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Yvette Clarke, a Democrat, has represented the 11th Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2007.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 1.3 Claims to have graduated from Oberlin 2 Biography 2.1 Congressional career 2.1.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 Resources 7.2 Local blogs and discussion sites 7.3 Articles

Record and controversies

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Iraq War

Environmental record

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

Claims to have graduated from Oberlin

Clarke's 2004 campaign website and 2005 city council biography listed her as having graduated from Oberlin. She did not, however, earn a degree from the institution, though she did attend. Clarke blamed the error on a lapse in memory and not realizing that credits that she had done during her last semester at Medgar Evers College in New York had not transferred back to the Ohio school. [1]

Biography

Clarke was born in New York City in 1964 to parents who had immigrated from the Caribbean prior to her birth. She attended Oberlin College, but did not graduate from the school. [2] In 2001, Clarke was elected to the New York City Council seat that had been occupied by her mother, Una, for the previous 10 years. Before coming to the City Council, Clarke was Director of Business Development for the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation and was the first Director of the Bronx portion of the New York City Empowerment Zone. [3]

While a member of the council, Clarke used her position in city government to speak out on national issues that go well beyond her area of actual jurisdiction. She co-sponsored City Council resolutions that opposed the war in Iraq, criticized the federal Patriot Act and called for a national moratorium on the death penalty. She has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, and has spoken out against budget cuts by Bush and the Republican Congress on the following federal programs: Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Elimination of the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA), the elimination of nutritional food stamp programs and early education services for low-income children and families.[4]

Congressional career

2006 elections

In the 2006 congressional elections, Clarke defeated Republican Stephen Finger to replace Rep. Major Owens, who retired.

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)
National Assn of Realtors	$ 15,000
New York Life Insurance	$ 10,500
Air Line Pilots Assn	$ 10,000
National Education Assn	$ 10,000
Service Employees International Union	$ 10,000
American Assn for Justice	$ 7,500
American Postal Workers Union	$ 7,500
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$ 7,500
Operating Engineers Union	$ 7,500
Patton Boggs LLP	$ 7,350
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 Yvette Clarke 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 Yvette Clarke from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Yvette Clarke from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Yvette Clarke from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
• House Committee on Small Business
  • Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship

More Background Data

Contact

DC office
1029 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-6231 Fax: 202-226-0112 Webform email
District offices
123 Linden Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11226 Ph: 718-287-1142 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

Resources

• Yvette Clarke for Congress, official campaign site.

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Simply Left Behind

Articles

Ben Smith and Celeste Katz, "Pol admits she didn't get degree," New York Daily News, August 24, 2006.

Semantic data (Edit data)

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