Who is Chuck Schumer and what is his net worth?
CHUCK Schumer was sworn in as Senate Majority Leader under President Joe Biden's administration in January 2021.
has been a champion of gun control, the financial sector, and international relations.
Who is Chuck Schumer?
Since 1999 Chuck Schumer has been a United States Senator from New York. Schumer assumed office as the Senate Minority Leader in 2017.
As of January 2021, Schumer is serving as the Senate Majority Leader.
A member of the Democratic Party, he is the current dean of New York's congressional delegation.
According to his biography, Schumer has "delivered countless large and small victories across New York state, including delivering $20 billion to rebuild after the 9-11 terror attacks and passing a $63 billion relief package to help New York recover from Superstorm Sandy."
Schumer is a member of the group of senators deemed the "Gang of Eight," writes .
This term is used to reference eight of the most influential Senators on immigration reform and includes four senators from each party.
Schumer graduated from James Madison High School before heading to Harvard University, and then Harvard Law School.
According to the , on January 3, 2022, Schumer announced the Senate will vote on changing the filibuster rules to move blocked voting legislation that Democrats claim is essential to defend democracy.
In a letter to colleagues on Monday, Schumer said that the Senate "must evolve" and that the rules changes will be "debated and considered" by Jan. 17, on or before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as the Democrats try to overcome Republican resistance to their election law package.
What is his net worth?
Schumer is worth $900,000 according to .
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets, Schumer ranked as the 73rd most wealthy senator in 2012.
Although Schumer has a near million-dollar net worth, his base salary is reportedly around $193,400 writes Ballotpedia.
He set a New York state record when he won the US Senate reelection in 2004 with 71 percent of the vote. In 2017, he won with a still-impressive 71 percent share, and in 2010, he won with a 65 percent control.
Prior to serving in the US Senate, Schumer served in the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980 and represented New York's 9th Congressional District in the US House from 1981 to 1999.
Is Chuck Schumer married?
Chuck Schumer married Iris Weinshall in 1980.
Weinshall is the Chief Operating Officer of The New York Public Library, former vice-chancellor at the City University of New York, and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.
She oversees a $324 million operating budget and $500 million in capital projects across the New York Public Library system’s 92 locations.
Weinshall, a Brooklyn native, is a graduate of Brooklyn College and earned a Master of Public Administration degree from New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
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Schumer and Weinshall keep their marriage strong, despite their busy schedules, by talking on the phone in the morning and evening the four days a week that Schumer spends in Washington.
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The senator calls her on the way to the gym in the morning, and the library executive calls him on the way home from work at night.
Schumer and Weinshall reside in Brooklyn and have two adult daughters together: Jessica and Alison Schumer.
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