Common Ground Scorecard for Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senate
Chuck Schumer (NY - D)
Democrat Chuck Schumer, who after four decades in Congress became the first Senate majority leader from New York, is responsible for guiding President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda through a divided Senate. Schumer pays close attention to issues that concern middle-class voters, such as increasing the tax-deductibility threshold for college tuition and is a staunch defender of Democratic views. Schumer graduated from Harvard and got his taste for politics working on Eugene McCarthy’s 1968 antiwar presidential bid. After also getting a law degree at Harvard, Schumer rejected job offers from law firms and instead decided to run for the New York State Assembly in 1974. He was 23.
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- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex-Officio)
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Common Ground Score is
30
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Official Performance Commentary
Party leaders, due to the nature of their position, are not scored on the Lugar Center's Bipartisan Index; Official Performance points are therefore a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.