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Dear Friend, Last week, Hillary asked you to be a co-sponsor of her Resolution to Strengthen Family Planning for Women. As of today, tens of thousands of Hillary supporters have signed. If you haven't yet signed onto Hillary's petition, please click here to add your voice. This is not a time to be quiet. I know that I don't have to tell you that our country is going in the wrong direction. Given today's political climate, and the GOP's inability to set a clear agenda that is good for all Americans, there is a real chance for us to take...

BROOKVILLE, N.Y., May 14 — Backing away from her assertion that the current generation is lazy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday that she simply wanted to "set the bar high" when she told an audience last week that young people today "think work is a four-letter word." Mrs. Clinton said her daughter, Chelsea, called to complain after learning about her remarks at a gathering of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Thursday. In that speech, Mrs. Clinton criticized young people for having a sense of entitlement after growing up in a "culture that has a...

Dear Friend, Earth Day this Saturday offers us a moment to think about our environment and of the world around us - the air we breathe, the water we drink, the great natural treasures that we have inherited. I hope we will think of it as a day to rededicate ourselves to protecting our planet: our home for our children and their children. Because the threats to our environment and way of life are real and growing. In the last five years, the Bush administration has left no major environmental law untouched in their push to deregulate, undermining or rolling...

From: Ann Lewis To: Key Supporters Re: America Needs a New Economic Policy Hillary spoke to the Chicago Economic Club last night about the need for a new economic policy. As the New York Times said today, she called for "new thinking about globalization, increased focus on the middle class, and a renewed investment in energy research, education and health care." Here are some excerpts: Basic Principles "So let me just focus on two basic principles. I suggest that we agree on the need for an economic strategy that keeps our economy growing and creating good jobs in the face...

Jason Cox/The Leader Corning Inc.'s chairman, James Houghton, and Senator Clinton in 2005 at the company's headquarters. Corning Inc., one of upstate New York's largest and oldest employers, has supported Republican candidates for so long that its chairman once joked that it had not raised money for a Democrat since 1812. But since Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected to the Senate in 2000, Corning and its mainly Republican executives have become one of her largest sources of campaign contributions. And in that time, Mrs. Clinton has become one of the company's leading champions, delivering for it like no other...

Time for energy independence! "Our dependence on foreign oil threatens our economy and hamstrings our national security. Imported oil accounts for about one-third of our trade deficit, with much of that money going to regimes we would never choose to subsidize. ...And, if all that weren't enough, our dependence on oil is hastening the threat posed by global climate change. Energy production and use in transportation and electricity generation account for more than three-quarters of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions." -- Hillary Rodham Clinton Dear Friend, Like so much else, America's energy policy is going in the wrong direction. We actually...

Final hours Dear Friend, As you know, we set a fundraising goal of $100,000 by the March 31 reporting deadline in order to help us achieve our best fundraising quarter ever. With that deadline now only hours away, I'm asking for your help one last time: Let's make sure Hillary's campaign is strong enough to take whatever her opponents try to throw at her! Please do your part by making a contribution right now and help Hillary achieve her $100,000 goal. And with your contribution of $50 or more right now, you will receive an official campaign kit so that...

Talking Sense on Immigration Immigration is the lifeblood of America, a bedrock value tied to our founding and one that constantly renews the greatness of our country. America is and will always be a home for people who are willing to put in the hard work to create a better life for themselves and their families. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton Dear Friend, The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported out a bill on immigration law reform which will now be considered by the full Senate. Hillary has made clear her position and the principles by which she will consider new legislation....

Don't let them change the subject Dear Friend, Every day, as Hillary fights for what is right for you and me, her opponents pursue their negative attacks in order to distract voters from the real issues. We know that Hillary is committed to addressing the real issues that impact the lives of New Yorkers and ordinary Americans across the nation. And since the facts about what is happening are so clear, Republicans will do everything they possibly can to change the subject. They don't want to talk about the soaring costs of health care, while Republicans let some big drug...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been gassing up her fund-raising machine across the country - but barely a trickle of cash is coming from the reddest of heartland states. Clinton has just one campaign donor each in Idaho, South Dakota and North Dakota, and two in Montana, according to a review of federal records by PoliticalMoneyLine, a fund-raising watchdog group. She has banked $1,000 apiece from her Idaho and South Dakota loyalists, while the lone North Dakotan chipped in $250. The two Montanans ponied up a total of $750. She has single-digit donors in Alaska, Wyoming and Utah. Still, those...

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton may be the star of the national Democratic Party, but her constituents back home say it's actually her New York colleague, Sen. Charles Schumer, who's doing the better job. According to a poll released Wednesday by Strategic Visions LLC, 59 percent of New Yorkers approved of the job Schumer was doing, with just 30 percent disapproving. That's better than the allegedly wildly popular Sen. Clinton, whose approval rating was 3 points lower than Schumer's, and whose disapproval rate was 2 points higher. In another blow to the notion that Hillary Clinton is New York's most...

ALBANY, Feb. 27 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took a swipe at the White House on Monday, saying that Karl Rove, the president's political adviser, "spends a lot of time obsessing about me." Mrs. Clinton's comments came during an interview with an Albany radio station, after she was asked about a new book that quotes Mr. Rove as saying she is certain to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2008. "I don't know where he gets his information from," Mrs. Clinton said of Mr. Rove during the interview on WROW-AM. "If I were thinking about this, I'd say, 'Why are...

Port Security = National Security "The fact is, we do live in a post-9/11 world," Clinton said, using her response to one of the reporters' questions to announce legislation banning foreign state-owned companies from U.S. ports. "As a matter of national security in the post-9/11 world, I think we have to take a hard look at this." Washington Post, February 24, 2006 Dear Friend, Today, Hillary and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce their bill prohibiting companies owned or controlled by foreign governments from purchasing port operations in the United States. As Hillary told the Miami Chamber of Commerce this...

Dear Friend, Election Day is eight months away, but the Republican attack machine is going after Hillary Clinton big-time. We cannot sit on the sidelines. It's time to get serious. Time to stand up for what we believe in and who we believe in. Time to stand up for Hillary the same way she has always stood up for us. I need you to commit now to support Hillary's 2006 re-election fight. Two weeks ago her GOP opponent met with the White House and was told that he had their full support. You and I know what that means -...

Dear Friend, Once again, the message is "you are on your own." President Bush's budget calls for taking the $255 Social Security death benefit away from people who have just lost a loved one and cutting off the monthly Social Security survivor benefits of 16 and 17-year olds if they're no longer in school. George W. Bush wants to produce Social Security "savings" over the next decade at the expense of widows and orphans, even as he lavishes trillions of dollars in tax cuts on the wealthy and well-connected. These proposals - like so many other wrong-headed ideas in Bush's...

Don't Forget Katrina Survivors Dear Friend, George Bush's too-brief reference to Hurricane Katrina in his State of the Union speech gave hard-hit families another demonstration of what they can expect from this White House: Little help. No hope. Now we have learned that the White House was told that a levee in New Orleans had broken on the night of the storm, even though administration officials claim to have been caught by surprise! Knowing that his administration's stunning incompetence deepened their pain and suffering, you might think President Bush would feel a special obligation to take action. Far from it....

A Budget That Leaves Millions Behind Dear Friend, As Hillary said, "Instead of investing in the future and creating opportunity for more Americans, the president's budget tilts the balance even more dramatically against middle class Americans, veterans, seniors, children and our most vulnerable Americans. I will fight these misplaced priorities in the Senate." The latest Bush budget takes another big step toward remaking America as this administration wants to see it: slashing programs that mean hope and opportunity for middle class families, like keeping the doors of college open. From education to veterans' health benefits, from Medicaid to Medicare, from...

The nation's most prominent pro-choice spokeswoman blasted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for giving $10,000 to right-to-life Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey and accused the former first lady of "putting politics over principle." "When push comes to shove, at certain times, [Clinton] will support the party even if that choice does not reflect all their standards and principles," Kate Michelman, former longtime head of NARAL Pro-Choice America, told The Post. Clinton, a darling of the pro-choice community, is taking heat from the activist for giving the maximum donation allowable under law to pro-life Senate hopeful Casey through her political committee, HillPAC.

Hillary Clinton's Senate Lead Slipping? Don't look now, but Hillary Clinton's "insurmountable" Senate reelection race lead over her Republican challenger in New York has started to slip. While it's too early to tell whether Mrs. Clinton's poll numbers are headed for a major tumble against former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, a Siena College survey released this week shows Spencer whittling down a previous 32 percent gap by five points. Clinton is now ahead of Spencer by 58 to 31 percent, a margin that - while still daunting - is not quite as robust as her November showing against the Vietnam...

What About the State of Our Health Care? Dear Friend, George Bush may have had an election year conversion about the importance of health care, but as I listened to his State of the Union Speech tonight, it's clear he still wants to take us in the wrong direction. I can tell you from the people I have spoken to, and the thousands of stories you have sent me concerning your health care struggles, that few Americans, if any, would find relief from the Bush assortment of flimsy band-aids and "private account" gimmicks. George Bush and his Republican allies want...