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Joseph Crowley, a Democrat, has represented the Seventh Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1998.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 1.3 Support for gun control 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 References 7.2 Resources 7.3 Articles 7.3.1 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

Crowley voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.^[1]

Environmental record

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

Support for gun control

Crowley cosponsored H.R. 1022 (Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2007) on March 7, 2007.^[1]

Main article: U.S. gun legislation

Bio

Crowley was born March 16, 1962 in New York, New York. He graduated from Queens College in 1985. In 1986, he was elected to the New York General Assembly and served until he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998.[[1]]

Congressional career

According to his House biography, "Crowley is using his seat at the leadership table to promote sound policies to improve public education, make healthcare more affordable and protect Social Security for working families in the Bronx and Queens. Congressman Crowley has and will continue to work his colleagues in the Democratic Caucus to promote the Democratic agenda and win back a Democratic House of Representatives in 2006."[2]

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Kevin Brawley to face Crowley in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [3] Crowley 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)
Blackstone Group	$ 32,200
Genworth Financial	$ 20,250
Microsoft Corp	$ 19,750
Right Connection	$ 18,400
FMR Corp	$ 16,050
New York Life Insurance	$ 15,300
AXA	$ 15,100
Oaktree Capital Management	$ 14,000
Oracle Corp	$ 12,800
Bank of America	$ 12,500
National Venture Capital Assn	$ 12,500
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 Joseph Crowley 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 Joseph Crowley from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Joseph Crowley from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Joseph Crowley from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

• Congressional Advisory Board, Humpty Dumpty Institute

Committees

• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
  • Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
  • Subcommittee on Social Security

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Trade
  • Subcommittee on Oversight

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

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
  • Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises
  • Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy Trade and Technology
• House Committee on International Relations
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia
  • Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation

More Background Data

• Background information on Joseph Crowley from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Joseph Crowley from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Joseph Crowley from the Washington Post database

• Information on Joseph Crowley from Congress Merge

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

Contact

DC office
312 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3965 Fax: 202-225-1909 Webform email
District offices
3425 East Tremont Avenue, Suite 1-3 Bronx, NY 10465 Ph: 718-931-1400 Fax: (none entered) 74-09 37th Avenue, Suite 306-B Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Ph: 718-779-1400 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

References

Resources

• Official website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Articles

• 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.

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Simply Left Behind

Semantic data

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