United States Senate career of Hillary Clinton
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | |
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009 Serving with Chuck Schumer |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| Succeeded by | Kirsten Gillibrand |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Clinton (1975–present) |
| Children | Chelsea |
| Residence | Chappaqua, New York |
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as a United States Senator from New York from January 3, 2001 to January 21, 2009. She won the United States Senate election in New York, 2000 and the United States Senate election in New York, 2006. Clinton resigned from the Senate on January 21, 2009 to become United States Secretary of State for the Obama Administration.
Clinton served on five Senate committees with nine subcommittee assignments:
She was also a Commissioner of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (2001-2009).
She also held two leadership positions in the Senate Democratic Caucus:
While a member of the U.S. Senate, Clinton sponsored 31 pieces of legislation, including 21 bills, 9 amendments, 33 Senate Resolutions, and 21 concurrent resolutions. Fourteen of her Senate resolutions were passed, expressing the Senate's views on policy or commemorative questions. One of her concurrent resolutions—supporting National Purple Heart Recognition Day—passed both houses. Three became law:
Clinton also co-sponsored 2,675 pieces of legislation, including 1,528 bills, of which 70 became law.
Upon entering the United States Senate, Clinton maintained a low public profile while building relationships with senators from both parties, to avoid the polarizing celebrity she experienced as First Lady. (It was reported that when Elizabeth Dole joined the Senate in 2003 under somewhat similar circumstances, she modeled her initial approach after Clinton's, as did the nationally visible Barack Obama in 2005.) Clinton also forged alliances with religiously-inclined senators by becoming a regular participant in the Senate Prayer Breakfast.
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