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Schumer won his fourth term in the Senate in 2016 and was then unanimously elected Democratic leader to succeed Reid, who was retiring. [4] [5] In January 2021, Schumer became Senate majority leader, becoming the first Jewish Senate majority leader.
In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2021 "survey of the religious composition of the United States", [2] [165] the most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 84% of the Senate identify as Christian (compared with 62% of the population), 9% identify as Jewish (compared with 2% of the population), 4% have ...
Schumer — the first Jewish Senate majority leader and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S. — is leading a bipartisan delegation of senators to Israel this weekend to express ...
Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history, in a 45-minute speech laid out how Jews have felt isolated in the last month, called out recent examples of antisemitism in ...
Chuck Schumer: Democratic: New York: January 3, 1999: Incumbent 26 years, 41 days First Jewish Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader [29] Norm Coleman: Republican: Minnesota: January 3, 2003: January 3, 2009: 6 years, 0 days Lost reelection [30] Ben Cardin: Democratic: Maryland: January 3, 2007: January 3, 2025: 18 years, 0 days ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, the highest ranking Jewish member of the U.S. government, delivered an extraordinary speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday that ...
A $400 million increase in federal funding is available for security in places of worship, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. Places like synagogues and mosques could apply to ...
Prominent members included U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer. [96] In April of that year, Beth Elohim was listed by Newsweek as one of America's 25 "Most Vibrant" Jewish congregations. [15] In September, just four days before Yom Kippur, a part of the sanctuary ceiling collapsed. No-one was hurt, but the sanctuary had to be closed.