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Brian Higgins, a Democrat, has represented the 27th Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Bio 2.1 Congressional career 2.1.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Bio

Higgins was born October 6, 1959 in Buffalo, New York. He received his undergraduate and graduate education at Buffalo State College, studying political science and history. In 1995, he was awarded the inaugural Western New York Harvard Graduate fellowship, and one year later earned a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Prior to being elected to Congress, Higgins served served three two-year terms as the South District Councilman on the Buffalo Common Council from 1988-1994. In 1993, during his final year on the Council, Brian was rated "Buffalo's Best Lawmaker" in a 1993 Buffalo News Survey of Western New York business and community leaders. After that, Brian served on the 145th Assemblyman in the New York Assembly from 1999-2004. [1]

Congressional career

His biggest accomplishment since being elected to Congress is securing $279 million over 50 years for Erie County's various governments and agencies from New York Power Authority as part of the Niagara Falls Relicensing Agreement.[2]

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Michael J. McHale to face Higgins in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [3] Higgins retained his seat.

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Man O' Trees	$ 17,500
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$ 10,000
Honeywell International	$ 9,500
Gernatt Asphalt Products	$ 8,400
Try-It Distributing	$ 7,000
Catholic Health System	$ 6,550
Boilermakers Union	$ 6,000
Clark Patterson Lee	$ 6,000
Collins, Collins & Maxwell	$ 6,000
National Assn of Letter Carriers	$ 5,500
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Brian Higgins from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Brian Higgins from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Brian Higgins from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Brian Higgins from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
  • Subcommittee on National Security and International Relations

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

• House Committee on Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Resources
  • Subcommittee on National Security Emerging Threats and International Relations
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

More Background Data

• Background information on Brian Higgins from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Brian Higgins from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Brian Higgins from the Washington Post database

• Information on Brian Higgins from Congress Merge

Wikipedia also has an article on Brian Higgins. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
2459 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3306 Fax: 202-226-0347 Webform email
District offices
Larkin Building, 726 Exchange Street, Suite 601, Buffalo, NY 14210 Ph: 716-852-3501 Fax: (none entered) Fenton Building, Suite 300, 2 East Second Street, Jamestown, NY 14701 Ph: 716 484-0729 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

• Official website
• Campaign website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database
• Gur, "The Phattest Bubble You've Ever Seen?", Room Eight, May 12, 2006.
• Gur, "What Part Of "You Will Pimp My Pay to $168K" Did You Not Understand?", Room Eight, June 30, 2006.
• Congressional Wire, "Earth to Congress - Come In!", Room Eight, July 11, 2006.
• Gur, "Why Bother?", Room Eight, July 12, 2006.
• Congress Wire, "How People's Ears Get Marked", Room Eight, August 17, 2006.

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Simply Left Behind
• Buffalo Geek

Semantic data (Edit data)

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