Gillibrand to be sworn in Tuesday
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand will be sworn in Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden as the newest member of the Senate, according to her spokeswoman Rachel McEneny.
When Gov. David Paterson announced his selection of the two-term attorney from Columbia County on Friday, he said the appointment would be effective Sunday.
But the Senate has its own rules about officially recognizing new members, allowing them to vote and assigning them to committees. Gillibrand won’t be able to carry out those duties until after she’s sworn in.
In the meantime, Gillibrand will meet this afternoon at Oscar’s Restaurant in Manhattan with the governor, Sen. Chuck Schumer and the woman who she will succeed in the Senate, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Tomorrow Gillibrand is sponsoring an economic development forum in Hyde Park with the governor as the keynote speaker. The event was scheduled prior to her appointment.
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If republicans can get their act together in new york
in 2010 they will have a great chance to capitalize
on what is sure to be turmoil in the democratic party
Patterson is demonstrating that his is ill suited for
an executive decision making job…and the new senatar
Gillibrand will most assuredly have a primary from
a pro gun control candidate carolyn mccarthy and
maybe from congressman Israel as well…so given
that the farthest left candidate should win the
democratic primary this is a huge chance for republicans
to capture the center and win the senate seat
as well as the governoship by nominating rudy giuliani
to oppose patterson
Go BlueDogs! I am all for Rep. Gillibrand. The Dems need a little more Conservativism. I was too close to switching parties.
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