is the subject of a running joke among many commentators. When his statement set off a wave of outrage in India, he acknowledged his characterization was incorrect. List of Contacts Addresses and Phone Numbers, Copy of Reclamation Organizational Chart (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file - 300 KB), 303-445-3012 [92], In January 2018, Schumer announced that all 49 members of the Democratic caucus supported a resolution overturning the FCC vote on net neutrality and said congressional Republicans "have the opportunity to right the administration's wrong and show the American people whose side they're on: big ISPs' and major corporations' or consumers', entrepreneurs', and small business owners'. "[219], In January 2018, Schumer stated that any agreement on the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals before its March expiration would have to be included in the spending bill. [212], Schumer supported continuing to fully fund the FIRE Grant program[213] the Federal Emergency Management Agency administered. Anti-abortion activists opposed the measure, claiming it restricted their ability to use bankruptcy courts to write off court fines. Christian Hall, a congressional reporter for Punchbowl News, also tweeted that Philip Bennet, president of the Congressional Workers Union, had been taken away in handcuffs. Progressive congressional staffers sat in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office in the Hart building on Capitol Hill to demand climate legislation. Schumer has also aggressively pushed to end the practice whereby customers can be charged two ATM fees, one by their own bank and one by the bank that owns the ATM, if the ATM is outside their bank's network. Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. [9][10] He and his family are Jewish,[11] and he is a second cousin, once removed, of comedian Amy Schumer. Obviously we want Bob Mueller to be able to pursue and our committees to be able to pursue their investigations unimpeded. He passed the New York state bar in early 1975, but never practiced law, choosing a career in politics instead.[18]. affairs. He also served as an associate director of speechwriting in the White House under President George W. Bush. [242] He opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment, saying in 2004 that DOMA made it obsolete. As majority leader, Schumer shepherded through the Senate some of the Biden administration's major legislative initiatives, such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act. [178] In June, Schumer was one of seven senior Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump outlining the conditions of their caucus's support for any deal resulting from the North Korea-US summit. This standardized information is now known as the "Schumer box". While the run was a contributing factor in the timing of IndyMac's demise, the underlying cause of the failure was the unsafe and unsound manner in which the thrift was operated. A resolution recognizing the 202nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States. [221] In a March CNN op-ed, Schumer wrote that Trump had stood in the way of progress on "compromise proposals that both sides should be proud of" and charged Trump and the White House with using Dreamers as "bargaining chips to push forward their anti-immigrant agenda". Schumers office did not respond to an email seeking comment. Under Schumer, the Democratic Party gained six seats in the Senate in the 2006 elections, defeating incumbents in each of those races and regaining Senate control for the first time since 2002. [254], In June 2011, Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin sought a crackdown on Bitcoin, saying it facilitated illegal drug trade transactions. He assumed office on January 3, 1999. [85], On August 21, Schumer said he was requesting that documents from Kavanaugh's White House tenure be shared with the Senate, arguing that "withholding documents from the Senate and the American people under the bogus label of committee confidential is a dark development for the Senate. In an interview on CBS News's Face the Nation, Schumer said that Gonzales "doesn't accept or doesn't understand that he is no longer just the president's lawyer". Supporters of gun control legislation give Schumer much of the credit for passage of both the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. [111] When companies began selling gloves, pills, inhalers, diuretics, shampoos and other products during the 2009 swine flu scare, Schumer urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open an investigation. He then said, "You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions." Schumer hires Warren antitrust staffer as new chief counsel Evan Turnage is set to join Schumers office later this week, Turnage confirmed on Wednesday. Senator Charles Schumer District Office 757 Third Ave., Suite 17-02 New York, NY 10017. A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. "If Chuck Schumer believes a clean bill can pass, put it on the floor, but the thing you have to realize is you have a 60 vote margin in the Senate. He can't pass it," McCarthy said on CNBC's Squawk Box. "So they've got to find something, and they need to negotiate." 11 RC# 98, On the Amendment S.Amdt. Dean's Office. [127] Later that day, he blamed Trump for the attack, calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to remove Trump from office. He also said he would support impeachment. [193], While a target of gun rights organizations, Schumer has supported hunters, sponsoring legislation to provide millions in outdoor recreation grants to landowners who allow hunting and fishing on their private property. In response, Schumer said the provision was a compromise with Henry Hyde and other colleagues and that it was opposed by people who did not properly read the law. A week later, Schumer announced that conversations on immigration and border security were resuming between the White House and himself. He called upon Iraq to "engage in a dialogue and peacefully determine the best way to accommodate the well-deserved and legitimate aspirations of the Iraqi Kurds". A resolution to make effective appointment of Deputy Senate Legal Counsel. [281] Schumer later apologized for the comments. "[52], Schumer prides himself on visiting each of New York's 62 counties every year and has done so in each of the years he has served in the Senate, the only New York senator to have done so. To my knowledge, this has never been done, he wrote. [197], In January 2019, Schumer was one of 40 senators to introduce the Background Check Expansion Act, which would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. [273][274] The remark was also called "outrageous" by U.S.-India Business Council head Ron Somers. He also voted for measures to help increase the efficiency of peacekeepers serving in Darfur. [102], In March 2019, Schumer was one of 38 senators to sign a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue warning that dairy farmers "have continued to face market instability and are struggling to survive the fourth year of sustained low prices" and urging his department to "strongly encourage these farmers to consider the Dairy Margin Coverage program". [69], In October 2016, after FBI director James Comey announced the reopening of an investigation into whether Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, mishandled classified emails during her tenure at the State Department, Schumer said that he had lost confidence in Comey. [118][119], In a November 2016 interview conducted in the weeks after Trump's election to the presidency, Schumer said that he and Trump were not friends and had had "civil conversations a couple of times" when Trump had contacted him. Schumer was a member of the House of Representatives (and Judiciary Committee member) during a December 1998 lame-duck session of Congress, voting "no" on all counts in committee and on the floor of the House. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to modify certain requirements for Regional Commissions, to reauthorize the Northern Border Regional Commission, and for other purposes. Here are some of the actual bipartisan things that have happened so far in Bidens first 100 days: Mitt Romney talks with media following a debate for the GOP Senate candidates in Provo in May 2018. I think Mitt Romney has created a very careful balance as an elected official, said Jason Perry, director of the University of Utahs Hinckley Institute of Politics, following Romneys first year as senator. [130] Schumer backed the measure and told reporters, "pay equity, that's women, that's 53 percent of the vote". In 2006, DSCC staffers obtained a copy of Maryland's 2006 Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele's credit report. [134], The Charles Schumer-Rob Portman Senate bill of 2015[135] proposed to tax the $2.2trillion multinational corporations are holding outside the country in tax-haven subsidiaries, on which 35% was already owed, as a one-time tax "at a rate significantly lower than the statutory corporate rate". Charles Ellis Schumer (/umr/ SHOO-mr; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY), as well as former associate vice president for international advocacy at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). [241], Schumer voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996. A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting the marketing of firearms to minors, and for other purposes. [282], In January 2007, Schumer published a book, Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time, outlining strategies by which Democrats could court middle-class voters. For the White House, Bidens bipartisanship isnt confined to Congress. [66] The legislation also attempted to prevent frivolous lawsuits by brand-name drug manufacturers claiming generic drugs infringed their patents. Over the years, he helped save financial institutions billions of dollars in taxes or fees. RESOLUTION Recognizing the 202nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States. [113], Schumer received an "A" grade on the 2008 Drum Major Institute's Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.
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