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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
gptkb:Senate
gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:United_States_Senate
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1942-02-24
February 24, 1942
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Stamford,_Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Matthew_Lieberman
gptkb:Hannah_Lieberman
Rebecca Lieberman
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gptkbp:committee
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gptkb:Committee_on_the_Aging
gptkb:Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources
gptkb:Committee_on_Judiciary
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Budget
gptkb:Committee_on_Armed_Services
gptkb:Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship
gptkb:Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Appropriations
gptkb:Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions
gptkb:Committee_on_Finance
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_International_Relations
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Energy_and_Natural_Resources
gptkb:Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration
gptkb:Committee_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Armed_Services
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Judiciary
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Rules_and_Administration
gptkb:Committee_on_Appropriations
gptkb:Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Indian_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Indian_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Veterans'_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Environment_and_Public_Works
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Veterans'_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_the_International_Relations
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship
Committee on Aging
Committee on the Finance
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:Yale_Law_School
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gptkbp:election
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gptkb:Connecticut
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gptkbp:full_name
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gptkb:Joseph_Isadore_Lieberman
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gptkbp:head_of_state
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gptkb:Al_Gore
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Joseph Lieberman
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gptkbp:image
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/ Joseph_ Lieberman%2 C_official_portrait%2 C_112th_ Congress.jpg/800px-Joseph_ Lieberman%2 C_official_portrait%2 C_112th_ Congress.jpg
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gptkbp:known_for
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Bipartisanship
Advocacy for climate change action
Support for the Iraq War
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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Advocate for women's rights
Advocate for mental health awareness
Advocate for civil rights
Advocate for education reform
Advocate for gun control
Supporter of immigration reform
Supporter of the DREAM Act
Advocate for health care reform
Advocate for religious freedom
Advocate for public health initiatives
Advocate for social security reform
Supporter of LGBTQ rights
Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee
Supporter of the Affordable Care Act
Supporter of campaign finance reform
2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee
Supporter of the Violence Against Women Act
Advocate for Israel
Advocate for military support and veterans' issues
Advocate for nutrition and food safety.
Co-founder of the Senate Climate Action Task Force
First Jewish Senator from Connecticut
First Orthodox Jew elected to the U. S. Senate
Supporter of the 2008 financial bailout
Supporter of the No Child Left Behind Act
Supporter of the Tobacco Control Act
Supporter of the two-state solution
Supporter of the Affordable Care Act's mental health provisions
Co-author of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:2000_Vice_Presidential_Candidate
The Lieberman Report
Al Gore's running mate in 2000
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gptkbp:office
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gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Independent
gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Independent
gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:political_position
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gptkb:Independent
Centrist
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Lowell_Weicker
gptkb:Lowell_P._Weicker_Jr.
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Judaism
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gptkbp:served_as
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gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:Senate
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gptkbp:service
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Orthodox Jew elected to the U. S. Senate
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Hadassah_Lieberman
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Chris_Murphy
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gptkbp:term_end
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2013-01-03
January 3, 2013
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gptkbp:term_start
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1989-01-03
January 3, 1989
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gptkbp:website
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http://www.lieberman.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Yeshiva_University
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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