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Kirsten Gillibrand

State:New York
Current Office:U.S. Senator 2
Party:Democratic Party

 

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was born and raised in Upstate New York. She graduated magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College in 1988, and received her law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1991 and served as a law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Gillibrand served as Special Counsel to United States Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo during the Clinton Administration. She then worked as an attorney in Upstate New York before becoming a member of Congress. Gillibrand was sworn in as New York's Senator in January 2009 Gillibrand now lives  Hudson with her husband, Jonathan and their two sons, six-year-old Theodore and two-year-old Henry.

 

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Recent Bills

Kirsten Gillibrand is listed as a sponsor or cosponsor of these bills.

Introduced Bill Title
3/29/2012 American Parks American Products Act
3/29/2012 B-CROP Act of 2012
1/24/2012 Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012
12/16/2011 Children's Sleepwear Labeling Act of 2011
12/16/2011 Clean Ports Act of 2011
12/16/2011 Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
12/8/2011 Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2012
11/30/2011 Healthy Food Financing Initiative
11/18/2011 Specialty Crop Insurance Act of 2011

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Committees

  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
    • Subcommittee on Airland
    • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
    • Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Senate Special Committee on Aging
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
    • Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management
    • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
    • Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security

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recon_caveman recon_caveman | Feb 25, 2012 4:23 PM
A government that wants to disarm it's people is a very scarry government.A government that wants to disarm it's people is an out of control government.And people give up freedoms for some security,,deserve nothing
recon_caveman recon_caveman | Feb 25, 2012 3:16 PM
I would just like to let this idiot know and others like her,,,KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OF OUR CONSTITUTION,,,We the people rule the government,not the other way around.Stay away from my guns.What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you scumbags understand.Before going into office,you better read an understand the constitution an the "Bill of Rights".It does read,"We The People",not we the government.

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Democrat Andrew Cuomo is Governor of New York.  Two Democrats represent NYS in the U.S. Senate, and NY has 29 representatives in the U.S. House: 21 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
 
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