1. Steven Jay Israel was born on May 30,1958 and is an American political commentator, lobbyist, author, bookseller, and former politician.
19 Facts About Steve Israel
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Steve Israel served as a US representative from New York from 2001 to 2017.
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Steve Israel was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Long Island community of Levittown, New York.
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Steve Israel attended Nassau Community College and Syracuse University for one year before graduating from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982.
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Steve Israel was later elected to the town council in Huntington, New York, in 1993.
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Steve Israel was reelected seven times with relatively little difficulty, despite representing a swing district on paper.
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On January 5,2016, Steve Israel announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2016.
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Steve Israel supported a study on the feasibility of switching from Tuesday to weekend voting.
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Steve Israel is one of the few Democrats who has run campaign ads in defense of his vote on health care.
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Steve Israel has voted against bills that would prohibit federal funding for abortions, against a bill that would eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides abortions, and against the Abortion Pain Act, which would have prevented abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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On July 4,2013, Steve Israel announced legislation that would require all US national parks to sell merchandise that is Made in the USA.
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Steve Israel voted against several bills and amendments which would decrease federal regulation of safety precautions of guns and decrease federal regulations on the sale of firearms.
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Steve Israel voted for the 2010 Affordable Care Act and against several bills repealing it.
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Steve Israel voted for the repeal of Don't ask, don't tell and for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
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In February 2025, Steve Israel advocated for Donald Trump's efforts to coerce Canada into being the 51st state, believing that it would help the Democratic Party gain more voters.
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Steve Israel was an honorary member of the gala host committee for a Gala dinner on October 27,2009, by J Street, a liberal nonprofit lobbying group.
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In 2000 Steve Israel ran only as a Democrat in his winning bid for Congress, but since 2002 he has run as the candidate for the Independence Party and the Working Families Party.
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Steve Israel has written two novels of political satire: The Global War on Morris and Big Guns.
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In November 2021, Steve Israel opened a bookstore in Oyster Bay, New York, named after former president and town resident Theodore Roosevelt.