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Steve J. Israel (born May 30, 1958) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located on Long Island and includes the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County, part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, and the communities of Huntington, Dix Hills, Melville, Northport, Commack, Brentwood, Central Islip, Bay Shore, Deer Park, North Amityville, and Wyandanch. Israel was tapped by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2012 election cycle, which will make Israel the 5th highest ranking Democrat in the leadership.
Early life, education and career
Israel was born in Brooklyn and graduated from ...
Senators Brian X. Foley (Brentwood) and Craig Johnson (Port Washington), meet with US Rep. Steve Israel during a recent trip to Washington, D.C. , positive
Reps. Israel & Weiner and Gov. Paterson meet with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood outside of the Afghanistan Presidential Palace in Kabul. , positive
Representative Steve Israel remembers how low House Democrats were after getting clobbered in the 2010 elections.
His colleagues were badly dispirited, and saw no hope of returning to power any time soon. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which he now heads, was $20 million in debt. The decennial redistricting loomed and most predictions were that Republican legislatures around the country were going to stick it to Democrats in drawing new maps. Defeated lawmakers would hang up on him or give him a tongue-lashing when he called to encourage them to consider running again. ...
“This is a triumph for working families in Ohio and across the country. Hardworking working men and women built this country and are key to re-igniting the American dream -- today is a victory for them.“Teachers, police officers, firefighters, public employees and working families all across Ohio stood together against Ohio Republicans’ ideological attacks on their right to bargain. We need to make smart decisions about how to reduce the debt, but Ohio voters wouldn’t allow Republicans to balance the budget on the backs of the middle class.
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Democrats are furious about a Republican campaign video that accuses Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) of embracing anti-Semitism in the Occupy Wall Street movement -- and Republicans are not backing down.
The National Republican Congressional Committee sparked the fight Thursday by releasing a hard-hitting web video that focuses only on the uglier aspects of the wide-ranging movement, including some participants who offer various anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
After running one of the more hateful-sounding clips, the video concludes, "Steve Israel Stands With Them."
Israel, the chairman of the ...