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Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and has served as Senate Majority Leader since 2021. The dean of New York's congressional delegation, Schumer is in his fifth Senate term and was the Senate's minority leader from 2017 to 2021. Schumer is the longest-serving senator from New York, having surpassed Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits in 2023. Wikipedia*

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Chuck Schumer has 3,763 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1981 House Highlight as a Democratic Representative for New York's 10th district. The year with the most videos was 2021 with 261 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1984 with an average of 7,389 views per program. Most appearances with Dick Durbin (235), Patty Murray (225), Debbie Stabenow (154). Most common tags: Washington Politics, Federal Budget, Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Appearances by Title:January 4, 1999 - Present U.S. Senator, D-NY View Map


Majority Leader (Jan 20, 2021 - Present) Minority Leader (Jan 03, 2017 - Jan 20, 2021) Democratic Policy Committee Chair (Jan 05, 2011 - Jan 02, 2017) Videos: 3,192

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-NY 9th January 5, 1993 - January 3, 1999 Videos: 272 U.S. Representative, D-NY 10th January 3, 1983 - January 5, 1993 Videos: 291 U.S. Representative, D-NY 16th January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 Videos: 1

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 161
    • Total Time Speaking: 46 hours
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