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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat • New York • 3rd Term • Sworn In 2007
- 73 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 8 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 15 of 100)
- 326 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 2 of 100) 3 Made Into Law (Ranks 7 of 100)
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- Sen. Susan Collins
- Least often votes with:
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- Sen. Mike Lee
- Votes with party 94%
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Sen. Gillibrand seeks help for farmers
PLATTSBURGH — Clinton and Essex counties are among 34 that U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants declared federal disaster areas due to spring crop loss. She sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, pressing for the ...
NY-Sen: Wingnut Wendy's bad week
Wingnut Wendy Long, the likely challenger to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has been getting some free media this week. Not all of it good. Though some of it may help her win the GOP primary three weeks from Tuesday. For example, Long won the ...
Gillibrand's opponents customize Obama's bad-news jobs report
The Republicans vying to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are doing what they can to see that the Obama economy hurts her too. Representative Bob Turner actually emailed two statements about the report, one from his House office and another from his
Sen. Gillibrand calls for State of Emergency
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D, NY), today asked Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to declare 34 New York Counties as federal disaster areas. Following an unusually warm winter many crops began to grow early and then were destroyed ...
Student Loan Fight Continues In Congress
"Unfortunately, it's politics as usual in Washington," said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand from New York. "While there's an agreement that student loans shouldn't be doubled, they're bickering about what is the best way to pay for that is." The House passed a ...
Tips on boosting women's wages
...less than men. In Orange County, that equates to a $118 difference in weekly pay between men and women, according to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. There are more than 10,000 households wholly dependent on mothers' earnings in the county. Feldt, w
Gillibrand calling on Ag Secretary to aid NY farmers
...Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare 34 New York counties as federal disaster areas. Spring frost damaged more than 3 million acres of farmland in the state. Farmers were also h
Sen. Gillibrand calls for State of Emergency
...D.C. - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D, NY), today asked Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to declare 34 New York Counties as federal disaster areas. Following an unusually warm winter many crops began to grow early and then were destroyed when a sprin
Bob Turner releases first T.V. ad, recycling some of the special election glow
One day after a Quinnipiac poll showed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's potential Republican challengers struggling to gain name recognition, Representative Bob Turner announced his first television ad of the campaign. The 30-second spot features some ...
Long Pledges To Support GOP Nominee
...candidate on the GOP line, she’d likely split the vote and end up killing any chance for the Republicans to defeat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Long is an attorney though, and if she lost the GOP primary, the Conservative party could nominate her for a ju
Bob Turner Hits Airwaves In Senate Primary
...Rep. Bob Turner is out with his first television ad in the race to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, taking aim at the Democratic senator and President Obama without mentioning either of his two fellow Republican challengers. The ad features various news
Bob Turner Hits Airwaves In Senate Primary
...Rep. Bob Turner is out with his first television ad in the race to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, taking aim at the Democratic senator and President Obama without mentioning either of his two fellow Republican challengers. The ad features various news
Turner Slams Gillibrand in New Ad
...Javascript is enabled in your browser's preferences. U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, currently the leading candidate to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November, released a new campaign ad Thursday morning. Check out Turner's ad above and tell us what you thin
Poll: Obama leads in NY, Catholic voters split
...State's Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, who's rumored to be a potential 2016 presidential contender, and high marks for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who's running to keep her seat this year. For Thursday's survey, Quinnipiac interviewed 1,504 New York St
USDA deputy secretary visits
...people attended the Thursdays discussion. Merrigan said she made a stop in Rochester to talk about the program because Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been very supportive of the Farm to School program and let her know that people were interested in it in R
Are Kirsten Gillibrand and John Boehner's Deleted Tweets Off Limits?
...tweet: "We need to delete excessive govt regulations, spending-driven debt, & tax hikes that hurt #smallbiz #4jobs" Or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's "Disappointed w/@SpeakerBohener's comments on student loans today. Congress must act to stop rates from doub
U.S. Senator Urges USDA to Issue Federal Disaster Areas
Albany, NY - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants the USDA to declare 34 New York counties as federal disaster areas following the spring freeze. Officials say the spring frost damaged more than three million acres of farmland in the state, including here
Q Poll: Republican U.S. Senate candidates trail Gillibrand in head-to-head matchups
The three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate will try and persuade GOP voters leading up to the June 26 primary that they are the best person to challenge U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in the general election. But a new Quinnipiac University .
June 20 Congressional Women's Softball Game To Benefit Young Survival Coalition
The game was founded in 2009 by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a young breast cancer survivor herself. Now in its fourth year, the game continues to emphasize the player's bi ...
It's still Gillibrand versus three almost equally unknown Republicans
Whichever Republican candidate emerges from a primary to face Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will have to work on name recognition, fast: A new Quinnipiac poll released this morning shows Gillibrand trouncing all three of her little-known challengers by a 2-to
Prescription drug abuse — Senate measure will help
Manchin was joined by Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in introducing the amendment. It passed the Senate unanimously in a rare showing of bipartisanship in Washington.
Norquist hits Turner on tax comments
...deficit reduction. Rep. Bob Turner, a Queens Republican who is one of three people vying for the GOP nod to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, told Liz Benjamin in a televised interview that to deal with the federal deficit, lawmakers should look at “wh
New Yorkers want minimum wage increase, give Cuomo highest approval rating ever: poll
...of the developmentally disabled under state care -- a proposal some advocates have criticized for lacking independence. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is riding high with a 60-22 percent approval rating as she seeks her first full six-year term and lead
Here And Now, Q Poll Edition
...should be made public. (Union households are divided, 49-49, but all other groups are in support). Good news for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Her approval rating is 60-22 – matching her best Q poll score to date – and she defeats any of her three would-
Poll: New Yorkers give Cuomo and Gillibrand high marks
...released earlier this year. The Quinnipiac University survey also indicates that 60% of New York State voters give Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a thumbs up, matching her best approval rating in Quinnipiac polling. The survey indicates that the Democratic sen
June 20 Congressional Women's Softball Game To Benefit Young Survival Coalition
...unique needs facing young women diagnosed with this disease. The game was founded in 2009 by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a young breast cancer survivor herself. Now in its fourth y
Job Market Unkind To Dick Wadhams?
...were premature. Sometime after he get on board with Wendy Long in New York's GOP Senate primary, a potential challenger for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. After the triumph of his victory in South Dakota in the election of Sen. John Thune in 2004, and his leg
Finding The Silver Lining in the Latest Q Poll
...County Comptroller George Maragos’ 24 percent and businesswoman Wendy Long’s 24 percent. Only downside was incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand trounced the entire field, beating Turner, Maragos and Long more than 2:1,pollsters found. The number of vot
Spinning The Q Poll, US Senate Edition
...morning’s Q poll, despite the fact that it found both of them trailing their general election target – Democratic US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand – by a very wide margin. According to the poll, Gillibrand would defeat Turner 56-26, and Long 58-24. The
Poll: New Yorkers give Cuomo and Gillibrand high marks
The Quinnipiac University survey also indicates that 60% of New York State voters give Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a thumbs up, matching her best approval rating in Quinnipiac polling. The survey indicates that the Democratic senator tops any of the ...
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