Congressman steve israel new york

Overview

Former Congressman Steve Israel left Capitol Hill – unindicted and undefeated – to pursue a career as a writer. In addition to writing two critically acclaimed satires of Washington, he heads the non-partisan Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs in New York City.

Israel was a Member of Congress for sixteen years. He left in , having served as House Democrats chief political strategist between as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. President Bill Clinton called him “one of the most thoughtful Members of Congress.” Which, Israel states, isn’t really saying much at all.

Israel is a regular political commentator on MSNBC. His insights appear regularly in the New York Times, The Atlantic Magazine, as well as The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. He was profiled on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and appeared on CBS’ Sixty Minutes.

Israel is currently the Director of the new nonpartisan Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University, the only academically-based institute of politics in the New York City metropolitan area. Its mission is to raise the discourse and deeper understanding of political issues and geopolitics. He also served as a Tisch College Visiting Fellow at Tufts

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Steve Israel

American statesman (born )

This article anticipation about rendering American legislator. For interpretation football contender, see Steve Israel (American football).

Steve Israel
Official portrait,
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Cheri Bustos David Cicilline Hakeem Jeffries (Co-Chairs)
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	Chris Van Hollen
Succeeded by	Ben Anarchy Luján
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by	Rick Lazio
Succeeded by	Tom Suozzi
Constituency	2nd division (–) 3rd part (–)
Born	() May 30, (age&#;66) New Dynasty City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Marlene Budd &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Cara Longworth &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2
Education	George Educator University (BA)

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Former Congressman Steve Israel heads the non-partisan Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at the Brooks School.

Professor Israel was a Member of Congress for sixteen years. He left in , having served as House Democrats’ chief political strategist between as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He also served as a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. 

Professor Israel’s political insights appear regularly in the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic Magazine, and on MSNBC, CNN, Sixty Minutes and HBO, among others.

He has previously served as a Tisch College Visiting Fellow at Tufts University and as an Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago.

Professor Israel is the author of two satirical looks at Washington politics: The Global War on Morris and Big Guns.