U.S. Senate

Charles E. SchumerD

NY (statewide)

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Ideological position — 119th Congress — Senate

Rank in chamber
80th
most conservative of 104
Within party
52%
percentile among co-partisans
DW-NOMINATE
-0.355
from 881 votes
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This position is derived from the pattern of who votes with whom, not assigned by anyone judging the content of bills. It places this member relative to this chamber — it is not an absolute ideological ruler, and raw scores are not comparable across different legislatures.

Agreement and loyalty — 119th Congress — Senate

Presidential agreement
1.4%
with Donald John Trump · 143 positions
Party unity
98.8%
on party-line votes
Missed votes
0.5%
of votes while seated

Presidential agreement counts only roll calls where the president took a public position, and is pure arithmetic — it measures alignment with one person, not ideology. Party unity uses the standard definition: the share of votes where a majority of each party opposed each other on which this member sided with their own.

Representation gap — 119th Congress — Senate

District lean
D+12.5
2024 presidential result
Votes relative to district
more conservative
than co-partisans in comparable districts · 48th percentile

Fitted within party: among this member's co-partisans, how much more conservative or liberal do they vote than their district's presidential result predicts?

Who they vote with

Closest voting partners
Richard BlumenthalD — 98.2%
Patty MurrayD — 97.8%
Brian SchatzD — 97.4%
Lisa Blunt RochesterD — 97.2%
Tina SmithD — 96.9%
Most distant co-partisans
John FettermanD — 81.5%
Jeanne ShaheenD — 84.5%
Margaret Wood HassanD — 86.1%
Tim KaineD — 88.3%
Mark KellyD — 90.0%

Share of roll calls where both members cast a yea or nay and cast it the same way. Non-voting delegates are excluded, as is any member sharing fewer than half this member's recorded votes — neither is a comparable basis.

Voting record — 119th Congress — Senate

Yea
259
Nay
627
Missed
4
Participation
99.6%

Recent votes

DateQuestionVoteCutting point
2026-08-08A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.nay-0.001
2026-08-08Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney Generalnay0.221
2026-08-08Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney Generalnay0.221
2026-08-08An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.yea-0.843
2026-08-08To strike section 2019.yea-0.225
2026-08-07In the nature of a substitute.yea-0.845
2026-08-07Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; and George McMaster, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury; and Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and John Crews, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board for a term expiring August 2, 2031; and Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; and Christopher Nassar, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years; and Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife; and Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years; and Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); and Roger Mason, of Virginia, to be Director of the National Reconnaissance Office; and Erich Hernandez-Baquero, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; and Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 2024; and David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration for a term of five years; and Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2030; and Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2028; and Karen Sessions, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 2025; and Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation; and Kathnay-0.001
2026-08-07An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.yea-0.566
2026-08-07To strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion.yea-0.264
2026-08-05A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Modification to the Start of the Submission Period for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Reporting and Recordkeeping Under TSCA 8(a)(7)".yea0.127

Cutting point is where a vote divides the chamber along the left–right axis: voting yea places a member on one side of that value, nay on the other. It is estimated from the vote itself, so no one has to characterise the bill's politics.

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