Jeff Russell was nominated

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What's New
Libertarian Jeff Russell To Run Against Sen. Hilary Clinton
By Matthew Dailey

At the Libertarian Party of New York's April 29th convention, Libertarian Jeff Russell was nominated as the official Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate. Russell will likely face Democratic incumbent, Sen. Hilary Clinton as well as Republican John Spencer in the general election.

Russell is retired and lives in Clifton Park, New York. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 1980. For several years, Russell was chairman of the Capital District chapter of the Libertarian Party of New York. He has also served as a representative on the LPNY State Committee and as a delegate to several national conventions.

Russell said that he decided to enter the U.S. Senate race because he has been very disturbed by the positions that Senator Clinton has taken on many issues in her first term in office. More specifically, it was Senator Clinton's support for the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, and the Department of Homeland Security, that spurred Russell to oppose Clinton in the U.S. Senate race

Russell will make the focus of his campaign the repeal the Patriot Act, the withdrawal U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible, and the elimination of the Department of Homeland Security.

Russell also opposes the NSA warrantless wiretapping program, as it concentrates too much power within the federal government.

Federal law enforcement can effectively fight terrorism without the use of the Patriot Act and warrantless wiretapping, which infringes on our civil liberties, Russell believes.

Russell will be one of the speakers during the Marijuana March, a pro-legalization rally, that will be held in New York City on Saturday, May 6th. He will also attend the Taste of Freedom event in Buffalo, New York on June 3rd. Taste of Freedom is an annual fundraising event that is organized by Free Buffalo, a free-market think-tank.

http://www.lp.org/fp/printer_332.shtml

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Clinton foe delivers hate rant

WASHINGTON - A furious fund-raising letter for Republican John Spencer rips into Sen. Hillary Clinton for her "backstabbing," "lack of morals" and "unbridled ambition."

Spencer's letter even compared his challenge to the Democrat Clinton as a battle between good and evil.

The letter from the former Yonkers mayor became public when his campaign inadvertently sent it to Clinton ally Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens).

Spencer is vying with K.T. McFarland of Manhattan for the GOP nomination.

In his eight-page letter to "fellow conservatives," Spencer laced into Clinton for her "extreme liberalism. ... Her backstabbing character assassinations. ... Her frightening lack of morals and ethics."

Said Weiner, "This guy is one fry short of a Happy Meal."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...p-343862c.html

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first 20 Bills, Resolutions listed

1. S.CON.RES.39 : A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress on the Purple Heart.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Armed Services; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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2. S.CON.RES.44 : A concurrent resolution permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor Constantino Brumidi on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/30/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/30/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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3. S.RES.52 : A resolution honoring Shirley Chisholm for her service to the Nation and expressing condolences to her family, friends, and supporters on her death.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2005 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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4. S.140 : A bill to provide for a domestic defense fund to improve the Nation's homeland defense, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/24/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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5. S.211 : A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/31/2005) Cosponsors (38)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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6. S.272 : A bill to designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/3/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 109-34
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2005 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R.539, which became Public Law 109-118 on 12/1/2005.

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7. S.450 : A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified paper record, to improve provisional balloting, to impose additional requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/17/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/17/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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8. S.490 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to work with the State of New York to ensure that a segment of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, is designated as the "Amo Houghton Bypass".
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/2/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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9. S.810 : A bill to regulate the transmission of personally identifiable information to foreign affiliates and subcontractors.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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10. S.816 : A bill to establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator in the Department of Homeland Security.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/15/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/15/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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11. S.841 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/19/2005) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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12. S.844 : A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/19/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

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13. S.968 : A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that spouses of Federal public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, may remarry and continue to receive a survivor annuity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2005 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

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14. S.970 : A bill to establish the African Burial Ground National Historic Site and the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum in New York, New York, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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15. S.985 : A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/10/2005) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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16. S.1024 : A bill to revitalize suburban communities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/12/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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17. S.1028 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the protection of members of the Armed Forces and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/12/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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18. S.1104 : A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to cover certain legal immigrants under the medicaid and State children's health insurance programs.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/23/2005) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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19. S.1116 : A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for mental health screening and treatment services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/25/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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20. S.1134 : A bill to express the sense of Congress on women in combat.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/26/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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[tronix75]

I only thing I can make of all that is Hillary sure likes to spend our money on some very questonable things, not to mention all the trees that had to die for her to print all that drivil.
I don't see anything that she's proposed to reduce the size of government and the pork.

I only thing I can make of all that is Hillary sure likes to spend our money on some very questionable things, not to mention all the trees that had to die for her to print all that drivel.
I don't see anything that she's proposed to reduce the size of government. So what good is she?

[WNYresident]

Did she acutally sponser anything that would make NYS competative economicly wise against the other states in the USA?

Couldn't she sponser anything that could of cut spending?

[tronix75]

No, but she never fails to show up for photo ops while taxpayer money is being handed out to her supporters.

[steven]

No, but she never fails to show up for photo ops while taxpayer money is being handed out to her supporters.

and the candidate you endorse is doing so much more?

No offence but you have to support someone just snipping at everyone is kinda of pointless.