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Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand ( née Rutnik; [ 1] / ˈkɪərstən ˈdʒɪlɪbrænd / ⓘ KEER-stən JIL-ib-rand; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009.
Aug 28, 2019 · Gillibrand was the first senator to call on former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., to resign after he faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. In an interview with Self Magazine in 2012, she shared that she then had a standing weekly squash date with Franken.
Sep 11, 2019 · What are Kirsten Gillibrand's political successes? She wrote a bipartisan law, the 2012 STOCK Act, that prohibits members of Congress and their families from using non-public information to...
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Jan 18, 2019 · She co-sponsored the “Debt-Free College Act of 2018,” which offers federal matching funds to states to help students pay for two- and four-year public colleges without taking on debt.
Jun 21, 2019 · In late 2017, Gillibrand called for the resignation of then-Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota amid sexual misconduct allegations against him. Gillibrand also has had to defend her...
Jun 26, 2019 · Kirsten Gillibrand is making paid family leave a defining issue in her 2020 run. In 2013, Gillibrand spearheaded a charge to change how sexual assault cases are handled in the military ...
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Aug 29, 2019 · Gillibrand, who championed women and families, railed against a spate of restrictive anti-abortion laws in Republican states, making it a rallying cry for her presidential run. But it still didn...