Chuck Schumer

Progressive

Democrat

Senator

New York

Current Position: Senator from New York

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For the Inflation Reduction Act; supports allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping insulin co-pays, expanding the ACA, providing clean energy tax credits, and making corporations pay higher taxes while not raising taxes on families earning under $400,000/year
For large-scale infrastructure investment; supports the Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Bill providing over $1 trillion for roads, bridges, broadband, clean water, public transit, electric vehicle chargers, and energy grid upgrades
Against cuts to Social Security and Medicare privatization; opposes Republican efforts to slash Social Security funding and privatize Medicare

For domestic semiconductor manufacturing investment; supports the Bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act to bring microchip manufacturing back to the U.S.
For equal pay legislation; championed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and supports closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act to address the gender wage gap

For expanding access to affordable healthcare; supports Medicare drug price negotiation, capping out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare recipients at $2,000/year, capping insulin co-pays at $35/month for Medicare recipients, and expanding the ACA and Medicaid
For Medicare drug price negotiation and prescription drug cost caps; passed the Inflation Reduction Act allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000/year and insulin co-pays at $35/month for Medicare recipients
For the PACT Act providing healthcare funding for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and Agent Orange

For student debt cancellation; worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren to push President Biden to cancel student debt, and has championed increased Pell Grant funding, extended Perkins loan program, and created tax credits for students to address college affordability

For aggressive climate action; supports the Inflation Reduction Act's goal of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 through clean energy investment, home efficiency incentives, EV tax credits, and environmental justice initiatives

For same-sex marriage rights; leading effort to enshrine marriage equality into federal law to protect against future Supreme Court rulings
For LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections; supports passing the Equality Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at the federal level, and opposes state bans on transgender youth participation in sports or access to gender-affirming care
For abortion rights; leading fight to codify abortion access into federal law to guarantee it regardless of state bans, and opposes a national abortion ban

For voting rights protections; supports passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, removing dark money from politics, and ensuring all eligible Americans can vote; opposes voter suppression laws

For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for documented and undocumented individuals; co-sponsored the U.S. Citizenship Act and supports pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients

For federal marijuana legalization; introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, expunge federal cannabis-related records, and create grants for communities harmed by the war on drugs
For gun control measures; supports universal background checks (closing gun show and online loopholes via H.R. 8), reinstatement of the assault weapons ban on semi-automatic weapons, enhanced background checks for under-21 buyers, red flag laws, and community violence intervention funding
For the Violence Against Women Act; helped write and pass the original 1994 legislation and led its reauthorization in 2022