Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat for U.S. Senate
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Feb 02
Senate Approves Ban on Insider Trading by Congress
The NY Times
The Senate passed a sweeping new ethics bill on Thursday that would ban insider trading by members of Congress and require prompt disclosure of stock transactions by lawmakers and by thousands of officials in the executive branch of government.
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Feb 02
Equal Representation, A Better America
Kirsten Gillibrand, EMILY's List
2012 marks a momentous year for women in politics. This year, we have the opportunity to rise above the GOP's attempts to set women's rights back and turn 2012 into Women's Historic Year.
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Feb 02
Senators Urge Komen Foundation to Reverse ‘Troubling’ Planned Parenthood Funding Cut
ABC News
Twenty-six Democratic senators today sent a letter to Nancy Brinker, the founder and CEO of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, urging it to reconsider the decision to cut funding from Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for the poor.
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Jan 31
Gillibrand: Congress Must Put Economy First
LoHud.com
Despite a fractured Congress, lawmakers must come together to ensure that people are working and businesses are growing, said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, during a meeting with the Editorial Board of The Journal News and LoHud.com.
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Jan 30
Restoring Americans' Faith In Congress
Kirsten Gillibrand, The Huffington Post
in November, I introduced The STOCK Act in the Senate. This bipartisan common sense legislation would close the insider trading loophole and take the first step in beginning to restore the American people's trust in their elected leaders.
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Jan 30
Hoping to regain public trust, unpopular Congress tries to police itself on inside trading
The AP
“We can start restoring some of the faith that’s been lost in our government by taking this common sense step of making members of Congress play by the exact same rules as everyone else,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
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Jan 22
It's Up To Women To Elect Pro-Choice Candidates in 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand, The Huffington Post
In 2012, it's going to be up to women to make sure the extremist anti-choice policies of the right continue to fail. It's going to be up to women to re-elect Barack Obama and elect a pro-choice Congress.
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Jan 13
Kirsten Gillibrand On New York’s ‘New Digital Future’
NY Politicker
At the ABNY breakfast this morning, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said growing New York’s technology sector is key to improving the state’s economy.
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Jan 05
Sen. Gillibrand visits Hostos Community College in Bronx to discuss food stams & farm bill
NY Daily News
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand outlined her Food Bill goals with U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Bronx/Queens) and addressed concerns about hunger and nutrition in poor Bronx neighborhoods at the Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
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Dec 27
If the feds can’t pass the DREAM Act, New York state must do its part
Kirsten Gillibrand & Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, NY Daily News
It is shameful that Congress can’t even come together to do the bare minimum and pass the DREAM Act, which opens the door to permanent residency through military service and higher education for thousands of immigrant young people.
