1. Jerrold Nadler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 10th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded by Edolphus Towns
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by James H. Scheuer
Succeeded by Hakeem Jeffries
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th district
In office
November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by Theodore S. Weiss
Succeeded by Eliot Engel
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 69th, later the 67th district
In office
January 1, 1977 – November 3, 1992
Preceded by Albert H. Blumenthal
Succeeded by Scott Stringer
Jerrold Nadler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler /ˈnædlər/ (born June 13,
1947) is an American attorney and politician who serves as
the U.S. Representative for New York's 10th congressional
district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
After redistricting in 2013, the 10th district now includes the
west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to
Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center
stood. It also includes the Manhattan neighborhoods of
Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, and Greenwich Village, as well as
parts of Brooklyn such as Coney Island, Bensonhurst,
Borough Park, and Bay Ridge. It includes many of New York
City's most popular tourist attractions, including the Statue of
Liberty, New York Stock Exchange, Brooklyn Bridge and
Central Park.[1][2]
Contents
1 Early life, education and early political career
2 New York Assembly
3 U.S. House of Representatives
3.1 Elections
3.2 Tenure
3.3 Committee assignments
3.4 Caucus memberships
4 Personal life
5 References
6 External links
Early life, education and early political
career
Nadler was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He
graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1965[3] (where his
debate team partner was the future philosopher of science
Alexander Rosenberg, and his successful campaign for
student government president was managed by Dick
Morris).[4]
Nadler received his B.A. degree from Columbia University,
where he became a brother of Alpha Epsilon Pi,[5] and his
J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1978.
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2. Personal details
Born Jerrold Lewis Nadler
June 13, 1947
New York City, New York, United
States
Political
party
Democratic
Spouse(s) Joyce Miller
Children Michael Nadler
Residence Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Stuyvesant High School Columbia
University (B.A.) Fordham
University (J.D.)
Occupation Attorney and politician
Religion Judaism
Website nadler.house.gov
(http://nadler.house.gov)
He worked for Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 U.S. presidential
campaign. Nadler became involved in a controversy with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 1995, when
he wanted the release of data concerning a bank for which the
FDIC was then the receiver.
The result of the dispute was a key Second Circuit precedent
on the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to
circumstances in which a public agency possesses "trade
secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from
a person and privileged or confidential".
New York Assembly
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1977
to 1992, sitting in the 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th,
187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures.
In 1985, he ran for Manhattan Borough President. He lost the
Democratic primary to David Dinkins.[6] In the general
election, he ran as the New York Liberal Party nominee, and
was again defeated by Dinkins.
In 1989, he ran for New York City Comptroller. In the Democratic primary, he lost to Kings County D.A.
Elizabeth Holtzman.
He is credited with authoring legislation dealing with domestic violence and child support enforcement, and was
one of the architects of the "Child Support Adjustment Act". Nadler was the only male to be honored as
"Assemblymember of the Year" by the National Organization for Women due to his inclusion on the American
Civil Liberties Unions Annual Honor Roll. It was also during his Assembly years that Nadler honed his expertise
on issues of urban infrastructure.
Nadler founded and chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Mass Transit and Rail Freight.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1992, Ted Weiss was expected to run for re-election in the 8th District, which had been renumbered from the
17th after the 1990 U.S. Census. However, Weiss died a day before the primary election. Nadler was nominated
to replace Weiss. He ran in two elections on Election Day – a special election to serve the rest of Weiss's term,
and a regular election for a full two-year term. He won both handily, and has been re-elected ten times with little
serious competition in one of the most Democratic districts in the country. A Republican has not represented this
district or its predecessors in over a century.[7]
Tenure
Nadler is a member of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary and Transportation and Infrastructure
committees. He is the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and
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3. Nadler giving a press conference with
Nydia Velazquez at the 2017 John F.
Kennedy International Airport protest
Civil Liberties.[8] Despite earlier efforts to bring impeachment charges
against George W. Bush,[9] and more recent requests from fellow
representatives, he did not schedule hearings on impeachments for Bush
or Dick Cheney, saying in 2007 that doing so would be pointless and
would distract from the presidential election.[10] In a July 15, 2008,
Washington Journal interview, Nadler reiterated the timing defense [11]
while stating that Bush had committed impeachable offenses, but that
nothing could be done because the system is "overly political". Ten days
later, following upon submission of Articles of Impeachment by
Representative Dennis Kucinich, the full House Judiciary Committee
held hearings covered solely by C-SPAN [12] regarding the process. A top
Ronald Reagan Justice Department official, Bruce Fein, was among
those testifying for impeachment.
Nadler said in a December 2008 interview that he was interested in the U.S. Senate seat that Hillary Clinton was
planning to resign to become U.S. Secretary of State in the Obama Administration. He cited his opposition to the
war in Iraq, the PATRIOT Act, and the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 as among his principal qualifications.[13]
Nadler has also vowed to re-introduce the Freedom of Choice Act during the Obama administration.[14]
Nadler was unhappy with the passage of the surveillance-reform compromise bill, the FISA Amendments Act of
2008, saying it "abandons the Constitution's protections and insulates lawless behavior from legal scrutiny".[15]
Nadler urged the Attorney General in December 2008 to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Dick
Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and other top Bush officials for violating the law on torturing prisoners in US
custody.[16]
On September 15, 2009, Nadler, along with two other representatives, introduced the Respect for Marriage
Act.[17]
Nadler compared Obama's acceptance of Republican demands to extend Bush-era tax cuts at the highest income
levels to someone being roughed-up by the mob, asserting that the Republicans would only allow the middle
class tax cut if millionaires and billionaires receive a long-term tax cut as well.[18]
In January 2011, Nadler called the new GOP majority's plan to read the Constitution on the House floor
"ritualistic" and complained that it treated the Constitution like "a sacred text" for "propaganda" purposes.[19]
In 2015, Nadler voted to support an agreement to lift economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for Iran's
compliance with the terms of the agreement which called for substantial dismantling and scaling back of their
nuclear program.[20]
Income taxes
Nadler has proposed changing the income tax brackets to reflect different regions and their costs of living, which
would have lowered the tax rate for New Yorkers.[21][22] Nadler has opposed giving tax breaks to high-income
earners, saying that the country cannot afford it.[18]
Occupy Wall Street
Nadler sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. requesting that Holder investigate whether the police
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4. monitoring the Occupy protests had deprived the protestors' Constitutional rights. It was reported that Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City had “ridiculed” Nadler's call for an investigation into police conduct.
Bloomberg suggested he would be able to make the streets safer by getting money for homeland security
instead.[23]
Voting record
Nadler has a liberal voting record in the House. He gained national prominence during the impeachment of Bill
Clinton, when he described the process as a "partisan railroad job."[24]
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Nadler helped to pass bills granting economic aid to the families of those
killed and small businesses that were harmed due to the attacks.
Nadler has also promoted legislation to extend Medicare benefits to individuals suffering from Ground Zero
illness (physical ailments from the dust from the attacks) or mental health problems as a result of the September
11, 2001 attacks.
This Medicare proposal includes a section that provides for a consortium of organization to study Ground Zero
illness.[25]
According to the National Journal, Nadler is one of seven members of the House of Representatives who tie for
most liberal.[26]
Committee assignments
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (Ranking Member)
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Caucus memberships
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Personal life
Nadler lives with his wife on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
In 2002 and 2003 Nadler had laparoscopic duodenal switch surgery, helping him lose more than 100 pounds.
[27][28][29]
References
"PlanNYC: World Trade Center Redevelopment News". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
Retrieved November 2, 2007.
1.
"EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement Report
No. 2003-P-00012" (PDF format). August 21, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
2.
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5. Wikiquote has quotations
related to: Jerrold Nadler
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Jerrold
Nadler.
"Nadler, Jerrold Lewis". Retrieved November 2, 2007.3.
"President's Letter" (PDF format). The Campaign for Stuyvesant. Retrieved November 2, 2007.4.
"Notable Alumni". Alpha Epsilon Pi. Retrieved 23 January 2014.5.
[1] (http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=86503).6.
Purdum, Todd S. (September 25, 1992). "Man in the News; Persistence Pays Off: Jerrold Lewis Nadler". The New
York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
7.
"Biography". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2007.8.
Turner, Douglas (February 27, 2006). "Working Up the Nerve Toward 'Impeachment'". The Buffalo News. p. A.6.9.
Bellantoni, Christina (April 6, 2007). "Liberals Push to Impeach Bush; Key Democrats Balk at Timing". The
Washington Times. p. A.01. ISSN 0732-8494 (https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0732-8494).
10.
[2] (http://cspanjunkie.org/?p=178).11.
[3] (https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9F833EE81EC327C0). (via YouTube).12.
Amy Goodwin (Director) (December 23, 2008). "Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to
Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws (Interview)". Democracy Now!. Retrieved
December 25, 2008.
13.
"Catholics wary of possible bill on abortion" (http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/03
/catholics_wary_of_possible_bil.html).
14.
"House Passes Bill on Federal Wiretapping Powers". The New York Times. June 21, 2008.15.
"Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating
Torture Laws". Democracy Now!. December 23, 2008.
16.
Eleveld, Kerry (September 15, 2009). "Respect for Marriage Act Debuts" (http://www.advocate.com/Politics
/Washington_D_C_/Respect_for_Marriage_Act_Debuts/) The Advocate. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
17.
"Nadler: On Taxes GOP Are a Bunch of Gangsters". CBS News. December 12, 2010.18.
"Reading between Constitution's lines". The Washington Post. January 5, 2011.19.
"Jerrold Nadler, New York Congressman, Endorses Iran Nuclear Deal". The New York Times. August 21, 2015.20.
"Tax Burdens Tilt Coastal, and System's Fairness Is Debated". The New York Times. November 11, 2011.21.
"Liberal Tax Revolt". The New York Times. July 23, 2010.22.
"Mayor and Congressman Clash on Police at Occupy Wall Street Protests". The New York Times.23.
"Congressional Record". December 18, 1988. Retrieved November 2, 2007.24.
Press release (September 7, 2006). "Nadler Introduces Major New 9/11 Health Bill: The 9/11 Comprehensive Health
Benefits Act". Retrieved November 2, 2007.
25.
"Top Ten Liberal Representatives". National Journal.26.
Raymond Hernandez, New York Times, Nadler, as a Last Resort, Sheds Weight by Surgery
(https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/16/nyregion/nadler-as-a-last-resort-sheds-weight-by-surgery.html), November 16,
2002
27.
Associated Press, Rep. Nadler to Undergo Second Surgery for Weight Loss (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus
/news/947302/posts), July 16, 2003
28.
Danielle Kurtzleben, U.S. News and World Report, Political Figures: Diet Secrets of Famous Politicians: Politicians
and Weight Loss (http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/political-figures-diet-secrets-of-famous-politicians/3),
November 9, 2011
29.
External links
Congressman Jerry Nadler (http://nadler.house.gov) official site at
the U.S. House
Jerry Nadler for Congress (http://www.jerrynadler.com/)
Jerry Nadler (https://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America
/United_States/New_York/Government/Federal
/US_House_of_Representatives/Jerrold_Nadler_%5BD-10%5D) at
DMOZ
Biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=n000002) at the Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress
Profile (https://www.votesmart.org/candidate/26980) at Project Vote Smart
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6. Financial information (federal office) (http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer
/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=H2NY17071) at the Federal
Election Commission
Legislation sponsored (https://www.congress.gov/member/jerrold-nadler/850) at The Library of Congress
Article on the impeachment of Dick Cheney (http://www.zmag.org/content
/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=14645), ZMag
2008 congressional screening questionnaire response (http://www.the504democraticclub.org
/questionnaire_2008_congressional_nadler.html) from the 504 Democratic Club
New York Assembly
Preceded by
Albert H. Blumenthal
New York State Assembly
69th District
1977–1982
Succeeded by
Edward C. Sullivan
Preceded by
Richard N. Gottfried
New York State Assembly
67th District
1983–1992
Succeeded by
Scott Stringer
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Theodore S. Weiss
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th congressional district
1992–1993
Succeeded by
Eliot L. Engel
Preceded by
James H. Scheuer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th congressional district
1993–2013
Succeeded by
Hakeem Jeffries
Preceded by
Edolphus Towns
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 10th congressional district
2013–present
Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Sam Johnson
R-Texas
United States Representatives by seniority
30th
Succeeded by
Jim Cooper
D-Tennessee
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