Sen. Charles E. Schumer

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chuck" Birthdate: b. 11/23/1950 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY District: represents NY Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1974 BA, Harvard University, 1971. Last elected in 2004 receiving 4,769,824 (71.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money Raised $552,147 (#363) Spent 98% (#138) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 0% (#576) From PACs 1% (#551) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 341 (#1) Total cost $1,471,619,994 (#2) Received 314 (#1) Total cost $603,982,055 (#4) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 47% left-wing (#364) Predictable 97% (#138) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 17 times (#65) Avg. length 1,051 words (#171) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,030 (#73) Introduced 502 (#4) Debated 56 (#25) Enacted 25 (#8) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Robert J Alexander $5,000 from January 20, 2000 to October 31, 2003 2 Steven Spielberg $4,000 on March 23, 2004 3 Charles Dayan $4,000 from November 26, 1997 to October 30, 1998 4 Anthony M Saytanides $3,000 on December 20, 1997 5 Richard M Minieri $2,200 from December 2, 2002 to February 5, 2003 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Insignia $32,000 2 Director $8,000 3 Writer $4,750 4 Producer $4,500 5 Curits Place $3,500 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Jeffrey Sinensky - American Jewish Committee $50,018 2 Laurie Michel - Merck & Co, Inc $15,000 3 Meghan O'Reilly - American Health Care Association $15,000 4 Frank J. Purcell - American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists $5,000 5 Mary Frances Pearson - Ernst & Young $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300087 (GovTrack), N00001093 (OpenSecrets), S000148 (Congressional Bio), 14858 (ICPSR), 26976 (Vote Smart), S8NY00082 (FEC)