Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is a very stale politician, serving as the Senior United States Senator from New York, while Kirsten Gillibrand is the Junior Senator for that state. In 2017, he became the Minority Party Leader in the Senate, succeeding the retired Harry Reid, and became the Majority Leader after the Democrats took the Senate and Presidency in 2021. He graduated from Harvard and has served in both the House and Senate. He is the son of Abe and Selma Schumer, and is Jewish.

Social issues
Although he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act as a Representative, he later revoked his previous view and came out in support of same-sex marriage in 2009.

He co-sponsored a bill in October 2001 that condemned violence and bigotry towards Sikh-Americans in the name of anti-terrorism.

He is also pro-choice.

He also supports decriminalizing marijuana at the Federal level.

Banks and financial industry
As a Representative, he opposed the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, but later supported the repeal as a Senator.

A New York Times report from 2008 showed that Chuck Schumer has had a lengthy history of protecting the financial industry from stricter government oversight and regulations.

Net neutrality
Chuck Schumer is supportive of net neutrality, stating:

Healthcare
Schumer voted for the Affordable Care Act, but does not have a clear opinion on whether he supports any specific universal health care proposals.

Foreign policy
As representative, Schumer voted yes for authorization on air strikes and using necessary force against Yugoslavian forces in Kosovo in the 1990s. As a senator, he was also one of 77 Senators in October 2002 who voted yes on what would become the disastrous Iraq War.

Schumer was opposed to the Iran nuclear deal.

Schumer is also pro-Israel, siding with the country in the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, and supporting Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

Miscellaneous
Schumer voted in favor of the USA PATRIOT Act.