20 Facts About Jerrold Nadler

Jerrold Lewis Nadler is an American lawyer and politician, serving as the US representative for since 2013.

Jerrold Nadler was originally elected to represent the state's 17th congressional district, which was renumbered the 8th congressional district and now is the 10th congressional district.

Jerrold Nadler was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Miriam and Emanuel "Max" Jerrold Nadler.

Jerrold Nadler described his father as a "dyed-in-the-wool Democrat" who lost his poultry farm in New Jersey when the younger Jerrold Nadler was seven.

In 1972, Jerrold Nadler was a legislative assistant in the New York State Assembly before becoming shift manager at the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, a position he held until becoming a law clerk with Morgan, Finnegan, Pine, Foley and Lee in 1976.

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Jerrold Nadler 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.

Jerrold Nadler founded and chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Mass Transit and Rail Freight.

Jerrold Nadler ran in two elections on Election Day—a special election to serve the rest of Weiss's eighth term in the old 17th district, and a regular election for a full two-year term in the new 8th district.

Jerrold Nadler won both handily, and has been reelected 15 times with no substantive opposition.

Jerrold Nadler chairs the US House Committee on the Judiciary and is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure committees.

Jerrold 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".

Jerrold Nadler compared Obama's acceptance of Republican demands to extend Bush-era tax cuts at the highest income levels to someone's being roughed up by the mob, asserting that the Republicans would allow the middle class tax cut only if millionaires and billionaires receive a long-term tax cut as well.

Jerrold 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.

Jerrold Nadler has opposed tax breaks for high-income earners, saying that the country cannot afford it.

Jerrold Nadler sponsored the Freedom of Choice Act in 2004 and 2007.

In 2015, Jerrold 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.

In 2020, Jerrold Nadler praised a judge for a ruling that could lead to the removal of 20 or more stories in an already constructed 52-story luxury high-rise building in the Upper West Side of New York City.

In July 2019, Jerrold Nadler introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act that, among other reforms, seeks to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act.

Jerrold Nadler gained national prominence during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, when he described the process as a "partisan railroad job".

In 2002 and 2003, Jerrold Nadler had laparoscopic duodenal switch surgery, helping him lose more than 100 pounds.