WASHINGTON – Congress appears almost certain to cut the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps. For House and Senate lawmakers debating legislation to reauthorize federal agricultural and nutrition programs as part of a five-year farm bill, the choices may be the $4.1 billion in SNAP cuts contained… Read More →
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand just announced on her Twitter account that she plans to vote for former Sen. Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. “After 2 personal convo’s & Sen. Hagel satisfying my concerns today, I will support confirmation & hold him accountable to his commitments.’’ Gillibrand is a member of… Read More →
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday she’s inclined to support Chuck Hagel’s nomination to serve as defense secretary after talking to him about issues of concern to her, including the treatment of gays in the military. Gillibrand’s announcement came 10 days after her New York colleague and fellow Democrat, Sen. Chuck Schumer, urged senators to… Read More →
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says a $50 billion supplemental budget request would be ”inadequate,’’ responding to a report by the New York Times that’s the amount the administration is preparing to ask Congress for in an emergency spending bill to help repair the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. New York and New Jersey… Read More →
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was heavily favored Tuesday to win a full six-year Senate term in her race against Republican attorney Wendy Long. Gillibrand, 45, an attorney from Brunswick near Albany, took 63 percent of the statewide vote two years ago in winning election to the two remaining years of Secretary… Read More →
Thirty-one percent of likely Mitt Romney voters in New York plan to vote for Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the race for U.S. Senate, according to a Marist poll released this evening. Gillibrand led Republican challenger Wendy Long by 44 percentage points, 68 percent to 24 percent, in a survey… Read More →
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s campaign spent $9.36 million in the three months ending Sept. 30, according to the cover pages of her Federal Election Commission report. Gillibrand has raised $15.22 million this election cycle, including $1.4 million in the third quarter. Although she is heavily favored to win a full six-year… Read More →
A television ad began running last week in upstate markets attacking Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the issue of jobs. The 30-second ad, which is a response to Gillibrand’s own ad in which she claims to be working to preserve upstate manucturing jobs, is called “Job Killer.’’ The super PAC… Read More →
Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long attacked Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday for allegedly trying to kill hydraulic fracturing in New York. Long made the accusation at a Syracuse press conference the same day a conservative super PAC began airing a television commercial in upstate cities that attacks Gillibrand for… Read More →
Freshman Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul of Erie County posted three years of her federal income tax returns on the Internet this morning, joining a small but growing number of members of Congress who have taken public transparency to a new level. Hochul is challenging her Republican opponent, former Erie County… Read More →
