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      <excerpt>...were by his side. Owens also was surrounded by most members of New York&#8217;s congressional delegation, including U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Rep. Peter King, R-Long Island, now one of only two Republicans remaining in New York&#8217;s 29-member House deleg</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today introduced new legislation to provide thousands more young children with federally-funded meals nationwide and improve the quality of those meals.  The Access To Nutritious Meals For Young Children Act would apply to childr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...months, and providing targeted tax relief for businesses of all sizes to free up capital, save and create new jobs. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who co-sponsored the legislation, said cutting taxes for home-buyers and providing assistance to unemployed job </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...20th Congressional District narrowly went to a Democrat, Scott Murphy of Glens Falls. It had previously been held by now-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Greenport Democrat, but was historically solid ground for the GOP. The news isn't all bad for Republicans</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is whether former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani runs for governor or U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Former Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, is also considering a run against Gillibrand. Republican Rick Lazio, a former co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Upstate New York special election. Earlier in the year, Rep. Scott Murphy (D) won a contested race to replace appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) in New York's 20th district, which is based in Albany. Democrats now control 258 seats to 177 for Republi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...by saying 2010 would be a &quot;clear opportunity&quot; to win back the governor's mansion, state Senate and even oust Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand if Republicans and Conservatives stick to a message of fiscal conservatism.  Lazio was an early favorite of state Conser</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...beef and began alerting them to the problem. In all, more than 200,000 households were called, Golub said. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said the Fairbank recall shows the need for tougher meat inspections, particularly for E. coli. Gillibrand also compl</excerpt>
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