Sen. Charles E. Schumer

Recent Activity

• Jan. 26 Cosponsored S2924: Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009

• Jan. 25 Cosponsored SRES397: A resolution relative to the death of Charles McCurdy ("Mac") Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Maryland.

• Jan. 24 Sponsored S2948: A bill to establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New York, New York, and for other purposes.

• Sponsored S2950: Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2009

• Jan. 20 Sponsored S2945: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building".

• Cosponsored SRES390: A resolution prohibiting text messaging by employees of the Senate while driving on official business.

• Jan. 19 Cosponsored S1771: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to newly accredited allopathic medical schools for the purpose of increasing the supply of physicians.

• Cosponsored S2936: A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Sponsored S2937: A bill to provide a temporary suspension of limitation on charitable contributions and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the enhanced charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.

• Dec. 22 Cosponsored S2930: A bill to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 20 Cosponsored S2919: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 16 Cosponsored S2904: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.

• Dec. 15 Sponsored S2893: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prevent the use of Indian reservations located on the United States borders to facilitate cross-border drug trafficking, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 14 Cosponsored S2882: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 07 Cosponsored S2847: A bill to regulate the volume of audio on commercials.

• Dec. 06 Sponsored S2844: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the terrorist hoax statute.

• Sponsored S2845: A bill to amend section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent documents.

• Dec. 03 Cosponsored SRES370: A resolution relative to the death of Paula F. Hawkins, former United States Senator for the State of Florida.

• Dec. 02 Sponsored S2827: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the military housing allowance exclusion for purposes of determining area gross income in determining whether a residential rental property for purposes of the exempt facility bond rules…

• Cosponsored S2831: A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation and to keep Americans working, and for other purposes.