Government Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand

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1 government

1.1 campaign finance
1.2 ethics
1.3 transparency





government
campaign finance

senator gillibrand opposed supreme court decision in citizens united , supports disclose act.


ethics

senator gillibrand made ethics central theme of campaign in 2010, outlining 4-part plan reform:



make federal funding requests transparent

an earmark database


reduce corporate special interest influence on elections

if corporation wants run advertisement during political campaign, ceo have appear @ end of ad , approve message.
if advocacy organization behind ad, head of organization, , whoever funding ad have appear in ad , approve it. have list top 5 funders paying ad.
foreign-owned companies banned spending unlimited sums of money through u.s.-based subsidiaries.
no company government contracts on $50,000 spend money on elections, , no company taking taxpayer-funded assistance, such tarp money, spend money on elections.


end automatic congressional pay raises
ban anonymous holds on legislation

transparency

gillibrand s office has published sunlight report since began tenure member of house. document compiles financial report meetings , earmark requests. pledged house member accept no lobbyist gifts. in may 2010 cosponsored earmark transparency act of 2010, require hosting of earmark requests online , limit discussion on requests until posted.








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