A strong liberal alternative to Kirsten Gillibrand is running for Senate. Dr. Scott Noren is running on a platform of ending corporate personhood, representing the ideals of the Occupy Wall Street protest, reducing military spending, and creating a nationwide ban on hydrofracking.

Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand refused to take a stand for Americans’ constitutional rights this year, but they’re working hard to defend the integrity of pancake syrup. Seriously, they think that distinguishing between Aunt Jemima and maple syrup is more important than protecting the privacy of American citizens.

A list of the top ten recipients in Congress of money from Bank of America, which just announced that it will eliminate thousands of jobs.

The Republican Party frequently is supposed to be a pro-business party, but what’s most notable about recently introduced pro-business legislation is the total lack of Republican support for it. H.R. 1912 (introduced by David Cicilline in the House) and its counterpart S. 1457 (introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand in the Senate), would shuffle money not to [...]

Eighteen Democrats and one independent from the United States have signed a letter urging the President and the Attorney General to return to a commitment to equality in the United States. The letter asks Attorney General Eric Holder to allow the decision that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is unconstitutional to stand.

Huge numbers of politicians are indebted to a company that makes its profits from the vulnerability of Americans in economic distress. The following are among the biggest recipients of donations from Cash America.

Kirsten Gillibrand won’t speak openly about Afghanistan in her campaign. Jonathan Tasini, on the other hand, is direct and frank about the approach he would take if elected to the U.S. Senate.

The signs declaring that projects in certain areas were funded through stimulus legislation usually include the name of a United States senator or member of the House of Representatives. These signs amount to a form of political campaigning, demonstrating that a member of Congress is able to bring money into constituents’ communities.

Gillibrand’s right wing Blue Dog legislative record doesn’t reflect their progressive values. When powerful political operatives arrange to deprive rank and file Democrats of the right to vote to select their own candidate, what’s the point for New Yorkers in registering as a Democrat?

Kirsten Gillibrand and Carolyn Maloney, two members of the U.S. Congress from New York, are both planning to run for New York’s Senate seat in 2010. Maloney is a long-term congressional veteran with a lot of legislation already under her belt; she was a principal architect of credit card protection earlier this year for example. [...]