Kirsten Gillibrand dossier →

• Sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 18 days silent
  Expected position: As the first Democratic senator to call for Al Franken's resignation over sexual misconduct claims (2017) and a vocal opponent of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination based on sexual assault allegations (2018), Gillibrand had established herself as a leading voice within the party demanding accountability. When multiple women accused Governor Cuomo of sexual harassment in February 2021, she would be expected to apply the same standard. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: When initially asked about the allegations on February 25, 2021, Gillibrand said she had not read the accuser's claims and refused to condemn Cuomo, stating 'everyone has a right to be able to come forward, speak their truth and be heard — and that's true for her and it's also true for Governor Cuomo.' She stopped short of calling for his resignation, despite having demanded Franken's resignation in 2017 after similar allegations. She eventually called the allegations 'completely unacceptable' on March 2, 2021, but still did not demand resignation. During this period, she was actively commenting on other political matters, including the COVID-19 relief bill and infrastructure negotiations. Primary URL: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/25/schumer-gillibrand-wont-condemn-cuomo-sexual-haras/
• other candidates' committees
  Interested donors: Nadler For Congress
  Nadler For Congress (amounts: $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: other candidates' committees
• other / unclassified
  Interested donors: National Thoroughbred Racing Association PAC/Horse PAC, Keystone America PAC, Country Roads PAC, Rev Up PAC, Tzedek PAC, Senate Fight Fund
  National Thoroughbred Racing Association PAC/Horse PAC, Keystone America PAC, Country Roads PAC, Rev Up PAC, Tzedek PAC, Senate Fight Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other / unclassified
• corporate pacs, industry unlisted
  Interested donors: Lseg Us Holdco Inc. PAC, Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States Political Action Committee (Mckinsey PAC)
  Lseg Us Holdco Inc. PAC, Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States Political Action Committee (Mckinsey PAC) (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted
• ideological & single-issue
  Interested donors: Women'S Political Committee Federal, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. PAC, Alliance For Retired Americans Political Action Fund, Tri-State Maxed-Out Women, Los Angeles Women'S Giving Collective PAC, Moms Fed Up, EMILY's List, End Citizens United
  Women'S Political Committee Federal, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. PAC, Alliance For Retired Americans Political Action Fund, Tri-State Maxed-Out Women, Los Angeles Women'S Giving Collective PAC, Moms Fed Up, EMILY's List, End Citizens United (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $9,463 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $8,500 (2024), $7,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $7,200 (2024)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
• colleagues' leadership pacs
  Interested donors: Prairie Political Action Committee, First State PAC, M-PAC, Great Lakes PAC, Holding Onto Oregon'S Priorities, Narragansett Bay PAC, People'S Voice PAC, Forward Together PAC, Follow The North Star Fund, Treasure State PAC, A New Direction PAC, Blue Wave Project, Common Sense Colorado, Lobo PAC, Motor City PAC, Maple PAC, Make It Work PAC, Educate And Innovate PAC, Velvet Hammer PAC, Health Jobs Justice, Defend The Dream, Democracy Action Now PAC, Mitten PAC, Alsopac, Purpose PAC, Turquoise PAC, Common Ground PAC, Pineapple PAC, Perimeter PAC, Hawaii PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, All For Our Country PAC, Granite Values PAC, I Got Your Back PAC, Victory Now PAC, Oceans PAC, Jerry'S Political Action Committee (Jerry'S PAC)
  Prairie Political Action Committee, First State PAC, M-PAC, Great Lakes PAC, Holding Onto Oregon'S Priorities, Narragansett Bay PAC, People'S Voice PAC, Forward Together PAC, Follow The North Star Fund, Treasure State PAC, A New Direction PAC, Blue Wave Project, Common Sense Colorado, Lobo PAC, Motor City PAC, Maple PAC, Make It Work PAC, Educate And Innovate PAC, Velvet Hammer PAC, Health Jobs Justice, Defend The Dream, Democracy Action Now PAC, Mitten PAC, Alsopac, Purpose PAC, Turquoise PAC, Common Ground PAC, Pineapple PAC, Perimeter PAC, Hawaii PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, All For Our Country PAC, Granite Values PAC, I Got Your Back PAC, Victory Now PAC, Oceans PAC, Jerry'S Political Action Committee (Jerry'S PAC) (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $8,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $7,500 (2024), $7,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $7,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs

• S. 2938 ↗ YEA_UNVERIFIED 2022-06-23
  Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — On Passage
  why contradicted?

  [reversal] Gillibrand voted for the most significant federal gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years, including enhanced background checks and anti-trafficking provisions. This vote crystallized her decade-long evolution from a pro-gun House member with an NRA endorsement to a Senate gun-control advocate, representing the same population (New York State) that had shifted politically.
• H.R. 1424 (110th) ↗ NAY 2008-10-03
  Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (TARP) — House final passage
  why contradicted?

  [reversal] As a freshman Blue Dog representing the upstate NY-20 district, Gillibrand voted against the financial-sector bailout — a defining Blue Dog vote that contrasts sharply with her later Senate-era posture as a New York statewide Democrat representing the country's largest financial-services concentration.

No documented broken promises on file.

• reversal SCORE 90
  Gillibrand built her national brand as the Democrat with the highest rate of opposing Trump nominees in 2017, yet in 2025 she confirmed more Trump cabinet picks in three months than she had in Trump's entire first term — including Treasury Secretary, Transportation Secretary, and Interior Secretary. The Revolving Door Project called this a trade of 'resistance for capitulation,' questioning whether her DSCC Chair role has recalibrated her toward accommodating the Trump administration.
• reversal SCORE 90
  Gillibrand moved from praising the NRA and opposing gun restrictions in 2008 as an upstate New York Representative to calling the NRA 'the worst organization in this country' and advocating sweeping gun control as a statewide Senator and presidential candidate in 2019. The reversal tracks with her shift from a conservative rural district to a Democratic-leaning statewide constituency.
• reversal SCORE 90
  Gillibrand's posture on firearms regulation reversed within months of her January 2009 appointment to the Senate — from cosponsoring a bill that would have stripped D.C. of authority to regulate handguns and pre-empted future local gun legislation, to championing federal handgun-trafficking legislation, an assault-weapons ban, and high-capacity-magazine restrictions. Gillibrand has herself acknowledged the reversal on the record, telling CNN in March 2019, 'I didn't do the right thing… I should have cared more about gun violence in other parts of my state or other parts of my country, I just didn't.'
• statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 60
  Gillibrand positions herself as a champion of working families while co-sponsoring a crypto deregulation bill that received $217,000 from crypto industry donors including firms that critics say the GENIUS Act gives competitive advantages over traditional banks. Elizabeth Warren-aligned scholars characterized the bill as a 'giveaway' to the very industry funding her campaign.
• same_source_inconsistency SCORE 30
  Gillibrand opposed the bipartisan shutdown-ending funding deal while simultaneously claiming credit for millions in community project funding that it contained. The Daily Caller reported she voted against the legislation while her office touted the earmarks it delivered — a pattern shared with other New York Democrats. Both accounts come from publicly reported sources.