Senator Charles Schumer of New York is the ur-Democrat, a loquacious and canny politician who, unlike many of his copartisans, is more than a little entertaining as he foils Republicans. He also has an ego the size of Alaska. This moment...
Yesterday’s troubling new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on household incomes, health care coverage, and poverty should be a wake up call to this administration. In the last seven years, the vast majority of Americans have seen their incomes go...
DENVER – Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) predicted Monday that “the drilling issue has peaked,” convinced that voters will not punish Democrats this November for the high price of gas.
“It has...
Susan Davis reports from Denver on the Democratic convention.
New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer sat down with The Wall Street Journal today to discuss the political landscape and what Barack Obama needs to accomplish at the convention this...
Background
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of New York, serving since 1999. A Democrat, in 2005, he became chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In November 2006, he was elected to the new post of Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. In this position, he is the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin.
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