DemocratCharles E. Schumer
U.S. Senator · New York
U.S. Senator from New York
18 tracked promises, 13 rated
New York
Represents New York statewide
How they won their seat
Charles E. Schumer won the 2022 U.S. Senate election in New York with 56.8% of the vote (3,320,561 votes).
- Charles E. Schumer · Democrat56.8%3,320,561
- Joe Pinion · Other42.8%2,501,151
- 1 Other Candidate0.5%26,844
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Charles E. Schumer's record includes actions such as sponsoring the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.3385) aimed at lowering consumer healthcare costs and the Make More in America Act (S.4781) intended to enhance domestic manufacturing. He has also sponsored legislation related to abortion rights and gun safety. Focus areas (from the record): Healthcare · Reproductive Rights · Manufacturing · Gun Safety · Voting Rights Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Schumer's legislative actions, such as sponsoring the Lower Health Care Costs Act and advocating for the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, are reflected in his record. His involvement in manufacturing and job creation through the Make More in America Act is also evident. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact on constituents; There is no information on the politician's engagement in unlogged activities or informal efforts; The absence of statements limits understanding of his broader strategic goals or priorities. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Charles E. Schumer has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Charles E. Schumer has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$1.6M50%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.3M40%
- PAC / committee$329K10%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+81 · based on 13 rated promises
- Attempted 1
- Championed 7
- Fully Kept 5
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2017 · 13 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 88 |
| Jul 2026 | 92 |
| Jul 2026 | 94 |
| Jul 2026 | 82 |
| Jul 2026 | 81 |
| Jul 2026 | 84 |
| Jul 2026 | 83 |
| Jul 2026 | 82 |
| Jul 2026 | 81 |
| Jul 2026 | 81 |
| Jul 2026 | 80 |
| Jul 2026 | 81 |
| Jan 2029 | 81 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept13
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
18 promises across 17 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Gun Policy2
- Abortion / reproductive rights1
- Abortion & Reproductive Rights1
- Climate & Energy1
- Contraception access1
- Economy & Jobs1
- Energy costs / clean energy1
- Government funding / shutdown1
- Gun safety / assault weapons1
- Healthcare & Prescription Drugs1
- IVF / fertility treatment access1
- Manufacturing / economy1
- Marijuana / cannabis legalization1
- Taxes / SALT deduction cap1
- Veterans / toxic exposure1
- Voting rights / Senate filibuster rules1
- Voting Rights & Democracy1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1689%
- Reputable news211%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
18 tracked promises
“Have the Senate debate and vote on changing its filibuster/Senate rules on or before January 17, 2022 (MLK Day) if Republicans continued to block voting-rights legislation.”
“Lower prescription drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices”
“Tackle climate change with major federal climate and clean-energy legislation”
“Protect the right to choose and codify abortion rights into federal law after Roe was overturned”
“Work with colleagues to bring the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act (to enshrine Roe v. Wade protections) to the Senate floor as soon as possible.”
“Bring the Assault Weapons Ban to the Senate floor and seek its passage.”
“Bring the Honoring Our PACT Act (health care for veterans exposed to burn pits and toxins) to a Senate vote and pass it.”
“Boost American jobs and manufacturing by investing in domestic semiconductor production”
“Protect democracy and voting rights by passing federal voting-rights legislation”
“Continue to push for universal background checks (H.R. 8) and a new assault weapons ban”
“Pass meaningful gun-safety legislation to keep guns out of dangerous hands”
“Have the Senate take up and vote on the Right to IVF Act to protect nationwide access to in-vitro fertilization.”
“Hold a Senate floor vote on the Right to Contraception Act.”
“Vote to keep the government open and avert a shutdown by supporting the Republican stopgap funding bill (March 2025).”
“Keep pushing federal marijuana legalization through the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act until restorative justice is achieved.”
“Advance the Make More in America Act to expand Export-Import Bank financing and bring manufacturing and good-paying jobs back to the United States.”
“Restore and expand the Inflation Reduction Act's clean-energy tax credits as part of a Democratic agenda to cut Americans' energy costs.”
“Do everything in his power to fully repeal the SALT (state and local tax) deduction cap.”
Verified record
1,392 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $3,591,476, spent $5,222,290, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored SRES 771: A resolution congratulating the New York Knicks on winning the 2026 National Basketball Association Finals. ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4796: Stock Buyback Accountability Act of 2026 ↗Jun 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4791: A bill to abolish the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4781: Make More in America Act of 2026 ↗Jun 15, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 149: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed". ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4124: A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President. ↗Mar 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4007: Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act ↗Mar 5, 2026
- Sponsored S 3911: A bill to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to express the sense of the Senate that the Pride flag should be on display at the Stonewall National Monument in the State of New York, and for other purposes. ↗Feb 25, 2026
- Sponsored S 3838: Venezuela Oil Proceeds Transparency Act ↗Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 3815: Virginia's Law ↗Feb 10, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 597: A resolution providing for the authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President and Department of Justice officials inconsistent with their duties under the laws of the United States. ↗Feb 5, 2026
- Sponsored S 3385: Lower Health Care Costs Act ↗Dec 8, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 1,392 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 259
- Nay
- 627
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 4
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Nay
- PN1078Nay
- PN1078Nay
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Nay
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
- SJRES187Yea
- PN73011Nay
- PN932Nay
- PN932Nay
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Nay
- SJRES181Yea
- SJRES199Yea
- SRES817Nay
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
21 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
2 of these are an AI inference from this official’s voting record, not positions they put on the record themselves. Those rows are marked Inferred · AI analysis and carry the confidence they were published at — weigh them as analysis, never as the official’s own words.
- Economy & JobsInferred · AI analysis78% confidence · verdict REVISE
His sponsored Make More in America Act (S.4781) would expand the Export-Import Bank's mission to finance domestic critical industries that support U.S. employment and strengthen manufacturing competitiveness — indicating a record that favors bolstering American jobs and domestic production through federal financing. (direction: reinforces)
Inferred position — based on AI analysis. Not a stated position the official put on record. It was inferred from their voting/legislative record by AI and published only after an independent adversarial review. Weigh it as analysis, not as the official's own words.78% confidence · verdict REVISE
Supporting evidencecongress.govView position · evidence & confidence → - Healthcare & Prescription DrugsInferred · AI analysis80% confidence · verdict REVISE
As sponsor of the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.3385), which would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits through 2028, Schumer's legislative record shows support for reducing the health-care costs borne by consumers — consistent with the topic's goal of lowering what Americans pay for medical care.
Inferred position — based on AI analysis. Not a stated position the official put on record. It was inferred from their voting/legislative record by AI and published only after an independent adversarial review. Weigh it as analysis, not as the official's own words.80% confidence · verdict REVISE
Supporting evidencecongress.gov· archivedView position · evidence & confidence → - Marijuana / cannabis legalizationStated position
Keep pushing federal marijuana legalization through the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act until restorative justice is achieved.
SourcesU.S. Senator Cory Booker (booker.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Manufacturing / economyStated position
Advance the Make More in America Act to expand Export-Import Bank financing and bring manufacturing and good-paying jobs back to the United States.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Energy costs / clean energyStated position
Restore and expand the Inflation Reduction Act's clean-energy tax credits as part of a Democratic agenda to cut Americans' energy costs.
SourcesThe Senate Democratic Caucus (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Government funding / shutdownStated position
Vote to keep the government open and avert a shutdown by supporting the Republican stopgap funding bill (March 2025).
SourcesCBS NewsView position & sources → - Taxes / SALT deduction capStated position
Do everything in his power to fully repeal the SALT (state and local tax) deduction cap.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - IVF / fertility treatment accessStated position
Have the Senate take up and vote on the Right to IVF Act to protect nationwide access to in-vitro fertilization.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Abortion / reproductive rightsStated position
Work with colleagues to bring the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act (to enshrine Roe v. Wade protections) to the Senate floor as soon as possible.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Contraception accessStated position
Hold a Senate floor vote on the Right to Contraception Act.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NAY on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NAY on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Gun safety / assault weaponsStated position
Bring the Assault Weapons Ban to the Senate floor and seek its passage.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Veterans / toxic exposureStated position
Bring the Honoring Our PACT Act (health care for veterans exposed to burn pits and toxins) to a Senate vote and pass it.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (democrats.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Voting rights / Senate filibuster rulesStated position
Have the Senate debate and vote on changing its filibuster/Senate rules on or before January 17, 2022 (MLK Day) if Republicans continued to block voting-rights legislation.
SourcesSenate Democratic Leadership (Dear Colleague letter)· archivedIJRView position & sources → - Healthcare & Prescription DrugsStated position
Lower prescription drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices
SourcesAARPU.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-325· archivedSenate Democratic LeadershipView position & sources → - Voting Rights & DemocracyStated position
Protect democracy and voting rights by passing federal voting-rights legislation
SourcesChuck Schumer for Senate (campaign site)U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-009· archivedNBC NewsView position & sources → - Climate & EnergyStated position
Tackle climate change with major federal climate and clean-energy legislation
SourcesChuck Schumer for Senate (campaign site)U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-325· archivedView position & sources → - Abortion & Reproductive RightsStated position
Protect the right to choose and codify abortion rights into federal law after Roe was overturned
SourcesChuck Schumer for Senate (campaign site)Senate Democratic LeadershipU.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-170· archivedView position & sources → - Economy & JobsStated position
Boost American jobs and manufacturing by investing in domestic semiconductor production
SourcesChuck Schumer for Senate (campaign site)U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-271· archivedView position & sources → - Gun PolicyStated position
Continue to push for universal background checks (H.R. 8) and a new assault weapons ban
SourcesAssociated Press (via Yahoo News)Chuck Schumer for Senate (campaign site)U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2-242· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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