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    Between caring for two sons and maintaining a loving relationship with her husband, Kirsten Gillibrand has been the senator of New York since 2009. Her extensive education and experience has molded her into a driven full-time politician, as she graduated from Emma Willard School in Troy, New York in 1984 and attended Dartmouth College til 1988. Then, Gillibrand earned her law degree from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1991. At first, she worked as a law clerk on the United

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    List of my representatives The two senators who represents NY are Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand. They both belongs to democratic party. According to Vivian in the New York Times article, “Chuck Schumer wins 4th term in senate” published November 8, 2016, stated that Senator Charles has serve the senatorial position for four terms. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has served as a senator for 3 years. According to bioguide, in the article ‘senate years of service’, says “her

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    Kirsten Gillibrand presents herself as a person who wants to get her point across and someone that is serious about their job. She always has a goal and tries to work toward that goal to achieve and make things better for the community. Kirsten does a lot of campaign ads to get her point across and to ensure the people that she is trying her best to help them. Her campaign ads are usually videos she uses so help get a point across. One of the campaign ads I saw was a video called “Made in America”

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    College Part One 1. a. US Senators: Kirsten E. Gillibrand & Charles E. Schumer (United States Senate, n.d.) b. House Representative: Nita Lowey (U.S. House of Represenatatives, n.d.) c. Governor: Andrew Cuomo (New York State, n.d.) d. Assembly Member: Ellen Jaffee (New York State Assembly, n.d.) 2. Each elected official is a Democrat. 3. I am in the 17th voting district in New York. (U.S. House of Representatives, n.d.) 4. a. Kirsten E. Gillibrand: i. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition

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    Trump v. Hilary: Finding Clarity in the Chaos As a barely twenty-year-old junior at a sheltered private college, I have to confess that it’s been very hard to conceptualize and realize the severity of the 2016 election. What started off as a race of what seemed like a million different candidates, the polls quickly zoned in on two candidates we could’ve never predicted to be the voting citizens’ final choice. It’s both overwhelming, and simple, deceitful, and truthful – this election seems to be

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    This memo is to provide an institutional analysis of my memorandum on firearm policy while answering the four main questions you provided. First, I will explain how I approached this problem by using frameworks from class. Second, I will analyze how the audience shaped my proposal and whether they are likely to accept what I have outlined. Third, I will explain why my proposal work will achieve the desired outcome while analyzing the mechanisms I considered. Finally, I will provide arguments as to

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    Donald Trump has recently made a decision to sign a travel ban, which bans seven countries from entering the United States in a certain amount of days. The travel ban is a very controversial topic. Many news stations write about it, but show bias either defending it or are against it. The news caster’s are “Fox News,” “New York Times,” and a video of John Kelly all show bias towards a side of the controversy. Fox News shows bias for the travel ban. Fox News uses quotes from many people in favor

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    and reformers nearly 100 years to win suffrage rights for woman” (History dot com). Clinton made a positive affect for woman all around the world because of her twenty-minute speech. Additionally, she also made dreams for woman come true. Kristin Gillibrand who is now a US senator from New York, wrote “she was inspired by Clinton’s speech in 1995 and pursued her dreams of becoming a US senator” (Gillibrnd). The effect of Clinton’s speech made it possible for

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    1. Name: Kirsten Gillibrand 2. Party Affiliation: Democratic party 3. Committees Served on: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Senate Committee on Armed Services Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Special Committee on Aging 4. Four Major Accomplishments: Kirsten passed a permanent extension of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act to guarantee 9/11 sick first responders health coverage. She is prominently known for advocating same-sex marriage

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    still an important part of the country. It is important that we continue to have activists who stand up for what they believe in, in order to get change to occur in the way the government handles certain issues. A lesser known modern activist, Kirsten Gillibrand, is continuing to stand up for what she

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