Sworn In For New Term, Gillibrand Announces New Reform Strategy To Bring Transparency And Accountability To Washington

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Gillibrand to Focus on Reforming Senate Through Filibuster Reform, Earmark Transparency, Ending Anonymous Holds and Automatic Congressional Pay Raises

After earning 63 percent of the vote and being sworn in for a new two year term in the United States Senate this week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a new strategy to promote transparency and accountability in the new Congress. With a mandate from New Yorkers for action to create jobs and foster economic growth, Senator Gillibrand is planning an aggressive legislative agenda to change the way business is done in Washington by reforming the filibuster, bringing new transparency to the earmark process, banning anonymous holds, and ending automatic pay raises for Members of Congress.

"This election was not a mandate for any one party, but a mandate for action that creates jobs. All New Yorkers and all Americans want this Congress to get to work right away on real solutions that will create good-paying jobs and get our economy growing," Senator Gillibrand said. "We can't afford more of the same partisan fighting that wastes taxpayer time, slows our economic recovery and costs us jobs. It's time now to get serious about fixing our economy for the long term and getting New Yorkers back to work, and it starts by bringing real transparency and accountability to the legislative process to ensure our government is focused on the people's business, not partisan politics."

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