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== External links ==
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*[http://maloney.house.gov/ U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney] '''official House site'''
*[http://maloney.house.gov/ U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney] '''official U.S. House site'''
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*[http://www.carolynmaloney.com/ Carolyn Maloney for Congress] '''official campaign site'''
*{{CongBio|m000087}}
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*[http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/H2NY14037 Federal Election Commission — Carolyn B. Maloney] campaign finance reports and data
*[http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/H2NY14037 Federal Election Commission — Carolyn B. Maloney] campaign finance reports and data
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*[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H2681103 Project Vote Smart — Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (NY)] profile
*[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H2681103 Project Vote Smart — Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (NY)] profile
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000087/ Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Carolyn B. Maloney] voting record
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000087/ Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Carolyn B. Maloney] voting record
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*[http://www.carolynmaloney.com/ Carolyn Maloney for Congress] '''official campaign site'''
*[http://maloney.house.gov/documents/reproductivechoice/033006CPCbill.pdf Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act] text of bill introduced by Maloney
*[http://maloney.house.gov/documents/reproductivechoice/033006CPCbill.pdf Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act] text of bill introduced by Maloney
*[http://www.the504democraticclub.org/questionnaire_2006_congressional_maloney.html 504 Democratic Club — Carolyn B. Maloney] 2006 congressional screening questionnaire response
*[http://www.the504democraticclub.org/questionnaire_2006_congressional_maloney.html 504 Democratic Club — Carolyn B. Maloney] 2006 congressional screening questionnaire response

Revision as of 10:28, 31 August 2008

Carolyn Maloney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 14th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 1993
Preceded byS. William Green
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseClifton Maloney
Residence(s)Manhattan, New York City, New York
Alma materGreensboro College
Occupationhigh school teacher

Carolyn Bosher Maloney (born February 19, 1948) is a New York Democrat serving in the United States House of Representatives for New York's 14th congressional district (map) since 1993. This district, popularly known as the "silk stocking district", includes most of Manhattan's East Side; Astoria and Long Island City in Queens; and Roosevelt Island. She is married to Clifton Maloney, and they have two daughters, Christina and Virginia. They have lived on East 92nd Street in Manhattan for many years. She serves on the board of The Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, both in New York City.

Early life

Maloney was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Greensboro College. In 1970, she visited New York City and decided to stay.

Political career

Maloney was elected to the New York City Council in 1982 and served as a Councilmember for 10 years. On the Council, she served as the first Chair of the Committee on Contracts, investigating contracts issued by New York City in sludge and other areas. She authored legislation creating the City's Vendex program, which established computerized systems tracking information on City contracts and vendors doing business with the City [1]. Maloney also introduced the first measure in New York to recognize domestic partnerships, including those of same-sex couples [2]. She was the first person to give birth while serving as a City Councilmember [3].

In 1992, Maloney was elected to the House of Representatives, defeating a 15-year incumbent, moderate Republican Bill Green, in a victory considered an upset; Maloney was dramatically outspent. She is the first woman ever to represent the district, and has been re-elected seven times. She faced significant opposition from Republican City Councilman Charles Millard in 1994[4], the year of a Republican tidal wave in the midterm congressional elections. Maloney defeated Millard, and since then has been re-elected easily. The 14th and its predecessors had been one of the few districts in the city where Republicans usually did well; in fact, they held the seat for all but eight of the 56 years between 1937 and Maloney's victory. Following Maloney's win, Republicans continued to hold most of the State Senate, Assembly, and City Council seats on Manhattan's East Side for nearly another decade. Since 2002, the Democrats have dominated the area, and now hold all of Manhattan's seats in the New York State Legislature and on the City Council[5].

In 2004 she faced a potential Democratic primary challenge from Bob Jereski. Jereski opposed the Iraq War while Maloney had initially voted for the resolution to authorize force; she later forcefully renounced the war, including most memorably at a town hall meeting in her district [6]with antiwar Congressman John Murtha. However, Jereski didn't qualify because his petition was found to have invalid signatures, leaving him 4 short of the 1250 required. After reports of corruption among military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maloney later secured passage through the House of her bill to create a database to better monitor all federal contracts[7] [8].

Maloney received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.

In Congress, Maloney serves on the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Joint Economic Committee, and was previously the Chair of the Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security. On December 19, 2006, Maloney was named Vice Chairwoman of the Joint Economic Committee for the 110th Congress. The Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Maloney introduced the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights in the 110th Congress, a measure that drew praise from editorial boards and consumer advocates [9] [10].

Days after voting against cancellation of a $1 billion, 10-year subsidy plan for U.S. sugar farmers within the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill, Maloney hosted a fundraising event that netted $9,500 in contributions from sugar growers and refiners, according to Federal Election Commission records. Maloney's election attorney, Andrew Tulloch, called the timing of the 31 July fundraiser a "pure coincidence." The bill passed the House by a 282-144 vote. [11]

Maloney has been active on issues involving women, children and families. A former Co-Chair of the House Caucus on Women's Issues, she authored and helped secure the enactment into law of a measure to provide federal funding to clear the backlog of rape kits for which evidence had been collected, but never entered into law enforcement DNA databases. It was called "the most important anti-rape legislation ever considered by Congress" by the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network [12]. Maloney's bill, included in the "Justice for All Act of 2005", was named in honor of Debbie Smith, a rape survivor; the effort to enact it was later the subject of a Lifetime Television movie, "A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story" [13].

In 2008, Maloney authored and secured passage through the House of a bill to provide four weeks of paid parental leave to federal employees [14]. She has also authored and introduced the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act that would expand the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act to include couples in domestic partnerships, civil unions, and same-sex marriages [15].

In 2008, Maloney published a book on women's issues entitled "Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier -- and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters" [16]. In the book, Maloney argues that progress for women has stalled and offers recommendations for resuming their advance toward full equality [17].

Maloney appeared on The Colbert Report in the Better Know a District segment on July 29, 2008, speaking about women's issues.

Committee assignments

Notes

  1. ^ Lyall, Sarah, "Two Run on Record in Silk Stocking District", New York Times, October 25, 1992[1]
  2. ^ Lee, Felicia R., "Bill Would Give Unwed Couples Equal Benefits", New York Times, November 21, 1990[2]
  3. ^ National Women's Political Caucus[3]
  4. ^ "The 1994 Election: New York State; New York Congressional Results", New York Times, November 9, 1994[4]
  5. ^ Sargent, Greg and Benson, Josh, "Here's One Place GOP Curled Up: Our Fair Island," New York Observer, November 17, 2002[5]
  6. ^ Smith, Chad, "After Supporting War, Maloney Calls for Pullout", The Villager, April 12-18, 2006[6]
  7. ^ "Tracking the Spoils of the Private Sector", New York Times editorial, April 27, 2008[7]
  8. ^ Newell, Elizabeth, "House Passes Three Contracting Bills," Governmentexecutive.com, April 23, 2008[8]
  9. ^ "Plastic Card Tricks", New York Times editorial, March 29, 2008[9]
  10. ^ "The Fed Aims at Credit Cards", New York Times editorial, May 3, 2008[10]
  11. ^ Morgan, Dan, "Sugar Industry Expands Influence", Washington Post, November 2, 2007[11]
  12. ^ "Fighting Sexual Violence with DNA", Rape Abuse and Incest National Network[12]
  13. ^ "A Life Interrupted", Lifetime Television[13]
  14. ^ Baribeau, Simone, "Paid Parental Leave Passes House, But Faces Veto Threat", Washington Post, June 20, 2008[14]
  15. ^ Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, H.R. 2792, 110th Congress[15]
  16. ^ Maloney, Carolyn B., Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier -- And How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters, (New York: Rodale, 2008)[16]
  17. ^ Rodrigues, Vivianne, "U.S. Women Far From Equality, Lawmaker's Book Says", Reuters, June 25, 2008[17]
  • U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney official U.S. House site
  • Carolyn Maloney for Congress official campaign site
  • United States Congress. "Carolyn Maloney (id: m000087)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Federal Election Commission — Carolyn B. Maloney campaign finance reports and data
  • On the Issues — Carolyn Maloney issue positions and quotes
  • OpenSecrets.org — Carolyn B. Maloney campaign contributions
  • Project Vote Smart — Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) profile
  • Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Carolyn B. Maloney voting record
  • Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act text of bill introduced by Maloney
  • 504 Democratic Club — Carolyn B. Maloney 2006 congressional screening questionnaire response
  • 504 Democratic Club — Carolyn B. Maloney 2008 congressional screening questionnaire response


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Preceded by New York City Council, 8th District
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Preceded by New York City Council, 4th District
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