Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington, DC. He was elected to a Brooklyn- and Queens-anchored House seat in 1980 when he was just 29 years old. Schumer won his first Senate race in 1998 and became the leader of the Democratic caucus in 2017. Sen. Chuck Schumer always wears his Brooklyn pride on his sleeve. The veteran lawmaker — born and raised in the highly diverse New York City borough — graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School before...