 Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) Steve Israel (born May 30, 1958) is an American politician from the state of New York, currently representing the state's 2nd Congressional district (map), in the U.S. House. Image File history File links Steve_Israel. ...
May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
Israel was born in Brooklyn, New York and he graduated from The George Washington University. Israel was elected to the town board in Huntington, New York in 1993. After Rick Lazio left his House seat to run for the United States Senate in 2000, Israel was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat. Israel is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. Steve Israel represents the Second Congressional District of New York, located on Long Island, which includes the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County and part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. It comprises such communities as Huntington, Dix Hills, Melville, Northport, Commack, Brentwood, Central Islip, Bay Shore, Deer Park, North Amityville, and Wyandanch. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...
The George Washington University (GWU) is a private university in Washington, D.C., founded in 1821 as The Columbian College. ...
The Town of Huntington is located in northwestern Suffolk County, New York. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Enrico Anthony Rick Lazio (born March 13, 1958) is a former U.S. Representative from the state of New York. ...
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The Blue Dog Coalition is a group of moderate to conservative Democrats in the United States House of Representatives. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, at 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) the largest island in the continental United States, and with 7. ...
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Nassau County is a county located outside New York City in the state of New York. ...
The Town of Huntington is located in northwestern Suffolk County, New York. ...
Located in western Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island, Dix Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place). ...
Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, roughly half way between Manhattan and The Hamptons. ...
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Commack is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Brentwood is a hamlet ( and census-designated place ) located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Central Islip is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Bay Shore is a census-designated place and hamlet, located in the town of Islip, County of Suffolk, New York. ...
Deer Park is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
North Amityville is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Wyandanch is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Newsday called Israel "rookie of the year" in his first term and later identified him as one of eight "rising stars" nationally. Newsday is a daily tabloid-size newspaper which primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the greater metropolitan area with the separate edition New York Newsday, established in 1985, folded in 1995, and shortly afterward revived. ...
In his first term, Rep. Israel passed more new measures in the House than any other freshman Democrat. He said he was most proud of a bill to accelerate research and treatment of ovarian cancer. He has said his primary interests are national security, healthcare, the environment, and the state of Israel.
In his second term, Rep. Israel was quickly tapped for a leadership position as Assistant Whip. He is one of only two New York Members of Congress to serve on the vitally important House Armed Services Committee (and the only New York Democrat on the committee). He also serves on the House Financial Services Committee, where he is playing a leading role to crackdown on the international financing of terrorism. He is the founder and chair of the Democratic Study Group on National Security, co-chairs the bipartisan House Cancer Caucus and co-chairs the bipartisan Long Island Sound Task Force. In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...
The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ...
In his third term, Rep. Israel was appointed to chair the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Defense and Military, a group of 15 Members of Congress who will outreach to the defense community and advise the House Democratic Leadership on military policy.
In his three terms in Congress, Rep. Israel has secured more that $83 million in federal appropriations to strengthen and expand Long Island’s economy, including: $100 million in defense contracts; $14 million in road improvements; $2.5 million in health and education grants; and $14.5 million in environmental protections. He has also secured over $2 million in back-pay benefits for LI's veterans. Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, at 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) the largest island in the continental United States, and with 7. ...
Israel's district was once one of the most conservative districts in the East. In 2002, however, the district was gerrymandered to Israel's advantage, removing much of the heavily middle-class, Republican south shore neighborhoods and incorporating some of the more liberal and heavily Jewish areas on Long Island's affluent north shore into the district. Today, the 2nd CD is the only one on Long Island where Democrats outnumber Republicans. Redrawing electoral districts in this example creates a guaranteed 3-to-1 advantage for Party 1. ...
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ...
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The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...
Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, at 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) the largest island in the continental United States, and with 7. ...
Steve Israel lives in Dix Hills with his wife, Marlene Budd, who was just elected as a county Family Court judge after having served on the Huntington Town council. He has two daughters, ages 17 and 14, and a miniature schnauzer named Max. Located in western Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island, Dix Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place). ...
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 | New York Congressional Delegation serving in the 109th United States Congress | | Senators | Charles E. Schumer (D), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) | | Representative(s) | Timothy H. Bishop (D), Steve Israel (D), Peter T. King (R), Carolyn McCarthy (D), Gary L. Ackerman (D), Gregory W. Meeks (D), Joseph Crowley (D), Jerrold Nadler (D), Anthony D. Weiner (D), Edolphus Towns (D), Major R. Owens (D), Nydia Velázquez (D), Vito Fossella (R), Carolyn B. Maloney (D), Charles B. Rangel (D), José Serrano (D), Eliot L. Engel (D), Nita M. Lowey (D), Sue W. Kelly (R), John E. Sweeney (R), Michael R. McNulty (D), Maurice D. Hinchey (D), John M. McHugh (R), Sherwood Boehlert (R), James T. Walsh (R), Thomas M. Reynolds (R), Brian Higgins (D), Louise Slaughter (D), Randy Kuhl (R) |
Current Delegations: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY | AS DC GU PR VI Enrico Anthony Rick Lazio (born March 13, 1958) is a former U.S. Representative from the state of New York. ...
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