It's-a Me, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer!

Senator Charles "Chuck" Schumer is the Democratic senior senator from New York and has been the Senate Minority Leader since 2017. Senator Schumer has worked in politics since graduating from Harvard Law School in 1974. He served three terms in the New York State Assembly before winning election to the House of Representatives from New York's 9th district. In 1998, Schumer defeated Republican incumbent Al D'Amato for one of New York's two US senate seats. He served as Chair of the Senate Rules Committee from 2009 to 2015, and Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2007 to 2017.

Schumer is known as a pro-Wall Street Democrat who in 2008 promised financial industry executives that the Democratic caucus would not be "a bunch of crazy, anti-business liberals." He is staunchly pro-Israel, and has received some criticism from the left for his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal and for his comments in favor of the blockade of Gaza. As Senate Minority Leader, Schumer has exercised a light touch, cutting deals with the Republican majority over judicial nominees and giving red state Democrats leeway to break with the party to protect their political fortunes.

Senator Schumer is also known to divine political positions from the advice of an imaginary middle class Long Island couple he calls the Baileys. Schumer has explained that to him, the Baileys represent the kind of moderate suburban voters that Democrats need to win elections.