Senator · New York
Charles E. Schumer
D
ChamberSenate
PartyDemocrat
StateNew York
Charles E. Schumer is a U.S. Senator for New York.
On the Record 16 tracked votes
Biography
Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retirement. Elected to a fifth term in 2022, Schumer surpassed Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits as the longest-serving U.S. senator from New York. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
WikipediaFloor Statements
One Big Beautiful Bill ActOPPOSE
“It has been a hell of a bad week for Donald Trump and his Republicans, maybe the worst week they have ever had. Bogged down by Donald Trump's stunningly corrupt MAGA slush fund, Trump's billion-dollar, taxpayer-funded ballroom, and the recordbreaking gas costs as we approach the Memorial Day weekend, Republicans are having a terrible, terrible week--one that may even rival the week they had when they passed their so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which America hated. And it is only Wednesday. It is only Wednesday.”
May 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Donald Trump settles with himself in his own lawsuit against his own government to funnel taxpayer money to his political allies, January 6 insurrectionists, and far-right loyalists. That is not justice. That is not law and order. That is corruption—corruption in broad daylight—no disguise, no shame, no attempt to hide it.”
May 19, 2026
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy ActOPPOSE
“Let me first talk about this DOJ slush fund. As working families shorten their grocery lists, as they struggle to make ends meet, Donald Trump has added a nearly $2 billion slush fund for his MAGA allies and January 6 insurrectionists to his wish list of pet projects he wants to fund with taxpayer dollars. Of all the corrupt things Donald Trump has done, this MAGA slush fund at the Department of Justice is one of the most depraved. Trump is shaking hands with himself in order to fund his insurrectionist army to the tune of billions of dollars.”
May 18, 2026
Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025SUPPORT
“The families of the victims and the whole community in Buffalo pushed Congress to come together in a way it hadn't for decades, beating back the dark forces of the NRA and passing the first major gun safety bill in more than a quarter century. We owe it to the victims to not just remember their names but to build a future where no community has to endure the kind of tragedy that Buffalo did 4 years ago.”
May 14, 2026
One Big Beautiful Bill ActOPPOSE
“First, on inflation and the inflation ballroom, inflation is skyrocketing at the fastest pace in 3 years. The American people are hurting, and Donald Trump is to blame. Inflation rose to 3.8 percent in April because of Donald Trump's costly tariffs, his disastrous war with Iran, and failed economic agenda. So much for Trump's promise to bring down costs on day one--3.8 percent, the highest in 3 years. And, again, it is all because of Trump's tariffs, his war with Iran, his failed economic agenda.”
May 12, 2026
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026OPPOSE
“If you want to understand Republicans' priorities right now, just look at the $72 billion reconciliation bill they revealed last week. The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol without any guardrails. To add insult to injury, the Republican bill charges American taxpayers $1 billion to build Trump's gilded ballroom, while including zero dollars to help Americans with rising costs.”
May 11, 2026
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026OPPOSE
“If you want to understand Republicans' priorities right now, just look at the $72 billion reconciliation bill they revealed last week. The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol without any guardrails to prevent these rogue Agencies from continuing to unleash violence on American streets. But that is not all. To add insult to injury, the Republican bill charges American taxpayers $1 billion to build Trump's gilded ballroom, while including zero dollars to help Americans with rising costs.”
May 11, 2026
Epstein Files Transparency ActOPPOSE
“Well, just about everyone in America hates Trump's slush fund, but every Senate Republican but one is culpable for allowing Trump to go forward with the slush fund. Again, people in America hate the fund. Every Senate Republican allowed Trump to go forward with the slush fund. They supported a reconciliation bill that had no restraints on Trump's corrupt slush fund even after Democrats forced vote after vote in trying to ban the fund.”
Jun 8, 2026
One Big Beautiful Bill ActOPPOSE
“Anyone--anyone--who still believes that Trump has any intention of stopping his effort to steal Americans' tax dollars to enrich himself, his family, and MAGA loyalists ought to listen to Trump's comments yesterday. Yesterday, Trump not only refused to commit ending his $2 billion taxpayer-funded MAGA slush fund permanently, he also said of the slush fund: I love it. I think it's so important. It's a beautiful thing. I repeat, here is what Trump said about this damn slush fund. He said: I love it. I think it's so important.”
Jun 4, 2026
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.OPPOSE
“This week, with the contrast between the two parties in bright lights, Republicans are consumed by Donald Trump's priorities: his corrupt slush fund, his gilded ballroom, his rogue police force, his reckless war with Iran, and his refusal to contain the rising costs Americans face every week. Democrats are focused on the American people's priorities: lowering costs, bringing stability, and fighting back against this administration's rampant-- rampant--corruption.”
Jun 3, 2026
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy ActOPPOSE
“On Iran, Donald Trump's foreign policy by clown car continues to careen toward disaster. After this failed war with Iran, Trump needs to rename ``The Art of the Deal'' as ``The Art of the Face Plant''--``The Art of the Face Plant.'' Just days after Trump boasted he had reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Iran announced it was closing the strait again. Trump hasn't been able to guarantee safe passage through the strait yet, but he already has waived the sanctions to allow Iran to bring billions of dollars in oil revenue.”
Jun 22, 2026
Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines ActSUPPORT
“Well, everyone who bought Trump's book ``The Art of the Deal'' ought to ask him for a refund because what Trump has done in Iran is the ``art of the disaster.'' The United States is worse off because of Trump's incompetence, his ego, his inability to listen to facts. Iran took Trump to the cleaners with this so-called understanding. Iran doesn't have to cut off support for its terrorist proxies. Iran doesn't have to give up ballistic missile production.”
Jun 18, 2026
Laken Riley ActOPPOSE
“Trump's actions last night make it crystal clear that he is the one standing in the way of FISA. It was already clear that Trump was the one blocking FISA, but the fact that he withdrew Jay Clayton should erase anyone's doubts. Trump wants FISA to stay expired. Trump is twisting himself up in knots and jumping through hoops to make it impossible to reauthorize FISA right now, and he is embarrassing his Republican colleagues in the process. Trump can blame Democrats all he wants, but no one is going to believe him.”
Jun 17, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“We are going to speak on eliminating Trump's slush fund. Now, the only way--the only way--to ensure Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-funded MAGA slush fund and his family's sweetheart tax fraud deal with the IRS--the only way we are going to ensure that they never see the light of day is to ban them permanently by law. Republicans need to stop playing dumb and realize Trump has absolutely zero intention to table his slush fund. Just listen to him.”
Jun 16, 2026
IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement ActOPPOSE
“Trump's Eighth Circuit nominee, with his nomination of Justin Smith to the Eighth Circuit Court, Donald Trump continues--continues--to stack our courts with judges whose only qualification is their complete loyalty to him and his extreme far- right agenda. Smith checks all of Trump's boxes. Smith currently serves as Trump's lead counsel in his case against E. Jean Caroll, who received $90 million after jurors found Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her.”
Jun 15, 2026
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025OPPOSE
“The press reports that Trump says he will table his $2 billion MAGA slush fund, but a promise from Trump is worthless. If Trump and Republicans are truly abandoning this corrupt scheme, they should have zero problem banning it in law. This week, Senate Democrats will push legislation to ban this slush fund and ensure no President can ever do this again. Trump's word is nowhere near enough. Donald Trump's attempt to establish this trust fund alone is one of the most glaring cases of corruption in American history.”
Jun 1, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Today, the disastrous Trump economy delivered another one-two gut punch to the American people: Growth is down. Costs are up. The American people don't need government reports and economists to tell them how sluggish Trump's economy is or how high costs are. Americans see it at the gas pump. They see it at the grocery store. They see it whenever they pay the rent or for heating or for electricity. Trump, on the other hand, has no clue just how deep in the dumps his economy is.”
Jul 30, 2026
GENIUS ActOPPOSE
“First let me thank the Senator from Alabama for her poignant and strong and much needed words. Let me thank my colleague from New Hampshire, along with Senator Blumenthal, for leading the fight in this very important issue. Now, I just got back from a beautiful service honoring Lindsey Graham. The service honoring Lindsey Graham today was a tribute not only to our friend Lindsey but to his belief that America can act as a positive force on the global stage, especially in Ukraine.”
Jul 28, 2026
Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025OPPOSE
“Trump going to Michigan today to tout his economic record is like an arsonist returning to the scene of the crime and asking for a pat on the back. Trump has said over and over again that ``affordability'' is a made-up word. He has said Americans' skyrocketing costs are nothing but a hoax. Hey, Donald, ask any Michigander whether they think the higher costs that are crushing them are a hoax.”
Jul 27, 2026
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.OPPOSE
“The hole Donald Trump is digging himself into in Iran has turned into a crater. Somehow Trump has convinced himself that the American people are cheering him on on this blunder rather than crying out for him to bring our troops home. Today, Democrats are going to force another vote on our War Powers Resolution to end this war; to get our troops out of harm's way; and to force Trump to face the reality of this catastrophe. Will our Republican colleagues join us, or are they just going to keep their heads in the sand? They know how bad this is.”
Jul 23, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Trump's corruption has no ceiling, and it apparently doesn't have an altitude limit either. Trump's $400 million luxury jet is the single biggest bribe an American President has ever accepted from another country in all of American history--the single biggest bribe in all of American history. And make no mistake about it, Trump's so-called palace in the sky is a boondoggle at 40,000 feet. If you thought this illegal gift was bad before, it is even worse now.”
Jul 22, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“It is an absolute disgrace that Pete Hegseth has withheld casualty numbers in the Iran war from the American public. One of the biggest questions Pete Hegseth has to answer today is why he was out marketing testosterone supplements for our troops last week while withholding casualty numbers from the Iran war to the American people. We learned yesterday that the Pentagon failed to disclose that our troops have sustained nearly 100 injuries in the past few weeks of the Iran war.”
Jul 21, 2026
One Big Beautiful Bill ActOPPOSE
“Well, we have Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Coin, and the Trump Presidency--all cons. The product changes; the con stays the same. Donald Trump has turned the Presidency of the United States into the most profitable scheme of his life, and American families are being forced--forced--to pay the price. Today, I am launching a new effort to expose the corruption, show Americans exactly what it is costing them, and build reforms needed to stop any President from using public office for personal profit.”
Jul 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Anyone who can represent a known pathological liar like Donald Trump can have no integrity and should never be Attorney General. We all know lawyers are supposed to represent their clients, but when you represent a client who just lies and lies and lies, pathologically, you should never be Attorney General. The only thing today's hearing will confirm is that Todd Blanche represents one client alone, Donald Trump, and he will continue to represent that lying client when he is Attorney General. There will be no integrity.”
Jul 15, 2026
Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026OPPOSE
“this morning, Democrats sent Republicans our counteroffer on legislation to reopen DHS, pay TSA workers, while at the same time rein in ICE with commonsense guardrails. Our offer is a reasonable, good-faith proposal that contains some of the very same asks Democrats have been talking about now for months.”
Jan 20, 2026
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025OPPOSE
“On the job numbers this morning, the alarm bells on the sorry state of Trump's economy keep ringing and ringing. The jobs report this morning revealed America lost 23,000 jobs because of Trump's disastrous agenda, his tariffs, and his failed war. But that is not all. It got even worse. This morning's report also revealed that 103,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported. So the total job loss reported is close to 130,000 jobs. The only person who ought to lose their job right now is Donald Trump.”
Aug 7, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027OPPOSE
“On the Trump battleships, while American families can't even keep their heads above water, Donald Trump is spending his time building himself a ``golden fleet'' of battleships the Navy doesn't want. Just get a load of this headline: ``Cost of Trump's Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More.'' Costs to rise by 50 percent or more. As the article in the New York Times says, his goal is building a ``golden fleet'' of 15 battleships that cost $275 billion.”
Aug 6, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Todd Blanche's Department of Justice continues to let criminals off the hook so long as they are loyal to Donald Trump. Yesterday, Trump's DOJ forced a judge to throw out the charges against eight members of the radical extremist Oath Keepers, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting the January 6 insurrection--horrendous. Doesn't get any more un-American than this. Doesn't twist America's values into a tortured knot. Trump already gave the insurrectionists clemency.”
Aug 5, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Senate Republicans seem to think Todd Blanche became a different person somewhere between the confirmation hearing and today's vote. It is obvious he didn't. Blanche remains Trump's personal lawyer--same client, same corrupt record, same playbook. He is the same guy. Nothing has changed.”
Aug 4, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Well, make no mistake, Todd Blanche has no intention of stopping Trump's corruption. He has spent his career enabling it. Instead of seeing Todd Blanche's so-called deal for the sham that it is, Senate Republicans are, once again, taking Trump's personal attorney at his word. All Blanche's deal does is accept the reality that Trump's MAGA slush fund is never getting through the courts.”
Aug 3, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Donald Trump has decided to focus on a taxpayer-funded, gold-plated ballroom instead of focusing on these important national security issues: the war in Iran--dangerous for the United States; the fact that we haven't funded Homeland Security--dangerous for the United States. Trump's values are perverse--just perverse.”
Apr 28, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“The idea that Democrats are somehow to blame for this Republican shutdown of DHS is just ridiculous, and Thune and his Republican leadership ought to act like adults and help us solve this problem during serious times like these, instead of pointing fingers in another direction.”
Apr 27, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Donald Trump continues his brazen efforts to force the central bank to serve his personal political interests rather than the best interests of the American economy and the American people.”
Apr 21, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“The markets hate chaos. Do you hear that, Donald Trump? The markets hate chaos, and you are causing chaos in the markets with your on- again, off-again, hot, medium, cold statements about this war.”
Apr 21, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Senate Republicans want to pour $75 billion into ICE and Border Patrol without putting any restraints on these rogue Agencies' rampant violence in our streets. That is not what the American people want.”
Apr 21, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“No new Fed Chair should be confirmed under this body under a cloud of coercion and uncertainty that has been created by Donald Trump.”
Apr 21, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“During reconciliation, Democrats are going to make sure this majority answers to the American people, and we will put a focus on lowering the costs of healthcare and gas and groceries and housing costs and many other costs that have gone up due to Trump's incompetence.”
Apr 21, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“The Atlantic's reporting only confirmed what Senate Democrats have said from the start: Kash Patel is not simply unqualified, he is a grave risk to the rule of law and to American national security.”
Apr 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Kash Patel's job is to protect the American people and our Constitution, not to party on the job.”
Apr 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“It is Republicans who have chosen to keep FEMA, the Coast Guard, CISA, TSA, and all other DHS Agencies shut down. It is Republicans' own divisions and their own inability to govern that have led to the longest shutdown of an Agency in American history.”
Apr 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Americans cannot afford the cost of Republicans' continued chaos.”
Apr 20, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Instead, Republicans are preparing to spend precious time bogging the Senate down by partisan bickering.”
Apr 20, 2026
H.Con.Res. 40OPPOSE
“Every metric indicates that Donald Trump's handling of Operation Epic Fury has been an epic failure.”
Apr 15, 2026
H.R. 1OPPOSE
“Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill has been a dud for working families, but millionaires got a $300,000 tax cut.”
Apr 15, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“Donald Trump's war in Iran alone has wiped out any tax refund Americans will see this year.”
Apr 15, 2026
Floor StatementOPPOSE
“The more you screw around with the Fed, the higher rates will be, and you want lower rates.”
Apr 15, 2026
21st Century ROAD to Housing ActOPPOSE
“on Iran, Donald Trump's foreign policy by clown car continues to careen toward disaster. After this failed war with Iran, Trump needs to rename ``The Art of the Deal'' as ``The Art of the Face Plant''--``The Art of the Face Plant.'' Just days after Trump boasted he had reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Iran announced it was closing the strait again. Trump hasn't been able to guarantee safe passage through the strait yet, but he already has waived the sanctions to allow Iran to bring billions of dollars in oil revenue.”
June 23, 2026
Secure America ActOPPOSE
“anyone--anyone--who still believes that Trump has any intention of stopping his effort to steal Americans' tax dollars to enrich himself, his family, and MAGA loyalists ought to listen to Trump's comments yesterday. Yesterday, Trump not only refused to commit ending his $2 billion taxpayer-funded MAGA slush fund permanently, he also said of the slush fund: I love it. I think it's so important. It's a beautiful thing. I repeat, here is what Trump said about this damn slush fund. He said: I love it. I think it's so important.”
June 10, 2026
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026OPPOSE
“As the Senate gavels into session, Members are working on moving forward on a deal to fund the government and working on legislation desperately needed to rein in ICE's abuses. If Republicans are serious about the very reasonable demands Democrats have put forward on ICE, then there is no good reason we can't come together very quickly to produce legislation. It should take less than 2 weeks because what we are asking for is very simple, and our Republican colleagues know that we need to make changes. Now, time is of the essence.”
January 19, 2026
Rescissions Act of 2025OPPOSE
“today, Senate Republicans will press ahead with a terrible bill that guts local news, defunds rural radio stations, and makes America less safe on the world stage. And they are doing it all to continue funding tax breaks for billionaires. Today, Senate Republicans turn this Chamber into a subservient rubberstamp for the Executive, at the behest of Donald Trump. And do you want to know the most galling part of this whole bill Republicans are jamming through? They have absolutely no idea how OMB plans to apply the cuts. Don't take my word for it.”
July 24, 2025
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025SUPPORT
“before we finish today, I would like to say that soon, the Senate will vote on a bipartisan piece of legislation that will make an important DC funding fix. This legislation will make sure that we take care of the residents of the District; that we will support law enforcement and firefighters and teachers and city services. The legislation is very good news for the residents of the District of Columbia. I am happy we are passing the bill today. Once the Senate acts, we urge the House to act quickly.”
March 15, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026OPPOSE
“this morning, the American people got more proof that Donald Trump's policies are a disaster to them. This morning's jobs report shows the unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent in November. That is the highest level since 2021, the highest level in 4 years under Donald Trump's leadership--or lack thereof, more appropriately.”
March 14, 2025
Voting Record
NayMarch 26, 2026
YeaJanuary 15, 2026