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  1. Aug 28, 2019 · Kirsten Gillibrand: Everything you need to know about the former 2020 presidential candidate. Her campaign struggled to gain traction from the start. She dropped out Aug. 28.

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  2. Jan 20, 2023 · Jan. 20, 2023. Ending months of speculation about her future, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a liberal Democrat from upstate New York, announced in recent days that she would seek a third full...

    • Campaign Finance: Overturn Citizens United. Refuse Corporate Pac donations.
    • Trade: Renegotiate NAFTA.
    • Afghanistan and Syria: Withdraw from Afghanistan. Do Not Arm Syrian Rebels.
    • Saudi Arabia: End U.S. Support of Action in Yemen.

    Gillibrand would reverse the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allowed for nearly unlimited campaign contributions from corporate and non-profit organizations. She supportsa constitutional amendment to change the law. The New York senator is also among several prominent Democrats who have pledgedto not accept donations from corporate Poli...

    The New York senator would like to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. She agrees with President Donald Trump about ending a system of tribunals that resolve trade differences. But she would like tosee more environmental protections and more gains for dairy farmers who trade goods with Canada.

    For years, Gillibrand has pushed for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. She has opposed efforts to arm Syrian rebels and she slammed the airstrikes ordered against Syria in the spring of 2018, saying that Trump did not have the authority to order them. Gillibrand also arguedthat President Barack Obama did not have authority to send U.S. troops to Sy...

    Gillibrand co-sponsored legislation that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led conflict in Yemen. She has written that Saudi Arabia is using American weapons to “terrorize Yemeni civilians.” In regards to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Gillibrand wrote that the U.S. should hold “the Saudi government to account.” It is not clear where ...

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  4. Aug 28, 2019 · August 28, 2019, 4:24 pm. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., made her run official in a video in March. Demonstrating her will to take on the president, Gillibrand ended her video with an announcement that her first major speech as a presidential candidate would take place outside of the Trump International Hotel in New York City on March 24.

  5. Jun 27, 2021 · Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has a large whiteboard in her office displaying the name of every U.S. senator and whether they support the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, a...

  6. As New York’s junior senator, Gillibrand had kept head down in recent years — picking unglamorous and thorny legislative battles, rarely courting headlines and inspiring skeptics to tag her as a...

  7. Apr 10, 2019 · Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Tuesday that her comments that former President Bill Clinton should have resigned amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal did not cost her the close relationship she had...