(1981–99). First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998, Schumer was instrumental in the passage of the Affordable Care Act (2010), and served as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee (2004–8) and vice chairman of the Democratic Conference (2006–16). In 2017 he ...
“Constructive,” said Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader. “Excellent,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared. And when reporters asked Pelosi whether the subject of multiple House Democratic investigations into Trump came up, she scoffed and shook her head no. ...