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Schumer was born on November 23, 1950, in Midwood, Brooklyn, the son of Selma (née Rosen) and Abraham Schumer.{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/schumer.htm|title=schumer|publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=October 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011000203/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/schumer.htm|url-status=live}} His father ran an exterminating business, and his mother was a homemaker.{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/chuck-schumer-speech-_n_1853045.html |title=Chuck Schumer Casts Mitt Romney As Middle Class Exterminator At 2012 Democratic Convention |work=The Huffington Post |date=September 5, 2012 |first=Michael |last=McAuliff |access-date=December 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007205300/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/chuck-schumer-speech-_n_1853045.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2009/07/14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chuck-schumer |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Chuck Schumer |work=U.S. News & World Report|date=July 14, 2009 |first=Queenie |last=Wong |access-date=December 23, 2009 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226012453/https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2009/07/14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chuck-schumer |url-status=live }} He and his family are Jewish,{{cite web |url=https://www.njdc.org/site/page/charles_schumer |title=Jewish Members of Congress: Charles Schumer (Senator, New York) |access-date=November 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205153620/https://www.njdc.org/site/page/charles_schumer |archive-date=December 5, 2014}} and he is a second cousin, once removed, of comedian Amy Schumer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/arts/television/amy-schumers-comedy-central-show-from-the-inside.html |title=Amy Schumer, Funny Girl |work=The New York Times |date=April 18, 2013 |first=Jason |last=Zinoman |access-date=November 21, 2014 |url-access=limited |quote=...{{spaces}}Ms. Schumer, who said she is second cousin to Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York. |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107092819/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/arts/television/amy-schumers-comedy-central-show-from-the-inside.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Molyneaux|first=Libby|title=Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl! Amy Schumer|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-03/calendar/make-us-laugh-funny-girl-amy-schumer/|work=LA Weekly|access-date=September 13, 2012|date=February 3, 2011|quote=He is not my uncle, he is my dad's cousin, I don't even think they are first cousins.|archive-date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210081257/http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-03/calendar/make-us-laugh-funny-girl-amy-schumer/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/chuck-schumer-amy-schumer-gun-control-120934.html |title=Sen. Schumer enlists famous cousin Amy to pitch guns bill |last=Kim |first=Seung Min |date=June 2, 2018 |work=Politico |access-date=August 4, 2015 |archive-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819121829/http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/chuck-schumer-amy-schumer-gun-control-120934.html |url-status=live }} His ancestors originated from the town of Chortkiv, Galicia, in what is now western Ukraine.{{cite news |url=http://jewishinsider.com/10109/schumer-promises-to-protect-the-jewish-way-of-life/ |title=Schumer Promises to Protect Jewish Way of Life |work=Jewish Insider |date=December 21, 2016 |first=Jacob |last=Kornbluh |author-link=Jacob Kornbluh |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426015703/http://jewishinsider.com/10109/schumer-promises-to-protect-the-jewish-way-of-life/ |url-status=live }}

Schumer attended Brooklyn public schools, scoring 1600 on the SAT and graduating as the valedictorian of James Madison High School in 1967. He competed for Madison High on the television quiz show It's Academic.{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Roberts|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/nyregion/05debate.html|url-access=limited|title=For Schumer, a Chance to Relive a 1960s Quiz Show|date=March 5, 2007|access-date=March 6, 2007|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222214735/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/nyregion/05debate.html|url-status=live}} He attended Harvard College, where he originally majored in chemistry before switching to social studies after volunteering on Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign in 1968.{{cite web |title=College and Law School (1968–1974) |url=https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-college.html|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=July 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710112148/https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-college.html |archive-date=July 10, 2008}} After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1971, Schumer attended Harvard Law School, earning his Juris Doctor with honors in 1974. He passed the New York state bar in early 1975, but never practiced law, opting rather for a career in politics.{{cite news|last=Bruni|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Bruni|title=For Schumer, a Decades-Long Drive Toward a Quest for the Senate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/nyregion/1998-campaign-democrat-for-schumer-decades-long-drive-toward-quest-for-senate.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 26, 1998|access-date=July 18, 2008|url-access=limited|page=A1|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125215251/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/nyregion/1998-campaign-democrat-for-schumer-decades-long-drive-toward-quest-for-senate.html|url-status=live}}

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In 1974, Schumer ran for and was elected to the New York State Assembly, filling a seat previously held by Schumer's mentor, U.S. representative Stephen Solarz.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/07/nyregion/washington-at-work-side-by-side-by-solarz-and-schumer-a-rivalry.html|title=Washington at Work; Side by Side by Solarz and Schumer: A Rivalry|first=Richard L.|last=Berke|date=April 7, 1991|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 19, 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904093330/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/07/nyregion/washington-at-work-side-by-side-by-solarz-and-schumer-a-rivalry.html|url-status=live}} Schumer served three terms, from 1975 to 1981, sitting in the 181st, 182nd and 183rd New York State Legislatures.{{cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000148/|title=Chuck Schumer|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 4, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407215329/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000148/|archive-date=April 7, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000148|title=Schumer, Charlie Ellis (Chuck)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=April 4, 2008|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211234439/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000148|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-nys_assembly.html|title=About Chuck: Timeline|website=schumer.senate.gov |access-date=April 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327024614/http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-nys_assembly.html |archive-date=March 27, 2008}}

In 1980, 16th district U.S. representative Elizabeth Holtzman won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat of Republican Jacob Javits. Schumer ran for Holtzman's vacated House seat and won. He was reelected eight times from the Brooklyn and Queens-based district, which changed numbers twice in his tenure (it was numbered the 16th from 1981 to 1983, the 10th from 1983 to 1993, and the 9th from 1993). In 1982, as a result of redistricting, Schumer faced a potential matchup with Solarz, but the matchup did not materialize.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/11/steve-solarz-1940-2010-and-the-making-of-senator-schumer-067223|title=Steve Solarz (1940–2010) and the Making of Senator Schumer|work=Politico|date=November 30, 2010|first=Steve|last=Kornacki|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125193526/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/11/steve-solarz-1940-2010-and-the-making-of-senator-schumer-067223|url-status=live}} In preparation, Schumer "set about making friends on Wall Street, tapping the city's top law firms and securities houses for campaign donations. 'I told them I looked like I had a very difficult reapportionment fight. If I were to stand a chance of being re-elected, I needed some help,' he would later tell the Associated Press."

Schumer introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (also known as RFRA) on March 11, 1993.Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb through 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-4

As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Schumer was one of four members of Congress who oversaw the House investigation (leading the Democratic party's defense of the Clinton administration),{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/03/us/in-waco-hearings-parties-undergo-a-role-reversal.html | title=In Waco Hearings, Parties Undergo a Role Reversal | first=Neil A. | last=Lewis | work=The New York Times | date=August 3, 1995 | access-date=February 15, 2017 | archive-date=December 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213233942/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/03/us/in-waco-hearings-parties-undergo-a-role-reversal.html | url-status=live }} of the Waco siege hearings in 1995.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/28/us/house-investigators-visit-texas-to-prepare-for-waco-hearings.html|title=House Investigators Visit Texas To Prepare for Waco Hearings|work=The New York Times|date=June 28, 1995|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903232321/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/28/us/house-investigators-visit-texas-to-prepare-for-waco-hearings.html|url-status=live}}

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In 1998, Schumer ran for the Senate. He won the Democratic primary with 51% of the vote against Geraldine Ferraro (21%) and Mark Green (19%). He received 54% of the vote in the general election,{{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1998/98senate.htm|title=Federal Elections 98: U.S. Senate Results by State|publisher=FEC|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=September 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925181108/http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1998/98senate.htm|url-status=live}} defeating three-term incumbent Republican Al D'Amato (44%).

In 2004, Schumer was reelected with 71% of the vote, defeating the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Howard Mills of Middletown, and conservative Marilyn F. O'Grady. Many New York Republicans were dismayed by the selection of Mills over the conservative Michael Benjamin, who held significant advantages over Mills in both fundraising and organization.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=222422&category=CAPITOL&BCCode=&newsdate=2%2F25%2F2004 |title=Senate hopeful claims GOP bosses snubbed him | author-last=Benjamin | author-first=Elizabeth |access-date=August 7, 2004 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040807054126/http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=222422&category=CAPITOL&BCCode=&newsdate=2%2F25%2F2004 |archive-date=August 7, 2004 }}. Albany Times-Union, February 25, 2004. Benjamin publicly accused GOP chairman Sandy Treadwell and governor George Pataki of trying to muscle him out of the Senate race and undermine the democratic process. Schumer defeated Mills by 2.8 million votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.benjamin2004.com/press/news/press_051504.asp |title=Major Parties to Anoint their Senate Combatants |access-date=October 27, 2004 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027170724/http://www.benjamin2004.com/press/news/press_051504.asp |archive-date=October 27, 2004 }}. Humbert, Mark. Associated Press, May 15, 2004. He won every county in the state except Hamilton County, in the Adirondacks, the least populous and most Republican county. Mills conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed, before returns had come in.

An April 2009 SurveyUSA poll placed Schumer's approval rating at 62%, with 31% disapproving.{{cite web|url=http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=90a0d25a-1248-46de-8d6f-4c435b6fbd14|title=Survey USA|publisher=Survey USA|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203122605/http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=90a0d25a-1248-46de-8d6f-4c435b6fbd14|url-status=live}}

Notable former aides to Schumer include former U.S. representative Anthony Weiner, former New York state senator Daniel Squadron, and New York state assemblymembers Phil Goldfeder and Victor M. Pichardo.{{cite web| author-last=Paybarah | author-first=Azi |date=July 6, 2011|title=Queens Backs Simanowitz and Goldfeder for Assembly Races|url=http://observer.com/2011/07/queens-backs-simanowitz-and-goldfeder-for-assembly-races/|work=The New York Observer|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135144/http://observer.com/2011/07/queens-backs-simanowitz-and-goldfeder-for-assembly-races/|url-status=live}}

After the 2016 United States presidential election, Schumer said the Democratic Party lost due to not having "a strong, bold economic message" and called on Democrats to push for reforms in the affordability of college and trade laws.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306934-schumer-we-didnt-have-an-economic-message/|title=Schumer: We didn't have an economic message|author=Shelbourne, Mallory|date=November 20, 2016|work=The Hill|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928025250/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306934-schumer-we-didnt-have-an-economic-message|url-status=live}}

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The Senate Democratic Caucus elected Schumer minority leader in November 2016. Schumer had been widely expected to lead Senate Democrats after Reid announced his retirement in 2015. He is the first New Yorker, as well as the first Jewish person, to serve as a Senate leader.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/16/chuck-schumer-elected-succeed-harry-reid-senate-minority-leader/D4284OThDQcJfsrR5XkWoK/story.html|title=Democrats shake up Senate leadership|last1=O'Keefe|first1=Ed|date=November 16, 2016|last2=DeBonis|first2=Mike|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=November 22, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204002310/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/16/chuck-schumer-elected-succeed-harry-reid-senate-minority-leader/D4284OThDQcJfsrR5XkWoK/story.html|url-status=live}} On January 20, 2021, Democrats gained control of the Senate with the swearing-in of newly elected Georgia senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, following the 2020–21 election runoff and special election runoff, making Schumer the majority leader, replacing Republican Mitch McConnell.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/524322-schumer-becomes-new-senate-majority-leader/|newspaper=The Hill|title=Schumer becomes new Senate majority leader|author=Bolton, Alexander|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121055723/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/524322-schumer-becomes-new-senate-majority-leader}}

On March 12, 2025, Schumer announced his opposition to the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) to fund the 2025 United States federal budget until September 30, 2025. The next day, he reversed his position, writing in The New York Times that "a shutdown would give Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk permission to destroy vital government services at a significantly faster rate".{{Cite news |last=Schumer |first=Chuck |date=2025-03-14 |title=Opinion {{!}} Chuck Schumer: Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opinion/trump-musk-shutdown-senate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.1CUh.VfrbOZkn93ba&smid=url-share |access-date=2025-03-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} This drew the ire of many House Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-14 |title=Nancy Pelosi delivers remarkable rebuke to Chuck Schumer |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi-delivers-remarkable-rebuke-chuck-schumer-2045007 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ferris |first=Sarah |date=2025-03-14 |title=Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-democratic-shutdown-plan/index.html |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=CNN |language=en}} This alone caused his book tour to be postponed for security reasons.{{cite news |last1=McKend |first1=Morgan Rimmer, Eva |title=Schumer postpones book tour due to 'security concerns' amid anger from Democrats over government funding fight {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/schumer-book-tour-postponed/index.html |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=CNN |agency=CNN |date=17 March 2025 |language=en}} After the vote, Schumer faced pressure to step down as Senate leader, but he said he has no intention to do so.{{Cite web |last=WEISSERT |first=WILL |date=2025-03-23 |title=Schumer says he won't step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar |url=https://apnews.com/article/schumer-democrats-senate-trump-b7363a2667635115d6675999000233c8 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}

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Schumer's propensity for publicity is the subject of a running joke among many commentators. He has been called an "incorrigible publicity hound".Pareene, Alex (March 29, 2011) [http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/schumer_extreme/index.html Chuck Schumer inadvertently reveals spin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401093546/http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/schumer_extreme/index.html |date=April 1, 2011 }}, Salon.com Bob Dole once quipped, "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera";Harnden, Toby (January 14, 2010) [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6981433/The-most-influential-US-liberals-40-21.html The most influential US liberals: 40-21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204062351/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6981433/The-most-influential-US-liberals-40-21.html |date=February 4, 2021 }}, The Daily Telegraph Barack Obama joked that Schumer brought the press to a banquet as his "loved ones".{{cite web | title= |url=http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&tID=5&atom=todays_events.xml&products_id=281814-1 |access-date=October 19, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=November 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|author=C-SPAN transcription|url=http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15091|title=McCain, Obama, the complete Al Smith dinner transcripts | KansasCity.com Prime Buzz|publisher=Primebuzz.kcstar.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331041446/http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node%2F15091|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama-al-smith.htm|title=Obama Al Smith Transcript – Barack Obama Comedy Speech Transcript – About.com|publisher=Politicalhumor.about.com|date=October 16, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121038/http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama-al-smith.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_comedy_rift_middle_name.html|title=Obama, McCain comedy riffs; Obama middle name really "Steve" Transcripts|author=Sweet, Lynn|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225122439/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_comedy_rift_middle_name.html|archive-date=February 25, 2010}}{{cite web | title=Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner (2008) | website=C-SPAN.org | date=2008-10-16 | url=https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/alfred-e-smith-memorial-dinner-2008/196090 | access-date=2025-03-15}} Schumer often schedules media appearances on Sundays. Some have cited his use of media as a successful way to raise a politician's profile nationally and among his constituents.[http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/election/2004/us_senate_hutch01.asp Schumer routs Senate foes] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716053625/http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/election/2004/us_senate_hutch01.asp |date=July 16, 2012 }}, [http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2004122117.html news.neilrogers.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121140250/http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2004122117.html |date=January 21, 2005 }}, [http://www.observer.com/node/26681 The Hardest Job In New York Goes To{{spaces}}...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324014211/http://www.observer.com/node/26681 |date=March 24, 2008 }} Schumer has appeared on The Daily Show seven times.{{cite web|url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/search?keywords=schumer|title=Videos about schumer – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central|work=Comedy Central|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140410232215/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/search?keywords=schumer|archive-date=April 10, 2014}}

In Washington, Schumer has been a lead consensus-builder on the difficult issues of health care, immigration, and financial regulation.{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091122/FREE/311229971#|title=Chuck's wagon rolls – Crain's New York Business|publisher=Crainsnewyork.com|date=November 22, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045852/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091122/FREE/311229971|url-status=live}}

As chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the second inauguration of Barack Obama, Schumer played a key role in organizing the event, gave the opening speech and served as master of ceremonies.{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/today_in_washington_the_chatte.html|title=Today in Washington: The chatter about Sen. Chuck Schumer|author=Weiner, Mark|website=Syracuse.com|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919025553/https://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/today_in_washington_the_chatte.html|url-status=live}} A photograph of a smiling Schumer peering from behind Malia Obama as Obama took the oath of office went viral and became a meme.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/01/chuck-schumer-inauguration-photobomb/61235/|title=The Evolution of the Chuck Schumer Inauguration Photobomb Meme|work=The Atlantic|author=Trotter, J.K.|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013|archive-date=January 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124134659/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/01/chuck-schumer-inauguration-photobomb/61235/|url-status=live}} Although it was called a "photobomb",{{cite web|url=http://now.msn.com/chuck-schumer-was-inauguration-days-comic-relief|title=Let's all toast the comedic star of the inauguration: Chuck Schumer|website=msn.com|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123102225/http://now.msn.com/chuck-schumer-was-inauguration-days-comic-relief|archive-date=January 23, 2013}} it was not technically one as he was standing in the correct place.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/schumer-shy-obama-inauguration-article-1.1244694|title=Sen. Charles Schumer is seen and heard throughout the Inauguration of President Barack Obama|work=New York Daily News|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013|author=Friedman, Dan|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924151327/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/schumer-shy-obama-inauguration-article-1.1244694|url-status=live}} The Huffington Post quipped, "clearly, inauguration day belonged to Chuck Schumer."{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/21/chuck-schumer-photobombs-oath-of-office_n_2521089.html|title=Chuck Schumer Photobombs The Oath Of Office (PHOTO)|work=HuffPost|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2013|first=Carol|last=Hartsell|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007205314/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/21/chuck-schumer-photobombs-oath-of-office_n_2521089.html|url-status=live}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/907931.html|title=Schumer completes tour of state's 62 counties: City of Buffalo|publisher=The Buffalo News|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010}} He has a reputation for focusing on local issues important to average New Yorkers not normally associated with United States senators, ranging from tourism to local taxes to job creation.{{cite web|url=http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2006/02/20/news-gbschumer-02-20.html|title=Schumer sharing success|publisher=Archive.recordonline.com|date=February 20, 2006|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=October 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030061539/http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2006/02/20/news-gbschumer-02-20.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/schumer-vows-to-fight-aqua-new-york-s-proposed-rate-hike-1.1619049|title=Schumer vows to fight Aqua New York's proposed rate hike|publisher=Newsday.com|date=November 23, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224192218/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/schumer-vows-to-fight-aqua-new-york-s-proposed-rate-hike-1.1619049|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/30/2009-11-30_chuck_rips_outsourcing_of_nba_duds.html|title=Sen. Schumer rips Adidas for outsourcing of NBA jerseys|work=New York Daily News|date=November 30, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|location=New York|first=Jill|last=Colvin|archive-date=December 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203150643/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/30/2009-11-30_chuck_rips_outsourcing_of_nba_duds.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/topics/article/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/U.S.+Senators/Charles+Schumer/05X0fp35GhfpM/8|title=Charles Schumer Story Page|publisher=USA Today|date=June 16, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604042746/http://www.usatoday.com/topics/article/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/U.S.+Senators/Charles+Schumer/05X0fp35GhfpM/8|url-status=live}} When it was revealed that Adidas planned to end its contract for the manufacture of NBA jerseys with American Classic Outfitters, an upstate New York apparel company, and outsource production overseas, Schumer blasted the company, citing the risk to 100 workers at the plant.{{cite news|last=Rhett|first=Joshua|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/adidas-might-slam-dunk-nearly-100-american-workers-in-nba-uniform-change/|title=Adidas Might Slam Dunk Nearly 100 American Workers in NBA Uniform Change|work=Fox News|date=November 24, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171804/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/24/schumer-blasts-adidas-plan-nba-jersey-production-overseas/?test=latestnews|url-status=live}}

When it was revealed that Canon Inc. was considering relocating from its corporate headquarters in Long Island because of a dispute over road infrastructure funding, Schumer stepped in to advocate that New York state redirect federal stimulus dollars to make the road improvements and keep the company and its jobs on Long Island.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/schumer-shift-stimulus-money-for-roads-near-canon-1.1319382|title=Schumer: Shift stimulus money for roads near Canon|publisher=Newsday.com|date=July 20, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228234115/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/schumer-shift-stimulus-money-for-roads-near-canon-1.1319382|url-status=live}} Along with his House and Senate colleagues, Schumer successfully worked to kill a Bush-era privatization plan for custodial and utility workers at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The plan would have called for turning over custodial and utility work to a Georgia company.{{cite web|author=Doyle Murphy|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/NEWS/910270324|title=West Point union jobs saved|publisher=recordonline.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616183438/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091027%2FNEWS%2F910270324|url-status=live}}

In November 2017, Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $1,908,486 in funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs at the Community Action Organization of Erie County, Schumer saying the federal funding would yield "real results to young students in Western New York by providing them with the resources they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom".{{cite news|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-gillibrand-announce-over-19-million-in-federal-head-start-and-early-head-start-funding-for-community-action-org-of-erie-county|title=SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $1.9 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ACTION ORG OF ERIE COUNTY|date=November 29, 2017|publisher=schumer.senate.gov|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225759/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-gillibrand-announce-over-19-million-in-federal-head-start-and-early-head-start-funding-for-community-action-org-of-erie-county|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Schumer requested that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs complete final acquisitions for two 60-acre and 77-acre parcels in Pembroke, New York, and initiate construction of the New Western New York National Veterans Cemetery, saying the completion of the cemetery would ensure "Western New York's military veterans will have the proper burial, at a site close to the homes, families, and the very communities they dedicated their lives to defend and serve."{{cite news|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-urges-the-va-to-overcome-remaining-impediment-to-construction-of-new-western-new-york-national-veterans-cemetery-senator-pushes-va-to-complete-final-acquisition-of-two-land-parcels-and-commit-to-begin-construction-this-year-schumer-previously-secured-fed-funding-to-build-cemetery-and-is-now-urging-va-to-start-construction|title=SCHUMER URGES THE VA TO OVERCOME REMAINING IMPEDIMENT TO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WESTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL VETERANS CEMETERY; SENATOR PUSHES VA TO COMPLETE FINAL ACQUISITION OF TWO LAND PARCELS AND COMMIT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR; SCHUMER PREVIOUSLY SECURED FED FUNDING TO BUILD CEMETERY AND IS NOW URGING VA TO START CONSTRUCTION|date=January 25, 2018|publisher=schumer.senate.gov|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204020902/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-urges-the-va-to-overcome-remaining-impediment-to-construction-of-new-western-new-york-national-veterans-cemetery-senator-pushes-va-to-complete-final-acquisition-of-two-land-parcels-and-commit-to-begin-construction-this-year-schumer-previously-secured-fed-funding-to-build-cemetery-and-is-now-urging-va-to-start-construction|url-status=live}}

In May 2001, Schumer and Senator John McCain introduced legislation intended to make it more difficult for makers of brand-name drugs to keep cheaper generic drugs off the market.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/2001/05/02/mccain-schumer-aim-for-lower-priced-drugs/|title=MCCAIN, SCHUMER AIM FOR LOWER-PRICED DRUGS|first=Douglas|last=Turner|date=May 2, 2001|publisher=buffalonews.com|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125145314/https://buffalonews.com/2001/05/02/mccain-schumer-aim-for-lower-priced-drugs/|url-status=live}} A coalition of consumer groups supported the legislation and Schumer told reporters its enactment would reduce prescription drug costs by over 60% per prescription in addition to saving consumers $71{{spaces}}billion over the next decade.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/01/senate.genericdrugs/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=May 1, 2001|title=McCain, Schumer introduce generic drug bill|author=Bash, Dana|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225233954/http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/01/senate.genericdrugs/index.html|url-status=live}}

In October 2001, during a press conference, Schumer stated his desire that generic ciprofloxacin be available for government use. At that time, Bayer held exclusive patent rights for its commercial product, Cipro. 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.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/10/16/news/generic_cipro/|title=Senator seeks generic Cipro|date=October 16, 2001|work=CNN Business|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160343/https://money.cnn.com/2001/10/16/news/generic_cipro/|url-status=live}}

In July 2002, the Senate passed a bill sponsored by Schumer and McCain that could lower the costs of generic drugs more rapidly available to U.S. consumers and thereby lead to savings of billions of dollars in drug costs.{{Cite web|last=Schumer|first=Charles E.|date=2002-09-04|title=Related Bills - S.812 - 107th Congress (2001-2002): Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/812/related-bills|access-date=2021-09-29|website=www.congress.gov|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929133828/https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/812/related-bills|url-status=live}} The legislation also attempted to prevent frivolous lawsuits by brand-name drug manufacturers claiming generic drugs infringed their patents.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Senate-passes-generic-drug-bill/32911028151347/|title=Senate passes generic drug bill|first=Steve|last=Mitchell|work=UPI|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125143354/https://www.upi.com/Senate-passes-generic-drug-bill/32911028151347/|url-status=live}} An identical bill was introduced in the House but did not pass.{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Sherrod|date=2002-05-07|title=H.R.1862 - 107th Congress (2001-2002): Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2001|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/1862|access-date=2021-09-29|website=www.congress.gov|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929133830/https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/1862|url-status=live}}

In November 2001, Schumer joined fellow New York senator Hillary Clinton to call for legislation encouraging the Federal Bureau of Investigation to share information on terrorism with local and state police by removing legal barriers to such cooperation, citing reports by New York mayor Rudy Giuliani that federal authorities did not tell city police what they were aware of. Schumer joined Patrick Leahy to report that the Justice Department supported the legislation.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/us/nation-challenged-law-enforcement-schumer-mrs-clinton-want-fbi-share-facts.html|title=A NATION CHALLENGED: LAW ENFORCEMENT; Schumer and Mrs. Clinton Want F.B.I. to Share Facts|work=The New York Times|date=November 1, 2001|author=Clymer, Adam|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126150115/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/us/nation-challenged-law-enforcement-schumer-mrs-clinton-want-fbi-share-facts.html|url-status=live}}

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 he had lost confidence in Comey.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-conservative-media-focuses-its-1494437507-htmlstory.html|title=Conservative media focus their criticism on Schumer, Democrats following Trump's firing of Comey|date=May 10, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 12, 2022|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823051120/http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-conservative-media-focuses-its-1494437507-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}} In May 2017, after President Donald Trump fired Comey, Schumer told reporters they were aware the FBI had been investigating whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia and pondered whether the investigation was "getting too close to home for the president".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/332716-dems-once-critical-of-comey-line-up-to-denounce-his-firing/|title=Dems once critical of Comey line up to denounce his firing|first=Mike|last=Lillis|work=The Hill|date=May 10, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125024704/http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332716-dems-once-critical-of-comey-line-up-to-denounce-his-firing|url-status=live}} In a Senate floor speech, Schumer called for a "impartial and independent" investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, announcing the Democrats had agreed that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would not be able to appoint a special prosecutor for an investigation into Russia's meddling; that Comey meet with the Senate; and that Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions meet separately with senators.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/332801-schumer-lays-out-democrats-demands-after-comey-firing/|title=Schumer demands assurances on Russia probe after Trump fires FBI chief|work=The Hill|date=May 10, 2017|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111201511/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/332801-schumer-lays-out-democrats-demands-after-comey-firing|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Schumer said that since Mueller's investigation began, the United States "has had to endure conspiracy after conspiracy from the right wing, Republican congressmen, senators and of course the right-wing press, which acts in total cahoots" in regard to their views on the FBI, and that the Republicans' effort to discredit Mueller "has now devolved into delusional, self-serving paranoia".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/370701-schumer-gop-attacks-on-fbi-delusional-paranoid/|title=Schumer: GOP attacks on FBI 'delusional,' 'paranoid'|date=January 25, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003915/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/370701-schumer-gop-attacks-on-fbi-delusional-paranoid|url-status=live}} In May, after the White House invited two Republicans and no Democrats to a briefing by Department of Justice officials on an FBI informant who made contact with the Trump campaign,{{cite news|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/white-house-bars-dems-nunes-meeting-probe/35232443/|title=White House bars Dems from Nunes meeting on probe|first=Justin|last=Sink|work=The Detroit News|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513081024/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/white-house-bars-dems-nunes-meeting-probe/35232443/|url-status=live}} Schumer and House minority leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Christopher A. Wray calling for "a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers".{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/schumer-pelops-doj-informant-meeting-604130|title=Schumer, Pelosi: Include us in FBI informant briefing|first=Cristiano|last=Lima|date=May 23, 2018|publisher=Politico|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194755/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/schumer-pelops-doj-informant-meeting-604130|url-status=live}}

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In September 2005, after President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts for Chief Justice of the United States, Schumer praised Roberts's brilliance, his being "a lawyer above all", and his "judicial philosophy and modesty and stability" during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Roberts, but Schumer said Roberts's "compassion and humanity" was questionable, and objected to the Bush administration's refusal to show documents Roberts wrote during his tenure as deputy solicitor general and to Roberts's refusal to answer many questions the committee asked him.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.schumer/index.html|title=Schumer: 'What kind of justice will John Roberts be?'|date=September 15, 2005|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204133412/http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.schumer/index.html|url-status=live}} In June 2018, Schumer said Roberts was demeaning the Supreme Court as it became more political, citing the court ruling in favor of anti-abortion clinics in California. Schumer said the court had "affirmed a plainly discriminatory travel ban, unleashed a flood of dark unlimited money in our politics and has scrapped a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act" and thereby aligned itself with goals of what he called "the hard right".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394436-schumer-roberts-is-demeaning-the-supreme-court/|title=Schumer: Roberts is 'demeaning' the Supreme Court|date=June 27, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042601/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394436-schumer-roberts-is-demeaning-the-supreme-court|url-status=live}}

In October 2005, Schumer said Bush Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers "would not get a majority either in the Judiciary Committee or the floor" and that her confirmation hearings would cause her to gather either support or opposition in a way that had not been seen by any other nominee in recent memory.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Schumer-Miers-doesnt-have-enough-support/59171130124286|title=Schumer: Miers doesn't have enough support|date=October 23, 2005|publisher=UPI|access-date=August 29, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125142514/https://www.upi.com/Schumer-Miers-doesnt-have-enough-support/59171130124286/|url-status=live}}

In May 2009, he told reporters 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/schumer-oppose-her-at-your-peril-022971|title=Schumer: Oppose her at your peril|date=May 26, 2009|work=Politico|author=Raju, Manu|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204115424/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/schumer-oppose-her-at-your-peril-022971|url-status=live}}

In March 2016, after Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace the deceased Antonin Scalia, Schumer called for Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley to hold hearings "so America can make its own judgment as to whether Merrick Garland belongs on the court".{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/16/republicans-democrats-merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination|title=Here's What Republicans and Democrats Are Saying About Obama's Supreme Court Nomination|date=March 16, 2016|work=Fortune|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225010234/https://fortune.com/2016/03/16/republicans-democrats-merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination/|url-status=live}} In July 2018, it was reported Schumer had advocated that Trump nominate Garland as a way to attract bipartisan support, as opposed to nominating someone opposed to the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade who would be more controversial.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/chuck-schumer-trump-supreme-court-nominee/index.html|title=Chuck Schumer appealed to Trump to pick Merrick Garland for Supreme Court|work=CNN|first1=Veronica|last1=Stracqualursi|first2=Ashley|last2=Killough|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215075324/https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/chuck-schumer-trump-supreme-court-nominee/index.html|url-status=live}} In November 2016, Schumer said the Democrats would "go at" President-elect Trump if he did not nominate Supreme Court justices who were mainstream and the Republicans did not have "clean hands" for having blocked the Garland nomination for months.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306940-schumer-threatens-filibuster-if-trump-doesnt-pick-mainstream-scotus/|title=Schumer threatens filibuster if Trump doesn't pick 'mainstream' court candidate|date=November 20, 2016|work=The Hill|author=Hellmann, Jessie|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108123657/http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306940-schumer-threatens-filibuster-if-trump-doesnt-pick-mainstream-scotus|url-status=live}}

In March 2017, at the end of Senate hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Schumer said he would vote against confirmation and called on Democrats to join him in blocking an up-or-down vote on Gorsuch. In his floor speech, Schumer said, "If this nominee cannot earn 60 votes—a bar met by each of President Obama's nominees and George Bush's last two nominees—the answer isn't to change the rules. It's to change the nominee."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html|title=Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination|date=March 23, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Robert|last1=Barnes|first2=Ed|last2=O'Keefe|first3=Ann E.|last3=Marimow|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206181257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html|url-status=live}} The Democrats conducted the filibuster, but Republicans broke it using the "nuclear option", and Gorsuch was confirmed the next day.{{cite news|last1=Adam Liptak|author-link=Adam Liptak|last2=Matt Flegenheimer|title=Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court.html|work=The New York Times|date=April 8, 2017|page=A1|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429054521/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court.html|url-status=live}}

In July 2018, after Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy, Schumer said Kavanaugh should be asked direct questions about the precedent set by Roe v. Wade and other cases. Schumer noted Kavanaugh's expressed opinion on the possible incorrect decision in United States v. Nixon and that this could mean he would not hold Trump accountable as a justice.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/398258-schumer-kavanaugh-should-answer-direct-questions-on-roe-because-he-weighed-in/|title=Schumer: Kavanaugh should answer direct questions on Roe because he weighed in on other decisions|date=July 22, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204080708/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/398258-schumer-kavanaugh-should-answer-direct-questions-on-roe-because-he-weighed-in|url-status=live}}

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."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/402771-schumer-share-confidential-kavanaugh-documents-with-entire-senate/|title=Schumer: Share 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents with entire Senate|date=August 20, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Greenwood, Max|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216164300/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/402771-schumer-share-confidential-kavanaugh-documents-with-entire-senate|url-status=live}} After meeting with Kavanaugh, Schumer said he had asked him whether he believed Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood were properly decided and that Kavanaugh had not responded and the lack of an answer "should send shivers down the spine of any American who believes in reproductive freedom for women". He also said Kavanaugh had a special obligation to make his views clear due to his unique position as the only person nominated to the Supreme Court by a president who said, "I will only nominate someone who overturns Roe v Wade."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/402950-schumer-kavanaugh-wouldnt-say-roe-v-wade-was-correctly-decided/|title=Schumer: Kavanaugh wouldn't say Roe v. Wade was 'correctly decided'|date=April 21, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042902/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/402950-schumer-kavanaugh-wouldnt-say-roe-v-wade-was-correctly-decided|url-status=live}} Schumer subsequently called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty to charges of bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance law violations, calling the plea "a game changer".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403012-schumer-kavanaugh-hearing-should-be-delayed-after-cohen-plea-deal/|title=Schumer: Kavanaugh hearing should be delayed after Cohen plea deal|date=August 22, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116083318/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403012-schumer-kavanaugh-hearing-should-be-delayed-after-cohen-plea-deal|url-status=live}}

In March 2020, Schumer was criticized for statements he made about Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, both of whom were nominated by Trump. At a rally outside the United States Capitol while the Supreme Court was hearing an abortion-related case, Schumer said that if Kavanaugh and Gorsuch voted against abortion rights, they would have "unleashed a whirlwind" (echoing Kavanaugh's own comments during his 2018 confirmation hearings){{cite web |last=Millhiser |first=Ian |date=March 5, 2020 |publisher=Vox |title=The controversy over Chuck Schumer's attack on Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/3/5/21165479/chuck-schumer-neil-gorsuch-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-whirlwind-threat}} and would "pay the price". He then said, "You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions." Republicans and Democrats, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, condemned these comments as inciting violence. Senator Josh Hawley called for a censure.{{cite web | author-last1=Barrett | author-first1=Ted | author-last2=Foran | author-first2=Clare |title=Graham opposes censuring Schumer over Supreme Court quote, worries it could lead to censure of Trump {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/politics/graham-schumer-scotus-controversy-censure/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=August 2, 2023 |language=en |date=March 5, 2020}} A spokesman for Schumer said the comments were in reference to the political price Senate Republicans would pay, and criticized Roberts for following a "right-wing" attack to misinterpret the comments.{{cite web |last1=Balluck |first1=Kyle |title=Harold Ford Jr. slams Schumer's 'pay the price' remarks: 'You can't incite violence' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/486061-harold-ford-jr-slams-schumers-pay-the-price-remarks-you-cant-incite-violence/ |website=The Hill|access-date=February 7, 2021 |language=en |date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214184524/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/486061-harold-ford-jr-slams-schumers-pay-the-price-remarks-you-cant-incite-violence |url-status=live }} Schumer later apologized for the comments.{{cite web |last1=Ghitis |first1=Frida |title=Schumer crossed a line, and then the GOP went into hypocrisy overdrive |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/opinions/republican-hypocrisy-over-schumer-words-ghitis/index.html |website=CNN|date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719120922/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/opinions/republican-hypocrisy-over-schumer-words-ghitis/index.html |url-status=live }}

In February 2025, interim U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. Ed Martin announced the Department of Justice was launching an investigation into the matter.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Spencer S. |last2=Jackman |first2=Tom |title=D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/31/jan6-prosecutors-fired-dc-martin/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=3 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250201182245/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/31/jan6-prosecutors-fired-dc-martin/ |archive-date=1 February 2025}}

In November 2017, Schumer said, "Just as our free highway system helped build jobs in America in the 20th century, net neutrality will help build jobs in the 21st century. To take a step back hurts our economy, our job growth and middle-class and working people. It is a disaster."{{cite news|url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/11/27/2017/schumer-statement-on-net-neutrality|title=Schumer Statement on Net Neutrality|date=November 21, 2017|publisher=democrats.senate.gov|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203235511/https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/11/27/2017/schumer-statement-on-net-neutrality|url-status=live}} In December, after the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality rules, Schumer said the internet could start resembling "a toll road, with the highest bidders cruising along private 'fast lanes' while the rest of us inch along a single, traffic-choked public lane; and we could be forced to purchase internet packages much like cable packages, paying more for popular sites", and that the resolution he was introducing would undo the effects of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-fcc-vote-to-end-net-neutrality_allowing-access-to-the-web-to-be-blocked-or-slowed-for-millions-of-americans----simply-cannot-stand-repeal-of-net-neutrality-will-turn-internet-into-a-toll-road-where-only-the-highest-paying-customers-will-rule-senator-pushes-plan-to-overturn-decision-with-a-majority-vote-by-congress|title=SCHUMER: FCC VOTE TO END NET NEUTRALITY – ALLOWING ACCESS TO THE WEB TO BE BLOCKED OR SLOWED FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS – SIMPLY CANNOT STAND; REPEAL OF NET NEUTRALITY WILL TURN INTERNET INTO A TOLL ROAD, WHERE ONLY THE HIGHEST PAYING CUSTOMERS WILL RULE; SENATOR PUSHES PLAN TO OVERTURN DECISION WITH A MAJORITY VOTE BY CONGRESS|date=December 15, 2017|publisher=schumer.senate.gov|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204192215/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-fcc-vote-to-end-net-neutrality_allowing-access-to-the-web-to-be-blocked-or-slowed-for-millions-of-americans----simply-cannot-stand-repeal-of-net-neutrality-will-turn-internet-into-a-toll-road-where-only-the-highest-paying-customers-will-rule-senator-pushes-plan-to-overturn-decision-with-a-majority-vote-by-congress|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Schumer announced 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'."{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/net-neutrality-fcc-democrats-restoring-rules-1202665062/|title=Senate Democrats Close to Majority on Vote to Restore Net Neutrality Rules|date=January 16, 2018|work=Variety|author=Johnson, Ted|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204001051/https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/net-neutrality-fcc-democrats-restoring-rules-1202665062/|url-status=live}} In May, the Senate adopted a measure to revive Obama-era internet regulations enforcing equal treatment for all web traffic. Schumer called the vote "our best chance to make sure the internet stays accessible and affordable to all Americans".{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/senate-democrats-push-to-reinstate-net-neutrality-rules/|title=Senate backs effort to restore 'net neutrality' rules|date=May 16, 2018|work=The Seattle Times|author=Freking, Kevin|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225524/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/senate-democrats-push-to-reinstate-net-neutrality-rules/|url-status=live}} In June, in response to the Republican-controlled House not taking up the Senate resolution restoring net neutrality rules, Schumer said, "House Republican leaders gave a green light to the big ISPs to charge middle-class Americans, small business owners, schools, rural Americans, and communities of color more to use the internet."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/391667-schumer-blames-congressional-gop-for-net-neutrality-repeal/|title=Schumer blames congressional GOP for net neutrality repeal|date=June 11, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Neidig, Harper|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116020523/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/391667-schumer-blames-congressional-gop-for-net-neutrality-repeal|url-status=live}}

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Schumer is pro-choice, and has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.{{cite web|title=OnTheIssuesLogo Charles Schumer on Abortion|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Charles_Schumer_Abortion.htm|website=OnTheIssues|access-date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=August 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817100530/http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Charles_Schumer_Abortion.htm|url-status=live}}

In 2002, Schumer authored a provision to an industry-sponsored bill intended to make it harder for people to erase their debts by filing for bankruptcy. Anti-abortion activists opposed the measure, claiming it restricted their ability to use bankruptcy courts to write off court fines. After the bill appeared to die in May, J. Dennis Hastert spokesman John Feehery opined, "Schumer really was pretty obnoxious about how this provision was going to hurt people who were pro-life and that really got some of our folks ginned up." In response, Schumer said the provision was a compromise with Henry Hyde and other colleagues and it was opposed by people who did not properly read the law.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/15/us/anti-abortion-lawmakers-kill-house-bankruptcy-bill.html|title=Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Kill House Bankruptcy Bill|author=Shenon, Philip|date=November 15, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117183752/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/15/us/anti-abortion-lawmakers-kill-house-bankruptcy-bill.html|url-status=live}}

After Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retired in 2018, Schumer voiced concern about Trump's choice of replacement, believing they would try to overturn Roe v. Wade.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/chuck-schumer-supreme-court-health-care.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Chuck Schumer: Our Rights Hang in the Balance|last=Schumer|first=Chuck|date=2018-07-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112095035/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/chuck-schumer-supreme-court-health-care.html|url-status=live}}

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".{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-implement-farm-bill-dairy-improvements-for-wisconsin-dairy-farmers/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Implement Farm Bill Dairy Improvements for Wisconsin Dairy Farmers|date=April 1, 2019|publisher=urbamilwaukee.com|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111174332/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-implement-farm-bill-dairy-improvements-for-wisconsin-dairy-farmers/|url-status=live}}

Schumer is noted for his love of cycling in New York City, especially around his home in Brooklyn.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-charles-e-schumer/exploring-new-york-by-bik_b_218468.html|title=Exploring New York By Bike|work=HuffPost|author=Schumer, Charles E.|date=June 22, 2009|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007205310/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-charles-e-schumer/exploring-new-york-by-bik_b_218468.html|url-status=live}} In 2011, he was reported to have joined a group of neighbors on his street in Park Slope, near Prospect Park. They attempted to remove a new "parking-protected" bicycle path on their street,{{cite web|url=http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/07/what-happens-when-senator-chuck-schumer-doesn%E2%80%99t-like-the-new-bike-lane/|title=What Happens When Senator Chuck Schumer Doesn't Like the New Bike Lane?|work=Streetsblog|author=Fried, Ben|date=February 7, 2011|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210005215/http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/07/what-happens-when-senator-chuck-schumer-doesn%E2%80%99t-like-the-new-bike-lane|url-status=live}} which ran adjacent to the curb, with a protection buffer provided by parallel-parked cars next to the bike lane.[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/prospectparkwest.shtml NYC DOT – Prospect Park West Bicycle Path] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211204244/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/prospectparkwest.shtml |date=February 11, 2021 }}. Nyc.gov. Retrieved on August 16, 2013. While Schumer has not taken a public position on the traffic-calming project, whose most prominent feature is a two-way protected bike path, his wife, Iris Weinshall, is a prominent opponent of the project, and the New York Post reported that Schumer has lobbied against the bike path behind the scenes.{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_bike_lane_bile_j70CsVaBrqgliQxJIhrWyH|title=Not in Chuck's back yard!|work=New York Post|date=February 6, 2011|first=David|last=Seifman|access-date=February 27, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119015230/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_bike_lane_bile_j70CsVaBrqgliQxJIhrWyH|url-status=live}} In addition, a major Schumer campaign contributor{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_lawsuit_comes_the_inevitable_GsyizL73BTUsKiTUYg68JM|title=Here it comes – the inevitable Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit!|work=New York Post|date=February 15, 2011|first1=Natalie|last1=O'Neill|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022065100/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_lawsuit_comes_the_inevitable_GsyizL73BTUsKiTUYg68JM|url-status=live}} has fought a controversial pro bono legal battle against the project, drawing criticism.{{cite web|url=http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/24/in-anti-bike-lane-case-gibson-dunn-strays-from-pro-bono-standards/|title=In Anti-Bike Lane Case, Gibson Dunn Strays From Pro Bono Standards|work=streetsblog.org|author=Kazis, Noah|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910134800/http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/24/in-anti-bike-lane-case-gibson-dunn-strays-from-pro-bono-standards/|url-status=live}}

In January 2004, after President Bush renominated Charles Pickering to the federal appeals court along with 30 other nominees who had failed to win confirmation under the previous Democratic-controlled Senate, Schumer stated his intent to prevent Pickering's confirmation and said the US could do better.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/congress.pickering/|title=Democrats vow fight on Pickering|date=January 20, 2004|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206110731/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/congress.pickering/|url-status=live}}

In 2007, after Bush nominated former federal judge Michael Mukasey to become attorney general of the United States (replacing Gonzales, who had resigned), Schumer expressed support for Mukasey. Despite appearing troubled by Mukasey's refusal to declare in public that waterboarding was illegal torture, Schumer announced on November 2 that he would vote to confirm Mukasey.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/leahy.mukasey/index.html|title=Bush attorney general nominee gets key Democratic support|work=CNN|date=November 2, 2007|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203235451/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/leahy.mukasey/index.html|url-status=live}} He said Mukasey had assured him in a private meeting that he would enforce any law declaring waterboarding illegal, and that Mukasey had told him Bush would have "no legal authority" to ignore such a law.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/opinion/06schumer.html|title=A Vote for Justice|date=November 6, 2007|work=The New York Times|author=Schumer, Charles|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124210031/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/opinion/06schumer.html|url-status=live}}

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In April 2018, Schumer said that he would back efforts to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/19/schumer-backs-effort-to-decriminalize-marijuana/|title=Schumer backs federal effort to decriminalize marijuana|last1=Weigel|first1=David|author-link1=David Weigel|date=April 19, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 20, 2018|last2=Wagner|first2=John|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205004852/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/19/schumer-backs-effort-to-decriminalize-marijuana/|url-status=live}} On April 20, a day known as 4/20, he announced his sponsorship of legislation to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. The bill would also provide funding for women and minority-owned businesses and for research into the public health effects of cannabis.{{cite web|last1=Shugerman|first1=Emily|title=US senate minority leader Chuck Schumer introducing bill to decriminalise marijuana across country|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chuck-schumer-introduces-bill-decriminalising-marijuana-support-us-senate-minority-leader-democrat-a8314901.html|website=The Independent|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011920/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chuck-schumer-introduces-bill-decriminalising-marijuana-support-us-senate-minority-leader-democrat-a8314901.html|url-status=live}} On June 27, 2018, Schumer formally introduced the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act.{{cite press release |date=June 27, 2018 |title=Schumer Introduces Marijuana Freedom And Opportunity Act – New Legislation Would Decriminalize Marijuana At Federal Level |url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-introduces-marijuana-freedom-and-opportunity-act_-new-legislation-would-decriminalize-marijuana-at-federal-level |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=senate.gov |access-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206104110/https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-introduces-marijuana-freedom-and-opportunity-act_-new-legislation-would-decriminalize-marijuana-at-federal-level |url-status=live }}

On July 14, 2021, Schumer, along with senators Ron Wyden and Cory Booker, released for public comment a comprehensive federal legalization bill known as the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act.{{cite news |last1=Jaeger |first1=Kyle |title=Here Are The Full Details Of The New Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill From Chuck Schumer And Senate Colleagues |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/here-are-the-full-details-of-the-new-federal-marijuana-legalization-bill-from-chuck-schumer-and-senate-colleagues/ |access-date=August 3, 2021 |work=Marijuana Moment |date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803204352/https://www.marijuanamoment.net/here-are-the-full-details-of-the-new-federal-marijuana-legalization-bill-from-chuck-schumer-and-senate-colleagues/ |url-status=live }}{{cite press release |date=July 14, 2021 |title=Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden And Senator Booker Release Discussion Draft Of Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act, Legislation To End The Federal Cannabis Prohibition And Unfair Targeting Of Communities Of Color |url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-senate-finance-committee-chair-wyden-and-senator-booker-release-discussion-draft-of-cannabis-administration-and-opportunity-act-legislation-to-end-the-federal-cannabis-prohibition-and-unfair-targeting-of-communities-of-color |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=senate.gov |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803204350/https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-senate-finance-committee-chair-wyden-and-senator-booker-release-discussion-draft-of-cannabis-administration-and-opportunity-act-legislation-to-end-the-federal-cannabis-prohibition-and-unfair-targeting-of-communities-of-color |url-status=live }} On July 21, 2022, he formally introduced the bill.{{cite news |last1=Fertig |first1=Natalie |title=Schumer's legal weed bill is finally here |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/21/schumer-legal-weed-bill-00047058 |access-date=August 21, 2022 |work=Politico|date=July 21, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818171453/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/21/schumer-legal-weed-bill-00047058 |url-status=live }}

Schumer voted on the impeachment charges of President Bill Clinton in both houses of Congress. 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. In January 1999, Schumer, as a newly elected member of the Senate, also voted "not guilty" on the two impeachment charges.{{cite news|title=How the senators voted on impeachment|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/|access-date=May 22, 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=February 12, 1999|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217080711/https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/|url-status=live}}

Schumer has given legislative attention to consumer issues. He passed legislation that required uniform disclosure information on the back of credit card applications, notifying prospective cardholders of annual fees and interest rates. This standardized information is now known as the "Schumer box". 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/12/07/2009-12-07_schumer_rips_banks_doubledipping_on_atm_fees.html|title=Sen. Schumer rips banks' 'double-dipping' on ATM fees|work=New York Daily News|date=December 7, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|first=Bill|last=Egbert|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604071209/http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/12/07/2009-12-07_schumer_rips_banks_doubledipping_on_atm_fees.html|url-status=live}}

With Representative Nita Lowey, Schumer has been working to ban the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), often found in baby bottles and plastic children's food containers.{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=6090291|title=Schumer to introduce BPA bill|website=Abclocal.go.com|date=April 18, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604020016/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Fhealth&id=6090291|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=dead}} The Canadian government has already banned BPA in baby bottles and children's products.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803036.html|title=Canada Bans BPA From Baby Bottles|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 19, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|first1=Lyndsey|last1=Layton|first2=Christopher|last2=Lee|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102145401/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803036.html|url-status=live}} Schumer is also seeking a ban on the use of cadmium, a carcinogen known to impair brain development in children, in toys and children's jewelry.{{cite web|url=https://schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=321481|title=| Press release – Charles E. Schumer Senate webpage|publisher=Sen. Charles E. Schumer|date=January 13, 2010|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225233032/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=321481|url-status=live}} 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. In the end, the FTC put ten companies on notice and identified a total of 140 scams.{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/schumer_feds_to_crack_down_on.html|title=Schumer: Feds to crack down on phony flu products|website=Syracuse.com|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=November 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123104044/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/schumer_feds_to_crack_down_on.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer has championed college tuition tax credits, calling for and passing a $4,000 tuition tax credit for students as part of a host of tax credits and cuts passed to stimulate the economy in the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.{{cite web|author=Blume, Dick|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/schumer_pushes_for_new_college.html|title=Schumer pushes for new college tuition tax credit while visiting Syracuse University|website=Syracuse.com|date=January 12, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108222740/https://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/schumer_pushes_for_new_college.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer received an "A" grade on the 2008 Drum Major Institute's Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.{{cite web|url=http://www.themiddleclass.org/browse/legislators|title=themiddleclass.org|publisher=drummajorinstitute.com|access-date=July 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420052700/http://www.themiddleclass.org/browse/legislators|archive-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=dead}}

In October 2013, Schumer announced his support for a proposal ending restrictions on shipping beer, wine, and spirits through the U.S. Postal Service, saying it would "help keep local post offices open by bringing in an estimated $225{{spaces}}million in new revenues to the USPS" and broaden the availability of beers and wines to consumers.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/30/mail-alcohol-restrictions-proposal/3316837/|title=Sen. Schumer fights to end alcohol mail restrictions|author=Hupfl, Ahsley|date=October 30, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204053219/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/30/mail-alcohol-restrictions-proposal/3316837/|url-status=live}}

In 2013, Schumer said the death penalty would be "appropriate" in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing. "The federal law allows the death penalty.{{spaces}}... I wrote the law in 1994 when I was head of the crime subcommittee in the House. This is just the kind of case that it should be applied to."{{cite web |last1=Killough |first1=Ashley |title=Schumer says death penalty 'appropriate' in Boston case |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/21/schumer-says-death-penalty-appropriate-in-boston-case/ |website=CNN|language=en |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109121033/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/21/schumer-says-death-penalty-appropriate-in-boston-case/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=Drusch|first1=Andrea|title=Schumer says death penalty 'appropriate'|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2013/04/schumer-says-death-penalty-appropriate-162207|website=Politico|language=en|date=April 21, 2013|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211122923/https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2013/04/schumer-says-death-penalty-appropriate-162207|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Schumer was recognized for helping to achieve the award of $700,000 in compensation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Gowanda, New York, as a result of the devastating flood there in 2009.[http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/634802/Gowanda-To-Receive--700K-In-FEMA-Funding.html?nav=5004 Gowanda to receive $700K in FEMA funding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924183428/http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/634802/Gowanda-To-Receive--700K-In-FEMA-Funding.html?nav=5004 |date=September 24, 2016 }}, The Post-Journal, Jamestown, NY: The Post Journal, January 31, 2014, Retrieved February 3, 2014.[http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/593493/Over--700K-going-to-Gowanda.html?nav=5047 Over $700K going to Gowanda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924105644/http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/593493/Over--700K-going-to-Gowanda.html?nav=5047 |date=September 24, 2016 }}, The Observer, Dunkirk, NY, January 31, 2014, Retrieved February 10, 2014. A flash flood devastated the village, causing two deaths. Four feet of flood waters swept through the village, and caused much damage. Gowanda was declared both a state and federal disaster site.

Of the anticipated disbursement of FEMA monies to Gowanda, Schumer said:

{{blockquote|FEMA and the state were sitting on Gowanda's money for way too long. It's about time that they made the village of Gowanda whole for the damage done in this flood. I've been advocating for this for months and months and months; I'm glad everyone came together and finally did the right thing. |author=|title=|source=}}

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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. Trump had said earlier that year that he believed he would get along with Schumer and that he was "close to Schumer in many ways".{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/chuck-schumer-interview-donald-trump-2017-231640|title=Schumer on Trump: 'He was not my friend'|date=November 19, 2016|work=Politico|first1=Burgess|last1=Everett|first2=John|last2=Bresnahan|first3=Elena|last3=Schor|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204115101/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/chuck-schumer-interview-donald-trump-2017-231640|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/311999-schumer-calls-for-more-cabinet-picks-to-turn-over-tax-returns/|title=Schumer calls for Trump Cabinet picks to turn over tax returns|date=December 28, 2016|work=The Hill|author=Jagoda, Naomi|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112746/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/311999-schumer-calls-for-more-cabinet-picks-to-turn-over-tax-returns|url-status=live}}

In February 2017, before Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, Schumer predicted that the speech would be less memorable than ones delivered by Trump's predecessors due to what he called "a yawning gap between what he says and what his administration actually does for working Americans". Though acknowledging Trump's populist campaigning style, Schumer said Trump "governs like a pro-corporate, pro-elite, hard-right ideologue".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/321606-schumer-trump-speech-less-important-that-past-presidents-addresses/|title=Schumer: Trump speech 'less important' that past presidents' addresses|date=February 28, 2017|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928015755/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/321606-schumer-trump-speech-less-important-that-past-presidents-addresses|url-status=live}}

In March 2017, Schumer released a statement calling on Trump to apologize for claiming the Obama administration had wiretapped him during his presidential campaign. He advocated that Trump stop tweeting to better focus on working on behalf of the United States and said Trump had "severely damaged his credibility" by promoting conspiracy theories.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/324773-schumer-trump-must-apologize-for-wiretapping-claim/|title=Schumer: Trump must apologize for wiretapping claim|date=March 20, 2017|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216180633/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/324773-schumer-trump-must-apologize-for-wiretapping-claim|url-status=live}}

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. If you disagree with a politician, organize your fellow citizens to action and vote them out of office. But no one should call for the harassment of political opponents. That's not right. That's not American."{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/chuck-schumer-maxine-waters-harassment-trump-officials/index.html|title=Schumer on Waters: Calling for harassment 'not American'|date=June 26, 2018|work=CNN|author=Barrett, Ted|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206102212/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/chuck-schumer-maxine-waters-harassment-trump-officials/index.html|url-status=live}}

In August 2018, in response to Trump's charge that American Jews who vote for Democrats are "disloyal", Schumer tweeted, "When he [Trump] uses a trope that's been used against the Jewish people for centuries with dire consequences, he is encouraging—wittingly or unwittingly—anti-Semites throughout the country and world."{{cite web|author=Sullivan, Eileen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/politics/trump-jews-disloyalty.html|title=Trump Again Accuses American Jews of Disloyalty|work=The New York Times|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211064454/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/politics/trump-jews-disloyalty.html|url-status=live}}

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. Schumer and other members of Congress were removed from the Senate chambers. He and Mitch McConnell joined Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer in an undisclosed location. As the attack persisted, Schumer and Pelosi released a joint statement calling on Trump to demand the rioters leave the Capitol and its grounds immediately.{{cite news |last1=Ardrey |first1=Taylor |title=Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer call on Trump to demand protestors to leave the US Capitol 'immediately' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pelosi-an-schumer-asks-trump-to-demand-rioters-to-leave-us-capitol-2021-1 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=Business Insider|date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208215444/https://www.businessinsider.com/pelosi-an-schumer-asks-trump-to-demand-rioters-to-leave-us-capitol-2021-1 |url-status=live }} When the Senate reconvened after the Capitol was secure, Schumer gave remarks, calling it a day "that will live forever in infamy".{{cite news |title=Schumer: Jan. 6, 2021 'Will Live Forever in Infamy' |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/schumer-jan-6-2021-will-live-forever-in-infamy/2521568/ |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth |date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128092933/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/schumer-jan-6-2021-will-live-forever-in-infamy/2521568/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |title=Senator Schumer 'appalled' by Capitol's lack of preparedness |url=https://kobi5.com/news/senator-schumer-appalled-by-capitols-lack-of-preparedness-143464/ |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 |date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203235317/https://kobi5.com/news/senator-schumer-appalled-by-capitols-lack-of-preparedness-143464/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2002, as the Senate worked on a compromise to save an election reform bill that stalled due to Republicans' believing it was not combative enough against voter fraud, Schumer and Senator Ron Wyden led a successful effort in protecting an amendment allowing first-time voters to be verified with only a signature.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Election-reform-bill-stalls-in-Senate/28471015001803/|title=Election reform bill stalls in Senate|first=P. Mitchell|last=Prothero|work=UPI|date=March 1, 2002|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125145305/https://www.upi.com/Election-reform-bill-stalls-in-Senate/28471015001803/|url-status=live}}

In April 2014, the United States Senate debated the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 2199; 113th Congress), a bill aimed at addressing the gender pay gap in the United States.{{cite news|title=Senate GOP blocks paycheck bill|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/203064-senate-gop-blocks-paycheck-fairness-bill/|access-date=April 9, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=April 9, 2014|author=Ramsey Cox|author2=Alexander Bolton|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728182625/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/203064-senate-gop-blocks-paycheck-fairness-bill|url-status=live}} Republicans argued that the Democrats were attempting to use the votes on this bill and the issue of equal pay as political issues in the 2014 midterm elections. Schumer backed the measure and told reporters, "pay equity, that's women, that's 53 percent of the vote".

In 1987, then-Representative Schumer wrote a New York Times op-ed opposing repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933, titled "Don't Let Banks Become Casinos".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/26/opinion/don-t-let-banks-become-casinos.html|author=Schumer, Charles E.|title=Don't Let Banks Become Casinos|work=The New York Times|date=August 26, 1987|access-date=February 12, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227092010/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/26/opinion/don-t-let-banks-become-casinos.html|url-status=live}} p. A23. quote: "Citing the pressures of rigorous worldwide competition in financial services, large American banks are pleading for the repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act, a law that keeps banks out of the more volatile and risky world of securities transactions. Their entreaties should be resisted{{spaces}}..." In 1999, Schumer supported Congress's repeal of Glass–Steagall, saying: "There are many reasons for this bill, but first and foremost is to ensure that U.S. financial firms remain competitive."New York Times, November 1, 1999, p. 1. Since 2010, the securities and investment industry has been the largest donor to Schumer's senatorial campaigns.{{cite web |url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001093&cycle=2010|title=Charles E Schumer: Campaign Finance/Money – Summary – Senator 2010|work=OpenSecrets|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518120544/http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001093&cycle=2010|url-status=live}}

According to a December 14, 2008, New York Times article on Schumer's role in the Wall Street meltdown, he embraced the industry's free-market, deregulatory agenda more than any other Democrat in Congress, backing measures blamed for contributing to the financial crisis. A review of his record showed that he took steps to protect the industry from government oversight and tougher rules. Over the years, he helped save financial institutions billions of dollars in taxes or fees. The article claimed that Schumer succeeded in limiting efforts to reform and regulate credit-rating agencies the George W. Bush administration and the SEC had proposed.{{cite web|first1=Eric|last1=Lipton|first2=Raymond|last2=Hernandez|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/business/14schumer.html|title=A Champion of Wall Street Reaps Benefits|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 2008|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223111629/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/business/14schumer.html|url-status=live}}

The Charles Schumer-Rob Portman Senate bill of 2015{{cite news|author1=Jonathan Weisman|title=Plan to Curb U.S. Taxation of Overseas Profit Finds Bipartisan Support|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/business/end-to-us-taxation-of-overseas-profit-finds-bipartisan-support.html|access-date=August 29, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 8, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113161331/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/business/end-to-us-taxation-of-overseas-profit-finds-bipartisan-support.html|url-status=live}} proposed to tax the $2.2{{spaces}}trillion 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".{{cite news|author1=Dave Johnson|title=Next Big One: Repatriation Tax Holiday Giveaway to Corporations|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/next-big-one-repatriation_b_7798436.html|access-date=August 29, 2015|work=HuffPost|date=July 14, 2015|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324204613/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/next-big-one-repatriation_b_7798436.html|url-status=live}}

In his book released in March 2010, No One Would Listen, Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos passed along an unsourced claim that Schumer called the SEC for information about the Madoff investigation. Schumer denied this.{{Cite web|last=Thrush|first=Glenn|title=Schumer denies report he called SEC on Madoff probe|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0210/Schumer_denies_report_he_called_SEC_on_Madoff_probe.html|access-date=2020-07-07|work=Politico|language=en|date=February 26, 2010|archive-date=July 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731052351/http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0210/Schumer_denies_report_he_called_SEC_on_Madoff_probe.html|url-status=live}}

In response to The American Prospect's Day One Agenda,{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Marcia|date=2019-09-23|title=Cancel Student Debt—Almost All of It|url=https://prospect.org/api/content/c6faa204-dbc1-11e9-a5c5-12f1225286c6/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=The American Prospect|language=en-us|archive-date=April 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414122440/https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/cancel-student-debt-dept-education/|url-status=live}} Schumer announced a new stance on eliminating student debt. 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".{{Cite web|last=Giridharadas|first=Anand|title=Chuck Schumer wants an FDR-style first 100 days|url=https://the.ink/p/schumer|access-date=2021-07-16|website=the.ink|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715151625/https://the.ink/p/schumer|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Schumer criticized Scotland's release of convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and called for the United States to impose economic sanctions on the United Kingdom if Megrahi's release was tied to a massive oil deal between the United Kingdom and Libya.{{cite news | title=Schumer rips BP's Libya tie | first=Frank | last=Rosario | date=July 19, 2020 | url=https://nypost.com/2010/07/19/schumer-rips-bps-libya-tie/ | work=New York Post | access-date=May 1, 2020 | archive-date=February 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204053603/https://nypost.com/2010/07/19/schumer-rips-bps-libya-tie/ | url-status=live }}

In April 2017, after the Shayrat missile strike, Schumer said a "pinpointed, limited action to punish and hopefully deter Assad from doing this again is appropriate" while warning against the United States becoming further involved in Syria.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383138-schumer-says-trump-strikes-appropriate-warns-against-greater-involvement-in/|title=Schumer says Trump strikes 'appropriate,' warns against greater involvement in Syria|date=April 13, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Greenwood, Max|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034530/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383138-schumer-says-trump-strikes-appropriate-warns-against-greater-involvement-in|url-status=live}}

In July 2017, Schumer voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which grouped together sanctions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 1st Session|website=www.senate.gov|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=January 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113175200/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|url-status=live}}

In July 2018, after Trump criticized Germany's decision to approve a new Russian-German gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea bypassing Poland and Ukraine, Schumer and House Minority Leader Pelosi released a joint statement condemning Trump's comments as an embarrassment and his behavior as "another profoundly disturbing signal that the President is more loyal to President Putin than to our NATO allies".{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/11/trump-germany-comments-reaction-708853|title=Pelosi, Schumer blast Trump's criticism of Germany|first=Rebecca|last=Morin|date=July 11, 2018|work=Politico|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204115111/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/11/trump-germany-comments-reaction-708853|url-status=live}}

In October 2020, Schumer called on the Trump administration to immediately suspend U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan,{{cite news |title=Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/02/senate-and-house-leaders-to-secretary-of-state-pompeo-cut-military-aid-to-azerbaijan-sanction-turkey-for-ongoing-attacks-against-armenia-and-artsakh/ |work=The Armenian Weekly |date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005130156/https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/02/senate-and-house-leaders-to-secretary-of-state-pompeo-cut-military-aid-to-azerbaijan-sanction-turkey-for-ongoing-attacks-against-armenia-and-artsakh/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Democrats urge halt to security aid to Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict |url=https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/10/06/democrats-urge-halt-to-security-aid-to-azerbaijan-in-armenia-conflict/ |work=Defense News |date=October 6, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201006162051/https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/10/06/democrats-urge-halt-to-security-aid-to-azerbaijan-in-armenia-conflict/ |url-status=live }} sent through the Pentagon's "building partner assistance program".{{cite news |title=US Allocates $100 million in Security Aid to Azerbaijan in 2018-19 |url=https://armenian.usc.edu/us-allocates-100-million-in-security-aid-to-azerbaijan/ |work=USC Institute of Armenian Studies |date=July 17, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008151829/https://armenian.usc.edu/us-allocates-100-million-in-security-aid-to-azerbaijan/ |url-status=live }} According to critics, the aid could be used in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.{{cite news |title=During Major Azerbaijani War Games, US Pulls Plug on Artsakh Demining |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/05/22/during-major-azerbaijani-war-games-us-pulls-plug-on-artsakh-demining/ |work=Armenian Weekly |date=May 22, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009123200/https://armenianweekly.com/2020/05/22/during-major-azerbaijani-war-games-us-pulls-plug-on-artsakh-demining/ |url-status=live }} He co-signed a letter stating:

We have been very critical of U.S. security assistance to Azerbaijan given the country's human rights record and aggression in the region. Earlier this year, at Senator Menendez's request, the Government Accountability Office agreed to conduct a review of security assistance to the country to ensure that it aligns with U.S. interests; this violence indicates that it does not.

In March 2006, the House Appropriations Committee voted to block an amendment allowing Dubai Ports World to operate some terminals at U.S. ports, an amendment that was inserted into the emergency supplemental funding bill for military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. 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. Senate majority leader Bill Frist subsequently asked for a quorum call that effectively gnarled proceedings, Schumer afterward opining that the Democrats had "bent over backwards to try and accommodate the Republican schedule" and that Frist's move meant Republicans did not want a vote at all.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/08/port.security/index.html|title=Congress declares war on ports deal|date=March 8, 2003|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206123234/http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/08/port.security/index.html|url-status=live}}

In October 2009, Schumer said, "It cost us $6 trillion and 4,500 lives, approximately, to bring stability to Iraq. Just in terms of the loss of life and treasure, do we want to do the same exercise in Afghanistan?" He said the United States could potentially be able to keep itself safe without bringing stability to Afghanistan and advocated that American forces be scaled back in Afghanistan in favor of more reliance on unmanned drone attacks.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/53321-schumer-true-cost-of-afghan-stability-could-be-too-high-for-america/|title=Schumer: True cost of Afghan stability could be too high for America|date=October 27, 2009|work=The Hill|author=Zimmermann, Eric|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212144506/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64937-schumer-stability-in-afghanistan-isnt-a-must|url-status=live}}

In April 2017, Schumer called for caution in Afghanistan, noting the casualties in Iraq, and said the military would have to come to Congress if it wanted more American soldiers in Afghanistan.{{cite news|url=https://poststar.com/news/local/schumer-urges-caution-in-afghanistan/article_37cb0006-52bd-5756-8960-557f29dd7f21.html|title=Schumer urges caution in Afghanistan|publisher=poststar.com|date=April 14, 2017|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203235626/https://poststar.com/news/local/schumer-urges-caution-in-afghanistan/article_37cb0006-52bd-5756-8960-557f29dd7f21.html|url-status=live}}

In 2006, NPR reported that Schumer and Senator Lindsey Graham were highly critical of the trade imbalance between the U.S. and China, and its alleged cause of Chinese currency intervention.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345474|title=Chinese Currency Stirs Debate in U.S. Congress|author=Flintoff, Corey|work=NPR|date=April 17, 2006|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204012515/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345474|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Schumer wrote to Trump advocating for a block on China that would prevent it from purchasing more American companies to increase pressure on Beijing to help rein in North Korea's nuclear missile program.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/13/trump-china-national-security-242676|title=Trump blocks Chinese purchase of U.S. company for national security reasons|date=September 13, 2017|work=Politico|author=Cassella, Megan|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225135844/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/13/trump-china-national-security-242676|url-status=live}} In May 2018, after Trump signaled his willingness to ease sanctions on ZTE in a bid for a trade deal with Beijing, Schumer observed, "This seems to be an area where Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate are coming together and telling the president, you've got to be tough on China, you have to have your actions match your rhetoric."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/22/china-zte-rollback-sanctions-trump-563809|title=Lawmakers from both parties unite against Trump's ZTE sanctions rollback|date=May 22, 2018|work=Politico|author=Behsudi, Adam|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204113238/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/22/china-zte-rollback-sanctions-trump-563809|url-status=live}}

Before the Trump administration took concrete measures against China in late March 2018, Schumer and other Democratic leaders pressed Trump to focus more on China. Schumer said, "China has stolen millions of jobs and trillions of dollars [but] administrations from both parties haven't been strong enough to fight back."{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/chuck-schumer-calls-trump-weakling-china-236915|title=Schumer: Trump a '98-pound weakling' on China|website=POLITICO|date=2017-04-05|first1=Elana|last1=Schor|first2=Doug|last2=Palmer|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204113248/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/chuck-schumer-calls-trump-weakling-china-236915|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-threatens-to-block-trump-commerce-nominees-over-china-trade-probe-delay|title=Schumer threatens to block Trump Commerce nominees over China trade probe delay|website=Fox News|date=2017-10-27|access-date=December 19, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203234629/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-threatens-to-block-trump-commerce-nominees-over-china-trade-probe-delay|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chuck-schumer-trump-acts-like-a-lap-dog-to-china|title=Chuck Schumer: Trump 'acts like a lap dog' to China|website=Washington Examiner|date=2017-11-12|author=Barrón-López, Laura|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921224730/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chuck-schumer-trump-acts-like-a-lap-dog-to-china|url-status=live}}

In October 2023, Schumer led a bipartisan congressional delegation's visit to China that included a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping. In a press conference, Schumer said the two sides spoke about their "respective priorities" and that he told Xi that "America wants fairness and stability. At the foundation of the relationship must be a level playing field for American businesses and workers, as well as responsible competition". The delegation also met Foreign Minister Wang Yi, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji, and Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Chen Jining.{{Cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Orange |last2=Zhao |first2=Ziwen |date=9 October 2023 |title=China, US need not go head to head, President Xi Jinping tells senators, in strongest sign he may head to Apec summit |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3237303/chinese-president-xi-jinping-meeting-us-senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-sign-xi-may-head-apec |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=South China Morning Post}}

On August 6, 2015, Schumer announced his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran.{{cite news|author=Jennifer Steinhauer|author-link=Jennifer Steinhauer|author2=Jonathan Weissman|title=Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/us/politics/schumer-says-he-will-oppose-iran-nuclear-deal.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=August 9, 2015|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214123655/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/us/politics/schumer-says-he-will-oppose-iran-nuclear-deal.html|url-status=live}} He planned to tell the White House, then his Senate colleagues, and then the public, but the White House leaked the news during the Republican debate in what CBS News described as an "apparent attempt to limit coverage".{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/07/kerry-schumer-engel-iran/|title=Sources: White House May Be Out To Injure Sen. Schumer For Iran Nuke Pact Stance|publisher=CBS New York|author=Haskell, Peter|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=August 9, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811024201/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/07/kerry-schumer-engel-iran/|url-status=live}} Arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis derided Schumer's decision, noting that Schumer was making factually incorrect claims about the amount of time in which the treaty would allow inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9176415/iran-deal-inspections-24-days|title=Iran deal opponents now have their "death panels" lie, and it's a whopper|first=Max|last=Fisher|date=August 19, 2015|work=Vox|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203230008/https://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9176415/iran-deal-inspections-24-days|url-status=live}} In what The Guardian described as a "shot across Schumer's bow", White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that fellow Democrats might remember Schumer's decision when deciding whom to elect as their next majority leader.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/07/chuck-schumer-iran-nuclear-deal-disapproval-senate-democrats|author=Roberts, Dan|title=White House warns Chuck Schumer: disapprove of Iran deal at your own peril|work=The Guardian|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203233440/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/07/chuck-schumer-iran-nuclear-deal-disapproval-senate-democrats|url-status=live}}

Schumer was a supporter of the Iraq War Resolution but was very critical of President George W. Bush's strategy in the Iraq War; he suggested that a commission of ex-generals be appointed to review it.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/373961p-317920c.html |title=Let ex-generals rate war, W told|access-date=January 4, 2006 |author=McAuliff, Michael|work=New York Daily News|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515192146/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/373961p-317920c.html |archive-date=May 15, 2006 }}

In April 2002, during a Senate speech, Schumer called the Bush administration's Middle East policy "muddled, confused and inconsistent" and said the planned meeting between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Yasser Arafat would contradict Bush's stated stand against terrorists and those harboring them.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/world/mideast-turmoil-schumer-criticizes-bush-on-mideast.html|title=MIDEAST TURMOIL; Schumer Criticizes Bush on Mideast|date=April 11, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213220741/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/world/mideast-turmoil-schumer-criticizes-bush-on-mideast.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Hentoff|first=Nat|author-link=Nat Hentoff|url=http://villagevoice.com/news/0648,hentoff,75131,2.html|title=What the Democrats Must Do|work=The Village Voice|date=November 26, 2006|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513180819/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0648%2Chentoff%2C75131%2C2.html|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}

In July 2006, Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki stated that Iraq was urging the international community "to take a quick and firm stance to stop this aggression against Lebanon, to stop the killing of innocent people and to stop the destruction of infrastructure". In response, Schumer, Harry Reid, and Dick Durbin signed a letter to al-Maliki in which they charged him with failing to condemn the aggression of Hezbollah as well as Israel's right to defend itself, arguing the oversight raised serious concern about whether Iraq under his rule could "play a constructive role in resolving the current crisis and bringing stability to the Middle East".{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/25/congress.iraq/|title=Senate Democrats press Iraqi PM on Israel remarks|publisher=CNN|date=July 25, 2006|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911172327/https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/25/congress.iraq/|url-status=live}}

Schumer was the first senator to call for U.S. support for Kurdish independence after the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, releasing a resolution calling for the U.S. government to change its policy to "support a political process that addresses the aspirations of the Kurds for an independent state". 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".{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/us-senate-democratic-leader-declares-support-for-kurdish-independence-1.662245|title=US Senate Democratic leader declares support for Kurdish independence|work=The National|author=Joyce Karam|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807184413/https://www.thenational.ae/world/us-senate-democratic-leader-declares-support-for-kurdish-independence-1.662245|url-status=live}}

In 1994, Schumer joined the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Congress in a campaign to get the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Palestinian-American charity the Holy Land Foundation, which by the time it was shut down in 2001 was the country's largest Muslim charity.Peled, Miko (2018) Injustice. The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five. Just World Books. {{ISBN|978-1-68257-085-2}}. p. 56.

In June 2010, while speaking at an Orthodox Union event in Washington D.C., Schumer made comments about Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip that were later criticized. He pointed to statistics to show that the Palestinian citizens of the West Bank were experiencing "economic prosperity", crediting this to their government's cooperation with the Israeli government on combating terrorists. He then criticized the Palestinian citizens of the Gaza Strip for voting for the Hamas militant organization, calling on Israel to "strangle them economically until they see that's not the way to go", while also stating that Israel should continue providing "humanitarian aid" to Palestinian civilians. He argued that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is justified not only because it keeps weapons out of the Palestinian territory, but also because it shows Palestinians living there that "when there's some moderation and cooperation, they can have an economic advancement."{{cite web|last1=Jilani|first1=Zaid|title=Schumer Says It 'Makes Sense' To 'Strangle [Gaza] Economically' Until It Votes The Way Israel Wants|url=https://thinkprogress.org/schumer-says-it-makes-sense-to-strangle-gaza-economically-until-it-votes-the-way-israel-wants-f19913065d1/|work=ThinkProgress|date=June 11, 2010|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103043536/https://thinkprogress.org/schumer-says-it-makes-sense-to-strangle-gaza-economically-until-it-votes-the-way-israel-wants-f19913065d1/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Chuck Schumer On Gaza: 'Strangle' Them Economically |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/11/chuck-schumer-on-gaza-str_n_609594.html |website=HuffPost |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207170223/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/11/chuck-schumer-on-gaza-str_n_609594.html |url-status=live }} Schumer added, "The Palestinian people still don't believe in a Jewish state, in a two-state solution. More do than before, but a majority still do not ... They don't believe in the Torah. They don't believe in King David. So they don't think it's our land".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MBliz7wSCrw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100728081350/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBliz7wSCrw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBliz7wSCrw|title=Senator Schumer speaks to the Orthodox Union|date=June 9, 2010|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Schumer supported Israel in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.{{cite news |title=Protesters condemn Gillibrand and Schumer's Israel support |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2016/05/protesters-condemn-gillibrand-and-schumers-israel-support-049983 |last=Michel |first=Clifford |work=Politico|date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206110058/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2016/05/protesters-condemn-gillibrand-and-schumers-israel-support-049983 |url-status=live }} 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 Israeli–Palestinian conflict.{{cite news |title=Schumer: Settlements not an obstacle to peace |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/schumer-settlements-not-an-obstacle-to-peace/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=March 6, 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204054933/https://www.timesofisrael.com/schumer-settlements-not-an-obstacle-to-peace/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Schumer is wrong about settlements |url=https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Schumer-is-wrong-about-settlements-545133 |work=Jerusalem Post |date=March 14, 2018 |author=Bloomfield, Douglas |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204000927/https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Schumer-is-wrong-about-settlements-545133 |url-status=live }}

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 criticized Obama, saying: "past administrations—both Democrat and Republican—have protected Israel from the vagaries of this biased institution [the U.N.]. Unfortunately, by abstaining on United Nations Resolution 2334, this administration has not followed in that path."{{cite news |title=Bipartisan group of senators call for repealing UN resolution on Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/bipartisan-group-of-senators-call-for-repealing-un-resolution-on-israel/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=January 5, 2017 |author=Cortellessa, Eric |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205000940/https://www.timesofisrael.com/bipartisan-group-of-senators-call-for-repealing-un-resolution-on-israel/ |url-status=live }}

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In May 2017, Schumer co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, Senate Bill 720, which made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|title=43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements|last=Levitz|first=Eric|date=2017-07-19|website=New York Intelligencer|language=en|access-date=August 29, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727013113/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|url-status=live}} for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government. The bill would make it legal for U.S. states to refuse to do business with contractors that engage in boycotts against Israel.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors – S.720 – 115th Congress (2017-2018): Israel Anti-Boycott Act|first=Benjamin L.|last=Cardin|date=March 23, 2017|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621142604/https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|url-status=live}}

Schumer introduced a Senate resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.{{cite news |title=U.S. Senate Approves Resolution Celebrating '50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/senate-backs-resolution-celebrating-israel-s-reunification-of-jerusalem-1.5480592 |work=Haaretz |author=Tibon, Amir |date=June 6, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128185605/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/senate-backs-resolution-celebrating-israel-s-reunification-of-jerusalem-1.5480592 |url-status=live }}

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."{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387566-schumer-applauds-trump-on-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem/|title=Schumer applauds Trump on moving US Embassy to Jerusalem|last=Shelbourne|first=Mallory|date=May 14, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=May 15, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225124850/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387566-schumer-applauds-trump-on-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/chuck-schumer-applauds-trump-for-opening-jerusalem-embassy/|title=Chuck Schumer 'applauds' Trump for opening Jerusalem embassy|work=The Times of Israel|date=May 14, 2018|author=Cortellessa, Eric|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928100031/https://www.timesofisrael.com/chuck-schumer-applauds-trump-for-opening-jerusalem-embassy/|url-status=live}} He had previously accused Trump of "indecisiveness" for his delays in implementing the move by waiving the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, as previous presidents had done.{{cite web |last1=JTA |title=Schumer blasts Trump's 'indecisiveness' in pushing off embassy move |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/schumer-blasts-trumps-indecisiveness-in-pushing-off-embassy-move/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206051754/https://www.timesofisrael.com/schumer-blasts-trumps-indecisiveness-in-pushing-off-embassy-move/ |url-status=live }}

In a March 14, 2024, Senate speech, Schumer said Israeli prime minister Netanyahu was an impediment to peace in the Middle East and called for elections to replace him when the Gaza war abated. Schumer said the many civilian deaths in Gaza was causing international support for Israel to fall to historic lows.{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/chuck-schumer-top-jewish-politician-in-us-calls-for-israel-election-and-issues-warning-to-benjamin-netanyahu-13094728 |title=Chuck Schumer: Top Jewish politician in US calls for Israel election and issues warning to Benjamin Netanyahu |work=Sky News |date=14 March 2024 |access-date=20 March 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/politics/schumer-israel-netanyahu-gaza.html |title='Part of My Core': How Schumer Decided to Speak Out Against Netanyahu |last=Karni |first=Annie |newspaper=New York Times |url-access=subscription |date=19 March 2024 |access-date=20 March 2024}} Netanyahu responded by arranging to address a Senate GOP conference by video.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4544434-netanyahu-to-address-senate-republicans-amid-schumer-scrap/ |title=Netanyahu to address Senate Republicans amid Schumer scrap |last=Weaver |first=Al |website=hill |date=20 March 2024 |access-date=20 March 2024}}

In February 2017, Schumer said that North Korea had proved itself to be "an irresponsible nation in every way" and that China could be used to curtail North Korea as most of North Korea's imports and exports go through China. He advocated that the United States tell China "they have to put the wood to North Korea in a much more serious way than they have done so far."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcript-february-12-2017-schumer-flake-miller/|title=Face the Nation transcript February 12, 2017: Schumer, Flake, Miller|date=February 12, 2017|work=CBS News|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222070816/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcript-february-12-2017-schumer-flake-miller/|url-status=live}} 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/politics/lawmakers-trump-fire-fury-north-korea-mccain/index.html|title=Lawmakers slam Trump's 'fire and fury' toward North Korea|date=August 9, 2017|work=CNN|author=Herb, Jeremy|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204000723/https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/politics/lawmakers-trump-fire-fury-north-korea-mccain/index.html|url-status=live}}

In May 2018, Schumer called for Kim Jong-un to be removed from the commemorative coin memorializing the 2018 North Korea–United States summit, calling Kim a "brutal dictator" and offering the Peace House as a more appropriate alternative.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/388781-schumer-trump-should-take-kim-jong-un-off-trip-coin/|title=Schumer: Trump should take Kim Jong Un off 'trip coin'|date=May 22, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Greenwood, Max|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035034/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/388781-schumer-trump-should-take-kim-jong-un-off-trip-coin|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2018/06/04/schumer-senate-dems-have-a-korea-summit-checklist-for-trump/|title=Schumer, Senate Dems have a Korea summit checklist for Trump|first=Joe|last=Gould|date=June 4, 2018|work=Defense News|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414122315/https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2018/06/04/schumer-senate-dems-have-a-korea-summit-checklist-for-trump/|url-status=live}} After Kim and Trump issued a joint statement, Schumer said the meeting between the two had given "a brutal and repressive dictatorship the international legitimacy it has long craved" and that the agreement lacked details on achieving a pathway to the Korean peninsula being denuclearized, how the United States would verify North Korea's disarming, and an assurance of cessation for enrichment of plutonium and uranium from North Korea.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/391821-schumer-slams-north-korea-summit-weve-legitimized-a-brutal-dictator/|title=Schumer: Trump has given a 'brutal and repressive dictatorship' legitimacy|date=June 12, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Bolton, Alexander|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202081100/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/391821-schumer-slams-north-korea-summit-weve-legitimized-a-brutal-dictator|url-status=live}} In a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer questioned what the United States had gained from the summit and added that the country had "won far stronger language on denuclearization" in previous agreements with North Korea. In response, Trump tweeted,

Thank you Chuck, but are you sure you got that right? No more nuclear testing or rockets flying all over the place, blew up launch sites. Hostages already back, hero remains coming home & much more!{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/17/trump-schumer-north-korea-650391|title=Trump punches back at Schumer over North Korea|first=Brent D.|last=Griffiths|work=Politico|date=June 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204115125/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/17/trump-schumer-north-korea-650391|url-status=live}}

In a June 3, 2008, Wall Street Journal op-ed, Schumer wrote that cooperative economic sanctions from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China could topple Iran's theocratic government. In discussing the importance of Russia's cooperation, Schumer wrote, "Mr. Putin is an old-fashioned nationalist who seeks to regain the power and greatness Russia had before the fall of the Soviet Union." He added, "The anti-missile system strengthens the relationship between Eastern Europe and NATO, with real troops and equipment on the ground. It mocks Mr. Putin's dream of eventually restoring Russian hegemony over Eastern Europe."{{Cite news|last=Schumer|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Schumer|title=Russia Can Be Part of the Answer on Iran|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|pages=A19|date=June 3, 2008|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121245110938939473|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307135539/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121245110938939473.html|archive-date=March 7, 2009}} On June 10, the East European Coalition sent Schumer a letter about his article, writing, "As a supporter of democracy for the nations of Eastern Europe, which suffered greatly under 'Russian hegemony over Eastern Europe', your suggestion that these nations be used as bargaining chips in order to appease Russia is troubling, inexplicable and unacceptable."{{cite web|last=Central and East European Coalition |title=Dear Senator Schumer |url=http://www.polamcon.org/ceec/schumer.080610.pdf |access-date=August 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910000304/http://www.polamcon.org/ceec/schumer.080610.pdf |archive-date=September 10, 2008 }}

In August 2013, after Russia granted asylum to Edward Snowden, Schumer said Putin was behaving like a "schoolyard bully", adding, "The relationship between the United States and Russia is more poisonous than any time since the Cold War because of all of this."{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Scott|title=Schumer calls Putin a 'school-yard bully'|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/08/schumer-putin-a-schoolyard-bully-169886.html|date=August 4, 2013|work=Politico|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928002132/http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/08/schumer-putin-a-schoolyard-bully-169886.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2016, Schumer joined John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Jack Reed in a letter to Majority Leader McConnell urging the formation of a Senate select committee on cyber. Schumer said the panel would focus on Russian meddling and potential threats from other countries such as China and Iran.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/mccain-calls-on-special-committee-for-cyber-warfare-calls-drone-taking-gross-violation-of-international-law-232787|title=McCain, Schumer double down on Russia probe|date=December 18, 2016|work=Politico|first1=Seung Min|last1=Kim|first2=Rebecca|last2=Morin|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204115409/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/mccain-calls-on-special-committee-for-cyber-warfare-calls-drone-taking-gross-violation-of-international-law-232787|url-status=live}}

In December 2016, Schumer demanded a congressional inquiry into Russian meddling in U.S. affairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/chuck-schumer-russia-senate-election-inquiry-232464|title=Schumer demands congressional inquiry on Russian meddling|first1=Burgess|last1=Everett|first2=Seung Min|last2=Kim|work=Politico|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131112025/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/chuck-schumer-russia-senate-election-inquiry-232464|url-status=live}} In January 2017, in response to those questioning the U.S. intelligence community over its assessments, he said, "Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you".{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312605-schumer-trump-being-really-dumb-by-going-after-intelligence-community/|title=Schumer: Trump 'really dumb' for attacking intelligence agencies|author=Shelbourne, Mallory|date=January 3, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225155604/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312605-schumer-trump-being-really-dumb-by-going-after-intelligence-community|url-status=live}} Later that month, he introduced legislation to limit executive action on Russian sanctions.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/22/schumer-to-introduce-legislation-aimed-at-checking-trump-on-russia-sanctions/|title=Schumer to introduce legislation aimed at checking Trump on Russia sanctions|author=Sullivan, Sean|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204214221/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/22/schumer-to-introduce-legislation-aimed-at-checking-trump-on-russia-sanctions/|url-status=live}}

In a May 2017 Senate floor speech, Schumer called on the White House to release unedited transcripts of the meeting between Trump and Russian officials the previous week, saying the continued confidentiality would ensure "the American people will rightly doubt if their president can handle our nation's most closely kept secrets."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/trump-russia-intelligence-chuck-schumer-238444|title=Schumer demands transcript of Trump-Russia meeting|date=May 16, 2017|work=Politico|author=Kim, Seung Min|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204135528/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/trump-russia-intelligence-chuck-schumer-238444|url-status=live}} 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. "Obviously Russia is in the news. Obviously we want Bob Mueller to be able to pursue and our committees to be able to pursue their investigations unimpeded."{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/chuck-schumer-health-care-russia/index.html|title=Schumer: Democrats' top priority is health care, not Russia|date=July 24, 2017|work=CNN|author=Watkins, Eli|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203234244/https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/chuck-schumer-health-care-russia/index.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer spearheaded a non-binding resolution in July 2018 "warning President Trump not to let the Russian government question diplomats and other officials". The resolution stated the United States "should refuse to make available any current or former diplomat, civil servant, political appointee, law enforcement official or member of the Armed Forces of the United States for questioning by the government of Vladimir Putin". It passed 98–0.{{cite web |last1=Carney |first1=Jordain |title=Senate approves resolution warning Trump not to hand over US officials |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/397904-senate-approves-resolution-warning-trump-not-to-hand-over-us-officials/ |website=The Hill|date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721200949/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/397904-senate-approves-resolution-warning-trump-not-to-hand-over-us-officials |url-status=live }}

In 1994, then-representative Schumer and Senator Dianne Feinstein authored the Assault Weapons Ban. 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.{{Cite web|title=Brady Law {{!}} United States law|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brady-Law|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227043949/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brady-Law|url-status=live}} The Assault Weapons Ban, which banned semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns with certain features, expired in September 2004 despite attempts by Schumer to extend it. He was one of 16 senators to vote against the Vitter Amendment, which prohibited the confiscation of legally owned firearms during a disaster.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress – 2nd Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00202|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.senate.gov|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211143224/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00202|url-status=live}}

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. For these efforts, Field and Stream magazine honored Schumer in its "Hero Awards" in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/governator-reprises-his-role-villain-wins-top-honors|title=The Governator Reprises His Role as a Villain, Wins Top Honors|work=Field and Stream|date=November 24, 2008|first1=Dave|last1=Hurteau|first2=Chad|last2=Love|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711004828/http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/governator-reprises-his-role-villain-wins-top-honors|url-status=live}} He supports tax deductions for hunters who donate venison and other game to feeding programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.uticaod.com/news/x441561970/Schumer-proposes-hunter-tax-break|title=Schumer proposes hunter tax break|work=Observer-Dispatch|date=November 30, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205091808/http://www.uticaod.com/news/x441561970/Schumer-proposes-hunter-tax-break|archive-date=February 5, 2013}} In response to a question at a debate during his 2010 reelection campaign, Schumer denied having a handgun or a permit for one. He has produced a letter from the NYPD stating that neither he nor his wife, Iris Weinshall, has a handgun license from NYC. Schumer aide Brian Fallon said, "except for winning an NRA marksmanship award at age 14, the senator does not own a gun or have a license to carry one".{{cite web|url=http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=10104/|title=Chuck Schumer says he's not armed (updated) – Monday, October 25, 2010 – Albany Times Union, Capitol Confidential|work=federalobserver.com|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907205311/http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=10104%2F|archive-date=September 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}

In February 2018, after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Schumer was one of four Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump asserting that were he "to endorse legislation to require a background check on every gun purchase, without other poison pill provisions attached, we could finally move much closer towards the comprehensive system that you called for after the Stoneman Douglas attack" and that there was no justification for allowing people denied firearms by federally licensed dealers to "simply visit a gun show or go online to purchase the same gun that they were denied at the store".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/376006-senate-dems-call-on-trump-to-support-stricter-background-checks/|title=Senate Dems call on Trump to support stricter background checks|first=Jordain|last=Carney|work=The Hill|date=February 28, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224170858/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/376006-senate-dems-call-on-trump-to-support-stricter-background-checks|url-status=live}}

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. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-introduce-background-check-expansion-act-to-reduce-gun-violence/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Introduce Background Check Expansion Act To Reduce Gun Violence|date=January 9, 2019|publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032111/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-introduce-background-check-expansion-act-to-reduce-gun-violence/|url-status=live}}

In March 2004, Schumer, Jon Corzine, Ted Kennedy, and Frank Lautenberg signed a letter to President Bush urging him to instruct staff to avoid taking action against whistleblower Richard Foster after Foster spoke out on the subject of White House efforts intended to keep Congress unaware of alternative higher cost estimates for the new Medicare prescription drug program.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2004/03/16/Dems-urge-White-House-restraint-on-whistleblower/37291079458772/?sl=2|title=Dems urge White House restraint on whistleblower|date=March 16, 2004|publisher=UPI|access-date=August 29, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225432/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2004/03/16/Dems-urge-White-House-restraint-on-whistleblower/37291079458772/?sl=2|url-status=live}}

Schumer supported Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396 U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202033/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396 |date=July 18, 2011 }}. Senate.gov. Retrieved on August 16, 2013. and for the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00105 |title=U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote |publisher=Senate.gov |access-date=August 29, 2010 |archive-date=July 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708110116/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00105 |url-status=live }}

In 2009, Schumer proposed that any new government-run health insurance programs follow all the standards applicable to private insurance. He did this to "address fears that a public program would drive private insurers from the market". Schumer said he wanted "a level playing field for competition".{{cite news|last=Pear|first=Robert|title=Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/policy/05health.html|access-date=May 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 5, 2009|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125132931/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/policy/05health.html|url-status=live}}

In May 2017, in response to an amendment by Fred Upton to the American Health Care Act, Schumer released a statement saying the amendment "leaves Americans with pre-existing conditions as vulnerable as they were before under this bill" and compared it to "administering cough medicine to someone with stage 4 cancer".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/331747-schumer-new-obamacare-proposal-like-giving-cough-medicine-to-cancer/|title=Schumer: GOP healthcare proposal like giving 'cough medicine' to a cancer patient|date=May 3, 2017|work=The Hill|author=Carney, Jordain|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234409/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/331747-schumer-new-obamacare-proposal-like-giving-cough-medicine-to-cancer|url-status=live}} After the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showed the American Health Care Act would cause millions of Americans to lose health coverage, Schumer said, "Republicans in Washington and the president should read this report cover to cover, throw their bill in the trash can and begin working with Democrats on a real plan to lower costs for the American people."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335040-schumer-on-health-plan-republicans-should-throw-their-bill-in-the-trash-can/|title=Schumer: Republicans should throw their health bill 'in the trash'|first=Alexander|last=Bolton|date=May 24, 2017|work=The Hill|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194155/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335040-schumer-on-health-plan-republicans-should-throw-their-bill-in-the-trash-can|url-status=live}} In June, Schumer sent McConnell a letter requesting that all senators meet to discuss the American Health Care Act, citing the need for both parties to "come together to find solutions to America's challenges".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/338125-schumer-wants-all-senate-meeting-next-week-on-healthcare/|title=Schumer wants all-Senate meeting on healthcare|first=Jordain|last=Carney|work=The Hill|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233517/https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/338125-schumer-wants-all-senate-meeting-next-week-on-healthcare|url-status=live}} Later that month, Schumer estimated the bill had a 50% chance of passing the Senate and added that Democrats were doing everything they could to fight the measure, calling the legislation "devastating for the middle class".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/339356-schumer-on-gop-healthcare-plan-i-think-its-50-50/|title=Schumer on GOP healthcare plan: 'I think it's 50/50'|first=Rebecca|last=Savransky|work=The Hill|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213449/http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/339356-schumer-on-gop-healthcare-plan-i-think-its-50-50|url-status=live}}

In 1995, Schumer sponsored the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 (H.R. 896) in the House of Representatives.{{cite news|author=Lewis, Neil A.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/21/us/terror-oklahoma-congress-anti-terrorism-bill-blast-turns-snail-into-race-horse.html|title=TERROR IN OKLAHOMA: IN CONGRESS; Anti-Terrorism Bill: Blast Turns a Snail Into a Race Horse|work=The New York Times|date=April 21, 1995|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205013711/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/21/us/terror-oklahoma-congress-anti-terrorism-bill-blast-turns-snail-into-race-horse.html|url-status=live}}

As a senator, Schumer has worked to secure homeland security funds for the New York State and New York City and provide resources to its first responders. He delivered over $20 billion to support New York's security and recovery efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and worked to deliver $200 million in Homeland Security funds to protect New York City mass transit.{{cite news|title=Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee (since January 1999)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/charles-e-schumer-d-ny/gIQAOSQN9O_topic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418071456/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/charles-e-schumer-d-ny/gIQAOSQN9O_topic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 15, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0838187220090408|title=NY City transit, ports to get $200 mln in security funds|work=Reuters|date=April 8, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|first=Tom|last=Ryan|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203232846/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0838187220090408|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/148810|title=Schumer: New York to Get $18M in Security Funding|work=WNYC|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=March 18, 2010|author=Rodriguez, Cindy|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060108/https://www.wnyc.org/story/72392-schumer-new-york-to-get-18m-in-security-funding/|url-status=live}}

In November 2001, Schumer announced hearings on George W. Bush's decision to try terrorists in military tribunals amid Washington concerns that Bush would skip the American legal system in handling such cases. Schumer said the hearing's two goals were to ascertain whether Bush had the power to form a tribunal apart from an attempt at interacting with Congress and whether a military tribunal was the most efficient instrument.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2001/11/27/DOJ-scrambles-to-defend-tribunals/59561006898198/?spt=rel_sp&cnt=&or=tn|title=DOJ scrambles to defend tribunals|first1=Mark|last1=Benjamin|first2=Nicholas|last2=Horrock|date=November 27, 2001|work=UPI|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203232217/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2001/11/27/DOJ-scrambles-to-defend-tribunals/59561006898198/?spt=rel_sp&cnt=&or=tn|url-status=live}}

In August 2004, after American officials leaked the arrest of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan to reporters, Schumer said he was troubled by the decision to reveal Khan's identity, citing the fact that the public had learned little of Khan's role in providing the information that led Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to announce a higher terror alert level.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/terror.wrap/index.html|title=U.S. leak 'ends al Qaeda sting'|date=August 9, 2004|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203232825/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/terror.wrap/index.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer supported continuing to fully fund the FIRE Grant program{{cite web|url=http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2005/02/10/news/news07.txt|title=Schumer, Boehlert, vow to fight Bush's FIRE grant restrictions|website=Auburnpub.com|date=February 10, 2005|access-date=March 18, 2010|author=Hoffman Broach, Louise|archive-date=April 26, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426231336/http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2005/02/10/news/news07.txt|url-status=live}} the Federal Emergency Management Agency administered. The program allows fire departments and first responders nationwide to apply for grant funding for major purchases that localities have difficulty providing, namely apparatus and emergency vehicles. When the Bush administration pushed a plan to reduce the program from $1 billion to just under $300 million, Schumer helped lead an effort with local firefighters to block the cuts.{{cite web|author=John Doherty|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/NEWS/608260332|title=Schumer lobbies for Maybrook FD|publisher=recordonline.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109063718/https://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060826%2FNEWS%2F608260332|url-status=live}}

In March 2018, Schumer said the bipartisan legislation sponsored by Bob Casey and Pat Toomey would assist the children of deceased first respondents afford college by increasing the availability of Pell grant funding.{{cite news|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-pushes-bipartisan-legislation-that-will-help-children-of-fallen-cops-firefighters-and-emts-pay-for-college-senator-says-bill-should-pass-immediately-|title=SCHUMER PUSHES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP CHILDREN OF FALLEN COPS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND EMTS PAY FOR COLLEGE; SENATOR SAYS BILL SHOULD PASS IMMEDIATELY|date=March 20, 2018|publisher=schumer.senate.gov|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204015632/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-pushes-bipartisan-legislation-that-will-help-children-of-fallen-cops-firefighters-and-emts-pay-for-college-senator-says-bill-should-pass-immediately-|url-status=live}}

In August 2018, Schumer announced that the Senate had passed $1 million in FY2019 funding for the national firefighter cancer registry as an amendment to the upcoming FY2019 Health and Human Services minibus appropriations bill. He said firefighters needed "first-rate medical care and treatment" for the work they did and the registry would help "researchers track, treat, and eventually prevent firefighters being stricken by cancer".{{cite web|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-announces-senate-passage-of-1-million-in-2019-funding-for-critical-national-firefighter-cancer-registry-as-part-of-hhs-appropriations-bill-schumer-backed-registry-will-help-researchers-track-treat-and-eventually-thwart-connection-between-firefighters-and-cancer|title=SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SENATE PASSAGE OF $1 MILLION IN 2019 FUNDING FOR CRITICAL NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER CANCER REGISTRY AS PART OF HHS APPROPRIATIONS BILL; SCHUMER-BACKED REGISTRY WILL HELP RESEARCHERS TRACK, TREAT AND EVENTUALLY THWART CONNECTION BETWEEN FIREFIGHTERS AND CANCER|publisher=schumer.senate.gov|date=August 21, 2018|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204064939/https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-announces-senate-passage-of-1-million-in-2019-funding-for-critical-national-firefighter-cancer-registry-as-part-of-hhs-appropriations-bill-schumer-backed-registry-will-help-researchers-track-treat-and-eventually-thwart-connection-between-firefighters-and-cancer|url-status=live}}

While discussing an immigration bill on the Senate floor in 2010, Schumer likened Indian tech giant Infosys Technologies to a "chop shop". When his statement set off a wave of outrage in India, he acknowledged his characterization was incorrect.{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/08/13/sorry-infosys-is-a-body-shop/|title=Sorry, Infosys Is a 'Body Shop'|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|author=Tripti Lahiri|date=August 13, 2010|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728152619/https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/08/13/sorry-infosys-is-a-body-shop/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |author=Narayan Lakshman |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article564908.ece |title='Chop-shop' remark causes outrage |work=The Hindu |date=August 11, 2010 |access-date=September 7, 2010 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018080840/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article564908.ece |url-status=live }} The remark was also called "outrageous" by U.S.-India Business Council head Ron Somers.

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. At the time, Schumer was the chairman of the Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{cite news|author=Weiner, Rachel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/01/28/immigrations-gang-of-8-who-are-they/|title=Immigration's Gang of 8: Who are they?|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116094511/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/01/28/immigrations-gang-of-8-who-are-they/|url-status=live}} In June 2013, the immigration bill passed the Senate with a strong majority—68-32, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats—but the House of Representatives under Speaker John Boehner refused to take up the bill, and the legislation died.{{cite news|first1=David|last1=Nakamura|first2=Ed|last2=O'Keefe|author-link=David Nakamura|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/06/26/timeline-the-rise-and-fall-of-immigration-reform/|title=Timeline: The rise and fall of immigration reform|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204214651/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/06/26/timeline-the-rise-and-fall-of-immigration-reform/|url-status=live}}

In April 2012, Schumer introduced SB 1070, a bill that would kill Arizona's anti-immigration law, and ones like it if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the states. 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."{{cite news|title=Chuck Schumer Plans To Kill Arizona Immigration Law If Supreme Court Backs SB 1070|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/chuck-schumer-arizona-immigration-law-supreme-court-sb1070_n_1449370.html|newspaper=HuffPost|date=April 24, 2012|first=Elise|last=Foley|access-date=February 12, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324204616/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/chuck-schumer-arizona-immigration-law-supreme-court-sb1070_n_1449370.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-schumer/sen-schumer-says-daca-deal-must-be-part-of-must-pass-spending-bill-idUSKBN1EY2I8|title=Sen. Schumer says DACA deal must be part of 'must-pass' spending bill|date=January 9, 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204054935/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-schumer/sen-schumer-says-daca-deal-must-be-part-of-must-pass-spending-bill-idUSKBN1EY2I8|url-status=live}} Schumer offered Trump congressional approval of more than $20 billion for his border wall in exchange for protecting recipients of DACA. Trump declined the offer. A week later, Schumer announced that conversations on immigration and border security were resuming between the White House and himself.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/wall-for-daca-schumer-cornyn-trump/index.html|title=DACA-wall talks 'starting over,' Schumer says|first=Tal|last=Kopan|work=CNN|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204003710/https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/wall-for-daca-schumer-cornyn-trump/index.html|url-status=live}} 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". He called on Trump to change course and said Americans would be aware that he was behind the prevention of Congress from settling the matter.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/opinions/trump-you-broke-daca-now-fix-it-schumer/index.html|title=Chuck Schumer: Trump, you broke DACA, now fix it|first=Charles E.|last=Schumer|work=CNN|date=March 6, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203231308/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/opinions/trump-you-broke-daca-now-fix-it-schumer/index.html|url-status=live}} In June, before a planned meeting between Trump and House Republicans for discussions on the compromise immigration bill, Schumer warned that House moderates would lose credibility if they succumbed to pressure and enacted "the hard right's agenda".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/392807-schumer-warns-house-moderates-against-immigration-compromise-bill/|title=Schumer warns 'House moderates' against immigration compromise bill|date=June 18, 2018|work=The Hill|author=Brufke, Juliegrace|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040116/http://thehill.com/homenews/house/392807-schumer-warns-house-moderates-against-immigration-compromise-bill|url-status=live}}

On June 26, 2008, Schumer took the extraordinary step of publicly releasing letters he had written to regulators about IndyMac Bank, the country's seventh-largest savings and loan association and ninth-largest originator of mortgage loans, which he considered a severely troubled institution. Schumer wrote that he was "concerned that IndyMac's financial deterioration poses significant risks to both taxpayers and borrowers and that the regulatory community may not be prepared to take measures that would help prevent the collapse of IndyMac." Many IndyMac depositors either panicked or, from another perspective, justifiably acted and withdrew funds in the 11 days before IndyMac failed.{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jO9e6j2O9_2Tu4DmdpmVTtESO3eA|title=US bank IndyMac seized amid intensifying crisis|publisher=AFP|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717044546/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jO9e6j2O9_2Tu4DmdpmVTtESO3eA|archive-date=July 17, 2008}}

A Treasury Department's inspector general audit found that the primary causes of IndyMac's failure were associated with its business strategy of originating and securitizing Alt-A loans on a large scale. When home prices declined in the latter half of 2007 and the secondary mortgage market collapsed, IndyMac was forced to hold $10.7 billion of loans it could not sell in the secondary market. IndyMac's reduced liquidity was further exacerbated when account holders withdrew $1.55 billion in deposits in a "run" on the thrift after the public release of Schumer's letter. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ustreas.gov/inspector-general/audit-reports/2009/oig09032.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – Final Report – IndyMac MLR _2-26-2009_.doc |access-date=March 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419101451/http://www.ustreas.gov/inspector-general/audit-reports/2009/oig09032.pdf |archive-date=April 19, 2009 }}

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) director John Reich immediately blamed IndyMac's failure on the letter's release. Reich said Schumer gave the bank a "heart attack", saying, "Would the institution have failed without the deposit run? We'll never know the answer to that question."{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121581435073947103|title=Crisis Deepens as Big Bank Fails|first1=Damian|last1=Paletta|first2=David|last2=Enrich|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 12, 2008|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227040700/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121581435073947103|url-status=live}} Reich and top deputies later resigned or were removed amid a Treasury Department audit and investigation revealing that Indymac had been allowed to backdate its financial reports.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-03-27/treasury-s-watchdog-reviewing-backdating-of-capital-at-thrifts|title=Treasury's Watchdog Reviewing Backdating of Capital at Thrifts|author=Chadbourn, Margaret|work=Bloomberg|date=March 27, 2009|access-date=September 20, 2020}}

Schumer conceded his actions might have caused some depositors to withdraw their money prematurely, but said, "if OTS had done its job as regulator and not let IndyMac's poor and loose lending practices continue, we wouldn't be where we are today. Instead of pointing false fingers of blame, OTS should start doing its job to prevent future IndyMacs." He added, "IndyMac was one of the most poorly run and reckless of all the banks ... It was a spinoff from the old Countrywide, and like Countrywide, it did all kinds of profligate activities that it never should have. Both IndyMac and Countrywide helped cause the housing crisis we're now in."{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121599747071249831|title=Schumer Deflects Blame to IndyMac, Regulator|author=Lueck, Sarah|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204091944/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121599747071249831|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/13/indymac.schumer/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Schumer: Don't blame me for IndyMac failure|work=CNN|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116184930/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/13/indymac.schumer/?iref=mpstoryview|url-status=live}}

Despite IndyMac's condition before the failure, the financial media sharply criticized Schumer. CNBC financial analyst Jerry Bowyer charged that he was responsible for the "second largest bank failure in US history".{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2008/07/12/how-chuck-schumer-caused-the-second-largest-bank-failure-in-us-history.html|title=How Chuck Schumer Caused the Second Largest Bank Failure in US History|author=Bowyer, Jerry|work=CNBC|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 12, 2008|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204053219/https://www.cnbc.com/id/25654303|url-status=live}} While opining that IndyMac's failure was only a matter of time, banking consultant Bert Ely called Schumer's actions "wrong and irresponsible".{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008050120_indymac14.html|title=IndyMac bank crisis signals new takeover era|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=July 14, 2008|date=July 14, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715182153/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008050120_indymac14.html|archive-date=July 15, 2008}}

On October 18, 2008, The Wall Street Journal published an article suggesting that an investment company's interest in IndyMac might have prompted Schumer's letter.{{cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Susan|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122428567636046459|title=Schumer Ripped IndyMac as Democratic Donors Probed Books|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 18, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204091931/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122428567636046459|url-status=live}} His reported close ties to the founders of OneWest Bank have long been of interest to many action groups. On December 22, 2008, The Washington Post reported that the OTS regional director in charge had been removed from his position for allowing IndyMac to falsify its financial reporting.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122201301_2.html|title=Regulator Let IndyMac Bank Falsify Report|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 23, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|first1=Binyamin|last1=Appelbaum|first2=Ellen|last2=Nakashima|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122052147/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122201301_2.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/business/23thrift.html|title=Irregularity Is Uncovered at IndyMac Bank|first=Edmund L.|last=Andrews|date=December 22, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203180252/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/business/23thrift.html|url-status=live}} The same day, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh continued to blame Schumer and recast IndyMac's July bankruptcy as an "October Surprise" planned by Democrats to help win the 2008 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_122208/content/01125113.guest.html|title=Rush Limbaugh Program Transcript, Dec. 22, 2008|publisher=Rushlimbaugh.com|date=December 22, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706025422/http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_122208/content/01125113.guest.html|archive-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=dead}}

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Schumer voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll316.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 316|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017063745/http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll316.xml|url-status=live}} He opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment, saying in 2004 that DOMA made it obsolete.{{cite web|title=Charles Schumer on Civil Rights|url=http://www.issues2000.org/domestic/Charles_Schumer_Civil_Rights.htm|work=On The Issues|access-date=May 22, 2012|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203233011/http://www.issues2000.org/domestic/Charles_Schumer_Civil_Rights.htm|url-status=live}}

In March 2009, Schumer announced his support for same-sex marriage, noting that it "was time".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/nyregion/24schumer.html|title=Schumer Declares His Support for Same-Sex Marriages|date=March 24, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126123504/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/nyregion/24schumer.html|url-status=live}} He previously supported civil unions. At a private dinner with gay leaders on March 22, 2009, Schumer said he not only supported same-sex marriage, he also backed a full reversal of DOMA.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/03/schumer-flips-on-gay-marriage.html|title=Schumer Comes Out For Gay Marriage (Updated)|work=New York Daily News|date=March 23, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2010|first=Elizabeth|last=Benjamin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118033618/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/03/schumer-flips-on-gay-marriage.html|archive-date=January 18, 2010}} When the New York State Senate took up a bill to legalize gay marriage in December 2009, Schumer and other statewide officials aggressively lobbied wavering senators to support the legislation.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/nyregion/04marriage.html|work=The New York Times|title=Paterson Sidelined in Push for Same-Sex Marriage|first=Jeremy W.|last=Peters|date=December 4, 2009|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126124818/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/nyregion/04marriage.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer supports the cancellation of $50,000 or more in federal student loan debt for every borrower by executive action.{{cite news |last=Minsky |first=Adam S. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2022/02/15/student-loan-forgiveness-were-going-to-win-says-top-democrat-as-poll-shows-broad-support-for-debt-cancellation/?sh=79fa10056a8e |title=Student Loan Forgiveness: 'We're Going To Win' Says Top Democrat, As Poll Shows Broad Support For Debt Cancellation |work=Forbes |date=2022-02-15 |access-date=2022-03-08 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409165539/https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2022/02/15/student-loan-forgiveness-were-going-to-win-says-top-democrat-as-poll-shows-broad-support-for-debt-cancellation/?sh=79fa10056a8e |url-status=live }}

{{see also|United States housing bubble}}

In September 2007, Schumer proposed that the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) raise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's conforming loan ("affordable") limits from $417,000 to $625,000, thereby allowing these government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to back mortgages on homes priced up to $780,000 with a 20% down payment.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/%7Eschumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/record.cfm?id=282215 |title=SCHUMER TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TODAY TO LIFT PORTFOLIO CAPS AND LOAN LIMITS FOR FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC |access-date=September 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514020536/https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/record.cfm?id=282215 |archive-date=May 14, 2008 }}

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.{{cite news|title=Top five US subprime lenders asked to testify-Dodd|first=John|last=Poirier|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/bankingfinancial-SP/idUSN1930923820070320|date=March 19, 2007|access-date=March 17, 2008|archive-date=March 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306021125/http://www.reuters.com/article/bankingfinancial-SP/idUSN1930923820070320|url-status=live}} As part of a package of regulatory reforms that Schumer pushed in response to the subprime foreclosure crisis, he called for the creation of mortgage industry regulators to protect borrowers from deceptive lending practices and called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to move from Washington to New York so that it was in closer proximity to the industry it was charged with overseeing.{{cite news|url=http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/senate_mortgage_brokers.html|title=Schumer Offers Bill To Regulate Mortgage Brokers|newspaper=Consumeraffairs |publisher=Consumeraffairs.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=February 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202052834/http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/senate_mortgage_brokers.html|url-status=live}}

Schumer's top nine campaign contributors are all financial institutions that have contributed over $2.5 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001093&cycle=Career|title=Sen. Charles E Schumer|work=opensecrets.org|access-date=April 14, 2010|archive-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711212202/https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001093&cycle=Career|url-status=live}}

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. Then serving on both the Senate Banking and Finance Committees, Schumer was in a position to block attempts to tax their financial gains at the rate other taxpayers pay for income.{{cite journal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/washington/30schumer.html |title=In Opposing Tax Plan, Schumer Breaks With Party |author1=Raymond Hernandez |author2=Stephen Labaton |journal=The New York Times|date=July 30, 2007 |access-date=November 15, 2011 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110102503/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/washington/30schumer.html |url-status=live }} But in 2010, he suggested that a hedge-fund tax would be acceptable and not hurt the industry.{{cite journal |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/06/schumer-hedge-fund-tax-wont-hu.html |author=Michael McAuliff |title=Schumer: Hedge Fund Tax Won't Hurt NYC |journal=New York Daily News|date=June 8, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520055427/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/06/schumer-hedge-fund-tax-wont-hu.html |archive-date=May 20, 2012 }}

In February 2012, Schumer at first said he disagreed with the Obama administration's call to raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year, calling for a million-dollar floor instead. According to Schumer, "in large parts of the country, that kind of income does not get you a big home or lots of vacations or anything else that is associated with wealth."Elspeth Reeve. "[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/fiscal-cliff-pundits-250k-makes-you-rich/320020/ Earth to Fiscal-Cliff Pundits: $250K Does Make You Rich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414122337/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/fiscal-cliff-pundits-250k-makes-you-rich/320020/ |date=April 14, 2023 }}". The Atlantic, December 31, 2012. Accessed November 4, 2021. He later stood by the assertion but also said that raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 was necessary to bring in enough revenue.

In June 2011, Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin sought a crackdown on Bitcoin, saying it facilitated illegal drug trade transactions. "The transactions leave no traditional [bank transfer] money trail for investigators to follow, and leave it hard to prove a package recipient knew in advance what was in a shipment," which used the anonymizing network Tor.{{cite web|author=Wolf, Brett|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-bitcoins-idUSTRE7573T320110608|title=Senators seek crackdown on 'Bitcoin' currency|work=Reuters|date=June 8, 2011|access-date=July 29, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109172718/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-bitcoins-idUSTRE7573T320110608|url-status=live}} One opinion website said the senators wanted "to disrupt [the] Silk Road drug website".[http://hammeroftruth.com/2011/senators-charles-schumer-joe-manchin-discuss-targetting-bitcoin-exchanges-in-convoluted-scheme-to-disrupt-silk-road-drug-website/ "Senators Charles Schumer, Joe Manchin discuss targeting bitcoin{{spaces}}..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513135325/http://hammeroftruth.com/2011/senators-charles-schumer-joe-manchin-discuss-targetting-bitcoin-exchanges-in-convoluted-scheme-to-disrupt-silk-road-drug-website/ |date=May 13, 2015 }}, hammeroftruth.com, June 9, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

Schumer is a sponsor of S. 968, the controversial PROTECT IP Act, which would restrict access to websites judged to be infringing copyrights.Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011–2012), "S.968 Cosponsors", [https://web.archive.org/web/20130904220447/http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112%3ASN00968%3A%40%40%40P Bill Summary & Status] On January 18, 2012, the NY Tech Meetup and other cybertech organizations held a demonstration with 2,000 protesters in front of the offices of Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who also supported the bill.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/protesters-anti-sopa-campaign-manhattan-offices-schumer-gillibrand-article-1.1007736|title=Protesters take anti-SOPA campaign to Manhattan offices of Schumer and Gillibrand; 'The future of the NY tech community is in jeopardy,' the group states|author=Pujol, Rolando|work=New York Daily News|date=January 18, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924145522/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/protesters-anti-sopa-campaign-manhattan-offices-schumer-gillibrand-article-1.1007736|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/18/geeks-converge-on-nyc-to-protest-anti-piracy-bills.html|title=Geeks Converge on NYC to Protest Anti-Piracy Bills|author=Ries, Brian|work=The Daily Beast|date=January 18, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118100941/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/18/geeks-converge-on-nyc-to-protest-anti-piracy-bills.html|url-status=live}} Some demonstrators complained that the bill had originated with wealthy campaign contributors who would reward legislators for passing the bill.{{cite web|url=http://technorati.com/technology/article/manhattan-sopapipa-protest-blankets-block-fronting/|title=Manhattan SOPA/PIPA Protest Blankets Block Fronting NY Senators' Offices|author=Ditosti, Carole|work=Technorati|date=January 18, 2012|access-date=January 22, 2012|archive-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120014634/http://technorati.com/technology/article/manhattan-sopapipa-protest-blankets-block-fronting/|url-status=dead}}

In March 2012, Schumer and Senator Richard Blumenthal gained national attention after they called upon Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to investigate practices by employers to require Facebook passwords for employee applicants and workers.{{cite news|last=AP|title=Senators push for Facebook password request probe|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/25/MNQP1NQ1SM.DTL|access-date=March 30, 2012|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=March 26, 2012|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330171108/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F03%2F25%2FMNQP1NQ1SM.DTL|url-status=live}}

Schumer has offered political support to Facebook, acting as an ally and seeking to advance the company's interests in Senate debates about regulating it or probing its involvement in various controversies, including Russian interference in the 2016 election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html|title=Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis|work=The New York Times|first1=Sheera|last1=Frankel|first2=Nicholas|last2=Confessore|first3=Cecilia|last3=Kang|first4=Matthew|last4=Rosenberg|first5=Jack|last5=Nicas|date=November 14, 2018|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en|archive-date=September 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917005231/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html|url-status=live}} In July 2018, he confronted Senator Mark Warner, and urged him not to lose sight of the need for Facebook to tackle problems with right-wing disinformation and election interference, as well as consumer privacy and other issues. As of 2018, one of Schumer's daughters worked as a marketing manager at Facebook.

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As chair of the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Schumer took a lead role in the investigation of the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17628142|title=MTP Transcript for Mar. 18, 2007|work=NBC News|date=March 18, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2007|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808160429/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17628142|url-status=live}} Although he was at one point criticized for being a lead investigator of the affair while also chairing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, such criticism was not sustained after the full dimensions of the controversy became apparent.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-pennsylvania-senator-arlen-specter-on-fns|title=Transcript: Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on 'FNS'|work=Fox News|date=March 19, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2007|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018222729/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259448,00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-newt-gingrich-senator-charles-schumer-on-fns|title=Transcript: Newt Gingrich, Senator Charles Schumer on 'FNS'|work=Fox News|date=April 8, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2007|archive-date=May 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521142723/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264836,00.html|url-status=live}}

On March 11, 2007, Schumer became the first lawmaker in either chamber to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign for firing eight United States attorneys. 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".{{cite news|last=Goldfarb |first=Zachary |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-talk/2007/03/march_11_schumer_calls_on_gonz.html |title=March 11: Schumer calls on Gonzales to resign |publisher=Blog.washingtonpost.com |access-date=March 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523093953/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-talk/2007/03/march_11_schumer_calls_on_gonz.html |archive-date=May 23, 2011 }} When Gonzales's chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, resigned on March 13, Schumer said during a press conference that Gonzales was "carrying out the political wishes of the president" and declared that Sampson would "not be the next Scooter Libby", meaning that he did not accept that Sampson had sole responsibility for the controversy.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pfB_1v1VMv4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119103110/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfB_1v1VMv4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfB_1v1VMv4|title=YouTube – Schumer Calls For Gonzales' Resignation|publisher=YouTube|date=March 13, 2007|access-date=March 18, 2010}}{{cbignore}}

Like other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee from both parties, Schumer was angered during Gonzales's testimony on April 19, 2007; Gonzales answered many times that he did not know or could not recall details about the controversy. When Schumer's turn came to ask his last round of questions, he instead repeated his call for Gonzales to resign, saying that there was no point to further questioning since Gonzales had "answered 'I don't know' or 'I can't recall' to close to a hundred questions" about the firings (most press reports counted 71 instances) and did not seem to know about the inner workings of his department. Gonzales responded that the onus was on the committee to prove whether anything improper occurred. Schumer replied that Gonzales faced a higher standard, and that under this standard he had to give "a full, complete and convincing explanation" for why the eight attorneys were fired.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/51Iezc2kIcw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120107121253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Iezc2kIcw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Iezc2kIcw|title=YouTube – Schumer 4|publisher=YouTube|date=April 19, 2007|access-date=March 18, 2010}}{{cbignore}}

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. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2013/06/two-former-schumer-aides-run-for-office-one-gets-a-schumer-endorsement-000000|title=Two Former Aides Run For Office, One Gets a Schumer Endorsement|last=Pillifant|first=Reid|date=December 6, 2013|work=Politico|access-date=February 18, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126013926/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2013/06/two-former-schumer-aides-run-for-office-one-gets-a-schumer-endorsement-000000|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://positivelyamericanbook.com/|title=PositivelyAmericanBook.com|access-date=February 24, 2007|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224095616/https://positivelyamericanbook.com/|url-status=live}}

On November 21, 2023, Schumer made his Broadway debut in a one-night performance as the Producer in Gutenberg! The Musical!.[https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz7y4AQixsN/?igshid=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ== Gutenberg the musical]

Schumer and his wife, Iris Weinshall, were married on September 21, 1980. The ceremony took place at Windows on the World atop the north tower of the World Trade Center.[https://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-marriage.html Photo from Senate bio]. Retrieved January 26, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061227184114/http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-marriage.html |date=December 27, 2006 }} Weinshall was New York City's commissioner of transportation from 2000 to 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/iweinshallbio.html |title=Biography of Commissioner Weinshall|website=nyc.gov |access-date=October 9, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707183849/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/iweinshallbio.html |archive-date=July 7, 2006 }} Schumer and Weinshall live in Park Slope near Grand Army Plaza.{{cite web|url=https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/DS/DocumentSearch/DocumentDetail?doc_id=2016122201491001|title=Detailed Document Information|work=New York City Office of the City Register|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204063721/https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/DS/DocumentSearch/DocumentDetail?doc_id=2016122201491001|url-status=live}}

The Schumers have two children, Jessica and Alison, both graduates of their father's alma mater, Harvard College. Jessica served as chief of staff and general counsel of the Council of Economic Advisers from May 2013 to August 2015.{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/cea/about/staff-members|title=Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121012252/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/cea/about/staff-members |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=November 1, 2017}} Alison is a marketing manager in Facebook's New York office.{{Cite news|last=Radomsky|first=Rosalie R.|date=2018-11-17|title=A Picnic, a Proposal and a Delicious-Looking Sandwich|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/fashion/weddings/a-picnic-a-proposal-and-a-delicious-looking-sandwich.html|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108120445/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/fashion/weddings/a-picnic-a-proposal-and-a-delicious-looking-sandwich.html|url-status=live}} In 2018, Jessica gave birth to a son, making Schumer a grandfather.{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Alyssa |title=Chuck Schumer's First Grandchild Named 'Melvin' After Cabbie Ancestor |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/414881/chuck-schumers-first-grandchild-named-melvin-after-cabbie-ancestor/ |work=The Forward |date=November 28, 2018 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206205329/https://forward.com/fast-forward/414881/chuck-schumers-first-grandchild-named-melvin-after-cabbie-ancestor/ |url-status=live }}

Schumer has been awarded several honorary degrees in recognition of his political career. These include:

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• [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/12/2010-08-12_sound_of_one_man_voting_chucks_voice_oks_border_bill.html Sound of one man voting: Chuck's 'voice' OKs border bill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816121735/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/12/2010-08-12_sound_of_one_man_voting_chucks_voice_oks_border_bill.html |date=August 16, 2010 }}, Richard Sisk, New York Daily News August 12, 2010

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