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Wendy Long has never held political office. She’s a Manhattan attorney who serves as counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network and led the right’s opposition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor back in 2009 when the Bronx native was tapped...
Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer and Kirsten Gillibrand spoke out loudly last week after a House hearing on contraception--presided over by a male GOP chairman-- featured an all-male lineup on its first panel. "We can't lose sight...
Meanwhile, Kirsten Gillibrand has quietly overcome considerable skepticism about her on Wall Street to become a go-to advocate for the financial services industry in her own right. "She has really worked hard to understand and be supportive and helpful...
York Republican Harry Wilson is running for the Yahoo! Shareholder activist Dan Loeb last week launched a proxy battle against the search giant — and his slate of candidates for Yahoo!’s board includes Wilson. The proxy contest would occur this summer,...
At a time when Romney is desperately trying to find ways to Santorum’s right it is a strange choice. Trump has bankrolled the likes of Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, giving...
Wong / Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (3rd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) listen during a news conference on...
"The 9/11 community owes her a debt of gratitude," he said. Gillibrand's Senate record Here are bills Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) sponsored and votes she made that Republicans say they likely will raise during the campaign: BILLS SPONSORED UPSTATE...
Attorney from 1968 to 1975. Judge Miner’s legal career reached the pinnacle of acclaim in 1987. That year, he was on then President George H. W. Bush’s short list for consideration as a member of the United States Supreme Court. One of his past...
The gals put it between their knees," quipped Foster Friess, on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports earlier this week. A startled Mitchell had this immediate reaction, "Excuse me, I'm just trying to catch my breath from that Mr. Friess." Delayed reaction...
Passage of the act is seen as a big victory for first responders. After 9/11, one of the top recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission was to improve interoperability between the communications systems of first responders. Radio spectrum is a...
"I have very significant concerns when the opening panel on a debate on contraception there are no women on that panel," says Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - New York). "That really raises a level of concern for me that women's voices aren't being heard...
Republicans from across the state will gather at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on March 16th. That's the day that they will choose the Republican candidate to run against Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for her senate seat in November. There...
Mr. Noren, who is running as an independent against Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, responded to the exchange by launching an “Occupy Liz Benjamin” website in mid-January that linked to his main campaign page. He also purchased ad space for the...
“An official convention schedule and media credential forms will be available shortly, at which time we will forward to you,” says the brief release. Greedy (real one): Time to dip into Medicaid and welfare spending. State workers did more than their...
In a release sent out this morning, the senators said that the UASI program is the lifeblood of New York's anti-terror programs and funds a massive surveillance program for downtown Manhattan -- which is also being expanded into Times Square and midtown.
Kirsten Gillibrand weighed in this morning on the Senate floor about yesterday’s House hearing on President Obama’s controversial contraception coverage mandate that included no women on the witness list. Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, a...
Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest lawmaker to criticize the House for holding a hearing on President Barack Obama’s controversial contraception coverage rule without including any women on the opening panel. In an email sent to supporters today, Ms....
“But ... there is nothing new about the Republicans’ attacks on our family planning decisions.” Murray’s speech — which was part of a series of floor speeches from other Democratic women, including Sens. Barbara Boxer of California, Kirsten Gillibrand...
The LBFD applied for the funds last year and the money was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, according to the offices of Congressman Peter King and U.S. Senators Charles Schumer...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) speaks as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (L), and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) listen during a news conference on the STOCK Act February 2, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate is...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: (L to R) U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) participate in a during a news conference on Congressional insider trading, on January...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) participates in a news conference about Congressional insider trading on January 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Gillibrand joined U.S. Joe Lieberman (I-MA) discussed Senate action on 'The Stop Trading on Congressional...
View Photo »People hold blank signs at a protest by the technology organization New York Tech Meetup against proposed laws to curb Internet piracy outside the offices of US Democratic Senators from New York Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand January 18, 2012 on Third Avenue in New York. Schumer...
View Photo »Nadine Wolf wears tape over her mouth as she joins a protest by the technology organization New York Tech Meetup against proposed laws to curb Internet piracy outside the offices of US Democratic Senators from New York Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand January 18, 2012 on Third...
View Photo »Nadine Wolf wears tape over her mouth as she joins a protest by the technology organization New York Tech Meetup against proposed laws to curb Internet piracy outside the offices of US Democratic Senators from New York Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand January 18, 2012 on Third...
View Photo »HEMPSTEAD, NY - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Sam Bennett, Kirsten Gillibrand and Tiffany Dufu attend Lifetime Television's 2012 'Every Woman Counts' campaign at Hofstra University on December 2, 2011 in Hempstead, New York.
View Photo »HEMPSTEAD, NY - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Danielle Carrig, Geri Barish, Tiffany Dufu, Anna Kaplan, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sam Bennett, Dorothy Goosby and Stuart Rabinowitz attend Lifetime Television's 2012 'Every Woman Counts' campaign at Hofstra University on December 2, 2011 in Hempstead, New York...
View Photo »HEMPSTEAD, NY - DECEMBER 02: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attends Lifetime Television's 2012 'Every Woman Counts' campaign at Hofstra University on December 2, 2011 in Hempstead, New York.
View Photo »Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference outside United Nations headquarters during a bipartisan meeting of congressmen and Jewish community leaders to voice opposition to unilateral Palestinian statehood, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in New York. Palestinian President...
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), left, speaks alongside fellow politicians Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), center, and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), at a news conference outside the U.N. headquarters during a bipartisan meeting of congressmen and Jewish community leaders to voice opposition...
View Photo »US Marine Captain Sarah Pezzat(L) speaks about her experience being a gay member of the US military alongside US Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (C) of New York and Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, on the first day that the US formally ends its ban on openly gay...
View Photo »US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jonathan Mills of Pensacola, Florida, speaks about his experience being a gay member of the US military alongside US Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (R) of New York and Democratic Senator Mark Udall (L) of Colorado, on the first day that the US...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: First responders representatives from across the country listen to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (R) during a news conference November 15, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The news conference was to call for the Joint Select Committee on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held the news conference to talk about the GOP budget.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)(L), U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)(C) and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Majority Leader Reid held the news conference to talk about...
View Photo »From left, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. , and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
View Photo »U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (C) and Kirsten Gillibrand (L, front) depart the funeral mass of Geraldine Ferraro in New York March 31, 2011. Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale's running mate...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 31: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) enters the Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer to attend the funeral mass for former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro March 31, 2011 in New York City. Former Democratic congresswoman Ferraro was the first...
View Photo »Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. pauses during a during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2011, to announce the introduction of a Senate bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
View Photo »Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, left, Jon Cooper, majority leader, Suffolk County Legislature, Huntington, NY, center and his husband of 31 years Robert Cooper take part in the announcement of a Senate bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,...
View Photo »Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. , left, speaks with gay rights activist Edith Windsor, of New York City, prior to a news conference to announce the introduction of a Senate bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2011.
View Photo »Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. , center, looks over her speaking notes in a hallway prior to appearing at a news conference to announce the introduction of a Senate bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2011.
View Photo »Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. , accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. , left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) speaks as Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) listen during a news conference April 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Democratic women senators held a news...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) speaks as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (L), and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) listen during a news conference on the STOCK Act February 2, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate is...
View Photo »The American people deserve the right to know their lawmakers’ only interest is what’s best for the country, not their own financial interests ... Members of Congress should not have a different set of rules—they should be treated the same as everyone else. This is not a Democratic or Republican idea—it...
I just gave him constructive feedback on his stump speech; it should be more focused and give us more of a reason [to vote for him] ... It should be less about him growing up and all his different jobs. What people really want to hear is how he differs from Kirsten Gillibrand and Barack Obama and how to...
The American people deserve the right to know their lawmakers’ only interest is what’s best for the country, not their own financial interests ... Members of Congress should not have a different set of rules—they should be treated the same as everyone else. This is not a Democratic or Republican idea—it...
Obesity and diabetes rates are reaching crisis proportions in our country and it is time to take aggressive action
