Kirsten Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand is a Democratic politician from New York's 20th District. Check back for more coverage of Kirsten Gillibrand, congressional elections and New York senators and representatives.

 
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With this week's release of the Senate's health care reform bill, the timing couldn't have been better for BlogHer's chat with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Women bloggers discussed the new bill, as well as Stupak, breastfeeding, and even childhood obesity and food safety. You can listen to the audio: You can also read the transcript: **start transcript** Nancy Watzman: Welcome everyone. I'm Nancy Watzman of the Sunlight Foundation representing BlogHer Today and their Community Journalism Initiative on Healthcare Policy. The sunlight foundation is a non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to using the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. As CEO, Lisa ... Read Full Story
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The Human Rights Campaign has officially endorsed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in her 2010 re-election bid: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s record for the LGBT community includes: -Support of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples -Helping lead efforts to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of the U.S. military. At Sen. Gillibrand's urging, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced it would hold the first hearing on the policy in 15 years -Cosponsor of the fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) -Cosponsored and voted for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -Supports full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage ... Read Full Story
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The Human Rights Campaign has officially endorsed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in her 2010 re-election bid: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s record for the LGBT community includes: -Support of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples -Helping lead efforts to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of the U.S. military. At Sen. Gillibrand's urging, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced it would hold the first hearing on the policy in 15 years -Cosponsor of the fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) -Cosponsored and voted for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -Supports full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage ... Read Full Story
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New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and the junior senator he appointed is stuck in the middle. Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (KEHR'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor's low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who plucked her from obscurity to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. Gillibrand is unique among New York Democrats because she can't easily distance herself from Paterson. Other Democrats are already doing so in the state Legislature, Congress and even the White House. National Democrats are eyeing the 2010 races nervously. In the Senate, they have only the 60 votes needed to ... Read Full Story
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Meet U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who recently argued on the Senate floor against what she described as discriminatory practices in health care coverage of women: "According to the data compiled by the National Women's Law Center, under the current system, a 25-year-old woman pays up to 45 percent more for the same or identical coverage. Some of the most essential services required by women are not covered by most insurance plans, such as child-bearing, pap smears or mammograms." (Quote begins at 0:22 in the video below.) You're invited to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis to join us when BlogHer moderates a ... Read Full Story
With this week's release of the Senate's health care reform bill, the timing couldn't have been better for BlogHer's chat with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Women bloggers discussed the new bill, as well as Stupak, breastfeeding, and even childhood obesity and food safety. You can listen to the audio:  
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When Kirsten Gillibrand was selected to fill Hillary Clinton’s remaining term as US Senator from New York, some questioned the depth of her commitment to equality. A blue-dog upstate Democrat, she had previously spoken more favorably of civil unions. But it appears that her commitment was not just of the ‘promises in public’ variety. [...]  
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Current New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand leads in polls against former governor George Pataki by a small margin, according to a Rasmussen poll released on Thursday.  
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has put LGBT issues on the top of her "to-do" list as she works to shore up her liberal credentials, has placed personal phone calls to on-the-fence Democratic state senators in hopes of getting them to vote "yes" on gay marriage. Gillibrand's office confirmed calls had been made, but refused to say who the recipients had been or if anyone had specifically asked the junior senator to weigh in. "She made calls...  
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is joining the fight to fund an electric car manufacturing facility in the Syracuse area. Gillibrand is urging the Department of Energy to approve a loan for the company that plans to build the REVA electric cars.  
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