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Chuck Schumer

Democratic · Senator, NY ·Since 1999

Senior United States Senator from New York and Senate Majority Leader. Serving since 1999. Chairs the Senate Rules Committee and serves on the Senate Finance Committee.

Score Components
66 CRITICAL
Connection Density 20%
28 → 6
Donor Influence 10%
25 → 3
Silence Risk 25%
100 → 25
Contradiction Risk 25%
100 → 25
Intelligence Volume 10%
74 → 7
Constituency Deviation 5%
0 → 0
Voting Misalignment 5%
0 → 0
% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.
Schumer publicly opposed the Iran deal on substance (calling it 'fatally flawed' and saying he would 'vote yes on a motion of disapproval') but refused to whip other Democrats against it, telling reporters 'each member ultimately comes to their own conclusion'—a calibrated position that satisfied neither the White House nor AIPAC but preserved his relationsh
primary · 2015-08-11
Schumer faced a two-sided donor crossfire: pro-Israel groups pressured him to deliver Democratic votes against the deal while MoveOn and CREDO Action threatened to withhold millions in contributions if he succeeded in killing it—a rare instance of a lawmaker facing credible donor retaliation threats from both directions on the same vote.
secondary · 2015-08-30
NORPAC's $90,000 contribution to Schumer in the 2016 cycle represented a 250% increase over his 2010 total ($25,700) and a 2,900% increase over his 2004 total ($3,000), making him NORPAC's largest recipient that cycle and creating the appearance of a transactional spike timed to his Iran deal opposition announcement.
secondary · 2015-09-30
Schumer voted Nay on cloture for the McConnell amendment version of the Iran resolution on September 17, 2015—the vote failed 53-45. Schumer, Cardin, and Menendez each flipped from Yea to Nay between September 10 and September 17 because the amendment added new conditions (Iran recognition of Israel, release of U.S. prisoners) that they opposed on the merits
primary · 2015-09-17
Chuck Schumer voted Yea on cloture for the original Iran resolution of disapproval (S.Amdt. 2640, Roll Call #264) on September 10, 2015—the vote failed 58-42 (60 votes needed) with Schumer as one of only four Senate Democrats voting to advance the resolution alongside Cardin, Manchin, and Menendez.
primary · 2015-09-10
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.8%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 13.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 19.9 million
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $85,768
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposal 1: New York Equal Rights Amendment (enshrines abortion rights and anti-discrimination protections in state constitution) (2024) — passed, margin 61.6% yes to 38.4% no
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 541 (share 0.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 622 (share 0.16)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: State of New York (144000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Goldman Sachs (8500 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: New York-Presbyterian Hospital (48000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: New York is the nation's fourth-most populous state with approximately 19.9 million residents. It is a Democratic stronghold with diverse geography spanning New York City, its suburbs, and vast upstate rural areas. The median household income of $85,768 (2024) is well above the national median, but income inequality
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) on 2017-12-20: Schumer voted against Trump's signature tax cut, which heavily favored corporations and high-income earners. The bill disproportionately benefited his top donors — Wall Street, private equity, and law firm partners — through rate cuts and the pass-through deduction. Yet Schumer opposed it, ar
primary · 2017-12-20
Voted yea on H.R. 748 (CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act)) on 2020-03-25: Schumer voted for the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, which passed 96-0. He claimed credit for negotiating key Democratic provisions including the $600/week enhanced unemployment benefit and the employee retention tax credit. The bill was universally popular but Sc
primary · 2020-03-25
Voted yea on H.R. 5376 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) on 2022-08-07: As Senate Majority Leader, Schumer was the architect of the IRA, unexpectedly securing its passage after negotiating with Joe Manchin. The bill included provisions for Medicare drug price negotiation — directly crossing the pharmaceutical industry that had given him $1.55 million in care
primary · 2022-08-07
Voted nay on S. 1260 (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act) on 2020-01-16: Schumer was one of 8 Senate Democrats to vote against Trump's USMCA trade deal, having also voted against NAFTA in 1993 as a House member. His opposition aligned with labor union pressure — the AFL-CIO had urged a no vote — but crossed the business and financial do
primary · 2020-01-16
Goldman Sachs major_donor 1989-2024: $707,228 via employee contributions and PAC
Pacific Century Group (Cayman Islands) Limited donor Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuri
Michael Bloomberg donor Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuri
Alexander Soros donor Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuri
George Soros donor Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuri
Reid Hoffman donor Documented campaign donor / political contributor (inferential mapping from public donor profile and party / state heuri
Hakeem Jeffries Congressional colleague Both serve in the U.S. House/Senate representing New York state
BillVoteDateAlignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act nay 2025-07-01 deviating
Full-Year Continuing Resolution and Government Funding Act, 2025 yea 2025-03-14 deviating
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 — cloture on motion yea 2025-03-14 misaligned
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (cloture) nay 2025-01-22 deviating
Laken Riley Act nay 2025-01-20 deviating
Disapproving SEC accounting bulletin on crypto custody yea 2024-05-16 deviating
A joint resolution to prohibit arms sales to Israel without certification on hum nay 2024-05-15 mixed
National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($95 billion: Ukraine, I yea 2024-04-23 mixed
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 yea 2023-06-01 misaligned
Repeal of the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq yea 2023-03-29 misaligned
Respect for Marriage Act yea 2022-11-29 misaligned
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 yea 2022-08-07 deviating
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act yea 2021-08-10 deviating
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 yea 2021-03-06 deviating
CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) yea 2020-03-25 aligned
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act nay 2020-01-16 mixed
Climate Change—Green New Deal resolution vote (2019) present 2019-03-26 deviating
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 nay 2017-12-20 deviating
Iran Nuclear Agreement Resolution of Disapproval nay_unverified 2015-09-17 deviating
Iran Nuclear Agreement Resolution of Disapproval (Cloture Vote) nay 2015-09-17 mixed
Iran nuclear agreement disapproval yea 2015-09-10 deviating
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Fast T yea 2015-05-22 aligned
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 yea 2013-02-12 deviating
PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 yea 2011-05-26 misaligned
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (TARP) yea 2008-10-01 aligned
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 yea 2005-03-10 aligned
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (2002) yea 2002-10-11 misaligned
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 yea 2002-10-11 misaligned
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Financial Services Modernization Act) of 1999 yea 1999-11-04 aligned
Telecommunications Act of 1996 yea 1996-02-01 aligned
Last contradiction analysis: Never
platform_vs_vote 90/100
Platform: "Schumer criticized the 2017 Republican tax cuts as a 'windfall for the wealthiest Americans' and promised to repeal them."
Vote: on "Schumer voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which made permanent some tax cuts "
Schumer criticized the Trump tax cuts as giveaways to the wealthy yet voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act that preserved many of those cuts while adding SNAP work requirements, a compromise that angered progressives in his own party.
reversal 90/100
Platform: "On the Senate floor on March 12, 2025, Schumer stated: 'Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their Continuing Resolution without any input, any"
Vote: on "Two days later, on March 14, 2025, Schumer voted YEA on the cloture motion on the House-passed Full-"
Within 48 hours, Schumer moved from a public floor declaration that Democrats were 'unified' against cloture on the House CR to personally voting YEA on cloture on that exact same bill. The reversal is not a re-interpretation but a self-contained pos
reversal 90/100
Platform: "Schumer in a 2005 Senate floor speech defended the filibuster as essential to protect minority rights and warned that eliminating it would turn the co"
Vote: on "Schumer voted in November 2013 to trigger the 'nuclear option,' eliminating the filibuster for most "
Schumer in 2005 passionately defended the filibuster as a vital check, warning that eliminating it would create a 'banana republic.' Yet in 2013 he voted to kill the filibuster for most presidential nominations, and in 2022 he pushed to abolish it fo
reversal 90/100
Platform: "Schumer in a 2005 Senate floor speech passionately defended the filibuster, warning that eliminating it would turn the country 'into a banana republic"
Vote: on "In November 2013, Schumer voted with all 52 Democrats to invoke the 'nuclear option,' eliminating th"
Schumer in 2005 called filibuster elimination 'doomsday for democracy' and a 'banana republic' tactic, yet in 2013 voted for the nuclear option eliminating it for nominations, and in 2022 pushed to abolish it for voting rights legislation. He later e
reversal 90/100
Platform: "On March 12, 2025, Schumer announced Democrats would block the Republican continuing resolution, stating they would use the filibuster to force negoti"
Vote: on "On March 14, 2025, Schumer reversed course and announced he would vote to advance the Republican fun"
Schumer publicly announced Democrats would block the GOP funding bill on March 12, then reversed within 48 hours to provide the decisive votes to advance it on March 14. He voted for cloture but against final passage — a parliamentary maneuver that a
position_evolution 60/100
Platform: "Schumer pledged on CNN in 2017 that he would not vote to abolish the filibuster, stating that the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights."
Vote: on "In January 2022, Schumer led an effort to change Senate rules to bypass the filibuster for voting ri"
From defending the filibuster in 2017 to leading a carveout in 2022, Schumer shifted on the 60-vote threshold rule.
reversal 60/100
Platform: "Voted in favor of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002."
Vote: on "In a 2006 statement, Schumer said his vote for the Iraq war was a mistake."
Schumer voted to authorize the Iraq War in 2002 but later publicly stated it was a mistake, a clear reversal on a major national security vote.
statement_vs_disclosure 60/100
Platform: "Schumer vowed to 'fight hard' against the influence of corporate money in politics and co-sponsored the DISCLOSE Act."
Vote: on "Schumer's 2022 campaign accepted over $47.6 million, with securities and investment firms contributi"
Schumer publicly pledged to fight corporate money in politics, yet his campaigns have heavily relied on Wall Street and corporate PAC contributions, raising $47.6 million in the 2022 cycle with a majority from large donors.
reversal 60/100
Platform: "Schumer voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, which defined marriage federally as between one man and one woman."
Vote: on "Schumer later said he regretted his vote for DOMA and became a champion of same-sex marriage, voting"
Schumer voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, a vote he later disavowed, then co-sponsored and voted for its repeal and the Respect for Marriage Act, illustrating a significant shift on LGBTQ+ rights over his career.
reversal 60/100
Platform: "Voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996."
Vote: on "Announced support for same-sex marriage in 2013, calling the 1996 law discriminatory."
Schumer voted for DOMA in 1996, then in 2013 announced support for marriage equality, repudiating his earlier position.
position_evolution 60/100
Platform: "Schumer voted in favor of the resolution to authorize the use of military force against Iraq (S.J.Res. 46) on October 11, 2002."
Vote: on "In a 2005 interview, Schumer said he had 'learned his lesson' about trusting President Bush on Iraq "
Schumer voted for the 2002 Iraq War authorization but later said he would not have done so with the knowledge he gained, illustrating an evolution in his public posture on the war.
Last silence detection: Never
Abolishing the Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation
365d silent
Expected position: As Democratic Leader, Schumer faced intense pressure to eliminate the filibuster to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Activists demanded he
Antisemitic protests and encampments at Columbia University
206d silent
Expected position: As the Senate Majority Leader, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in America, and self-described 'guardian of the Jewish people' representing New York, Schumer would be exp
Calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
146d silent
Expected position: As the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history and Senate Majority Leader, Schumer would be expected to weigh in on the humanitarian crisis and civilian casualties i
NYC congestion pricing pause
25d silent
Expected position: As Senate Majority Leader from New York and a longtime supporter of public transit funding, Schumer was expected to publicly oppose Gov. Hochul's indefinite pause on congestion pric
Trump Cabinet nominees in the post-2024 transition
17d silent
Expected position: As Senate Majority Leader and the public face of Democratic opposition, Schumer would be expected to aggressively denounce controversial Trump nominees like Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegs
Biden's cognitive decline in 2024
14d silent
Expected position: As Senate Democratic leader, Schumer would be expected to address reports that he witnessed President Biden's mental decline and participated in a cover-up. Evidence of activity on
Antisemitism and pro-Palestinian protests on NYC campuses
7d silent
Expected position: As a senior Jewish senator from New York and self-described 'guardian of Israel,' Schumer would be expected to condemn antisemitism and call for action against protests targeting Je
cryptocurrency & fintech regulation
0d silent
Pacific Century Group (Cayman Islands) Limited — interest area: cryptocurrency & fintech regulation
immigration reform & h-1b visas
0d silent
Reid Hoffman — interest area: immigration reform & h-1b visas
technology industry regulation
0d silent
Reid Hoffman — interest area: technology industry regulation
criminal justice reform
0d silent
George Soros — interest area: criminal justice reform
democracy & voting rights
0d silent
George Soros — interest area: democracy & voting rights
climate & environmental policy
0d silent
Alexander Soros — interest area: climate & environmental policy
global health & pandemic preparedness
0d silent
Alexander Soros — interest area: global health & pandemic preparedness
gun control & firearm regulation
0d silent
Michael Bloomberg — interest area: gun control & firearm regulation
climate change & clean energy
0d silent
Michael Bloomberg — interest area: climate change & clean energy
Pacific Century Group (Cayman Islands) Limited Cryptocurrency & fintech regulation
Pacific Century Group (Cayman Islands) Limited Financial services regulation
Michael Bloomberg Climate change & clean energy
Michael Bloomberg Gun control & firearm regulation
Alexander Soros Global health & pandemic preparedness
Alexander Soros Climate & environmental policy
George Soros Democracy & voting rights
George Soros Criminal justice reform
Reid Hoffman Immigration reform & H-1B visas
Reid Hoffman Technology industry regulation
No constituency baseline modelled
Financial Regulation Pushed Dodd-Frank but also facilitated Wall Street access; top Senate recipient of securities industry donations
Israel Policy Self-described 'guardian of Israel in the Senate'; opposed Iran nuclear deal
Senate Rules Committee Chair
Senate Finance Committee Member
Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

ComponentWeightSignal
Silence Risk25%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk25%Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume10%Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence10%Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation5%Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment5%Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
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Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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