Just one day after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced that House Republicans would take action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging GOP leadership not to waste taxpayer resources to defend the unconstitutional law. Gillibrand, in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), said Congress should [...]
As she tries to shore up support for her election bid, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has reportedly received the backing of one of the country’s most powerful Democrats. Former President Bill Clinton is supporting Gillibrand’s election, according to the Daily News. The paper cites a Clinton aide, who says the former president thinks Gillibrand is doing [...]
They were composed together at a Haiti vigil in Midtown Wednesday evening. But otherwise, it’s grown increasingly contentious between Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Harold Ford Junior, the former Tennessee Congressman who, so far, is only eyeing her seat. Mostly, the rumbling is done by surrogates and allies. For Gillibrand, a Los Angeles film company that [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public’s opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor’s historic low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. Gillibrand, a little-known second-term congresswoman before Paterson named [...]
CSEA, the state’s largest public employees union, has endorsed Kirsten Gillibrand for the U.S. Senate in 2010. “We are proud to make this announcement now and without any reservation because we know Sen. Gillibrand will continue to serve New Yorkers well,” said CSEA President Danny Donohue in a statement released Thursday. The Public Employees Federation, [...]
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she opposes a Senate measure that would give people the right to carry concealed weapons across state lines as long as they obey the concealed gun laws of the state they are visiting. Gillibrand, a Democrat, says it is “wrong for the federal government to overrule a state’s ability [...]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand raised nearly $1 million more than her likely Democratic primary challenger in the recent fundraising quarter. The New York Democrat says she has raised more than $1.5 million and has more than $3.2 million in cash. New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s campaign says she has raised $577,000 and has about $1.7 million [...]
To hear Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s critics tell the story, she went from darling to detractor of the gun lobby overnight, once Gov. David A. Paterson plucked her from a conservative U.S. House seat to be New York’s junior senator in January. But as sharp as Mrs. Gillibrand’s turn has been — she won a [...]
Efforts by the White House and Sen. Chuck Schumer to prevent a Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand next year appear to be failing. Despite their success in getting Rep. Steve Israel to say he won’t challenge Gillibrand, four other Democrats are preparing to run. Gillibrand, a 42-year-old attorney elected to the House twice [...]
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said Sunday evening she would support development of Native American casinos in Sullivan County, provided concerns are addressed, specifically traffic on Route 17. Listen to the broadcast here Source: Public Broadcasting
