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Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2000 presidential election. During his final term in office, he was officially listed as an Independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Demo…
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Born 24 February 1942 · Died 27 March 2024 · Q160157
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2026· 7 entries
“a constitutional place for faith in our public life”
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“The filibuster hurts the credibility of the entire Senate and impedes progress.”
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“s criticism of Obama during the election angered him, but that”
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“that was true when I first came in, although you could see partisanship beginning to eat away at that. But at the end of my 24 years, it was really so partisan that it was hard to make the combinations to get to 60 votes to break a filibuster to get things done.”
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Public attention spiked: 24,155 Wikipedia readers in one day, 28.5× the usual 848, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
Fox News: Learning from Joe Lieberman to repair the American breach
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2024· 11 entries
Fox News: Joe Lieberman tried to heal our nation’s wounds by doing something politicians rarely do
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Hartford Courant: The legacy of CT’s Joe Lieberman always included his time in New Haven
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New York Post: Ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman remembered during funeral service as ‘mensch’ who bridged political divides
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UPI: Al Gore among speakers at former Sen. Joe Lieberman's funeral
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Salon: Remembering my friend, Joe Lieberman
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Newsday: Former US Sen. Joe Lieberman remembered as 'mensch' who bridged political divides
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Yahoo: Joe Lieberman's death leaves a hole at No Labels as it tries to recruit a 2024 third-party candidate
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New York Post: RIP, Joe Lieberman — the Democratic Party went insane without you
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The Forward: That time when Joe Lieberman brought a Jewish surprise to breakfast
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Lieberman died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, aged 82, from injuries that he sustained in a fall at his home in the Bronx
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Died 2024-03-27.
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2023· 2 entries
“Early on, I learned that, in most all cases, you have to work across party lines to make things happen.”
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Lieberman wrote two opinion pieces in The Wall Street Journal asking people to consider supporting a No Labels unity presidential ticket in the 2024 presidential election
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2022· 1 entry
The group released a report recommending a $10 billion, 10-year program to prevent the next pandemic, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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2020· 1 entry
Lieberman endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election
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2018· 2 entries
Lieberman published an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal imploring people to vote for Joe Crowley, who was defeated in the Democratic primary by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Immigrated to Israel with her family
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2017· 2 entries
Lieberman officially withdrew his name from consideration
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Lieberman was interviewed by President Donald Trump for the position of FBI Director, to replace recently fired James Comey
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2016· 1 entry
Lieberman endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election
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2015· 1 entry
Lieberman served as co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a commission that recommended changes to U
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Ewald von Kleist Prize (2012).
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2011· 3 entries
That he would retire from the Senate at the end of his fourth term
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Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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The National Defense University foundation honored Senators Lieberman and John McCain the American Patriot Award for their lifetimes of public service
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2010· 2 entries
Lieberman introduced a bill called "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010", which he co-wrote with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE)
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Lieberman had helped to lead the group's efforts to promote bipartisanship in Congress
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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To eliminate a public health option as part of the healthcare proposal, Lieberman once strongly opposed the filibuster
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2008· 2 entries
Lieberman launched "Citizens for McCain", hosted on the McCain campaign website, to recruit Democratic support for John McCain's candidacy
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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2007· 2 entries
Lieberman endorsed Republican Senator John McCain for president in 2008, going against his party and going back on his stance in July 2006 when he stated "I want Democrats to be back in the majority in Washington and ele
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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2006· 7 entries
Election lost: 2006 Senate election.
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee stated that they would favor a Lieberman victory in the November election over Democratic nominee Ned Lamont; however, the NRSC stated that they were not going so far as to ac
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Lieberman conceded the Democratic primary election to Ned Lamont, saying, "For the sake of our state, our country and my party, I cannot and will not let that result stand," and announced he would run in the 2006 Novembe
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But lost to the comparatively more liberal Ned Lamont, a Greenwich businessman and antiwar candidate
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Campaign: 2006 Senate election.
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Lieberman lost the Democratic primary election but won re-election in the general election as a third party candidate under the Connecticut for Lieberman party label
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Senators Lieberman and Collins drafted legislation to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency into an agency that would more effectively prepare for and respond to catastrophes, including natural disasters and te
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2005–2007).
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2004· 3 entries
Election lost: 2004 presidential election.
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Lieberman withdrew his candidacy after failing to win any of the five primaries or two caucuses held that day
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Campaign: 2004 presidential election.
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2003· 2 entries
Lieberman announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination as a candidate in the 2004 presidential election
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Career landmark: United States senator (2003–2005).
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2001–2003).
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2000· 4 entries
Election won: 2000 vice presidential election.
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Lieberman was elected to a third Senate term, defeating the Republican candidate, Philip Giordano
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Incumbent Vice President and presidential nominee Al Gore selected Lieberman as his running mate for the presidential election
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Campaign: 2000 vice presidential election.
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1999–2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Lieberman was the first prominent Democrat to publicly challenge Clinton for the judgment exercised in his affair with Monica Lewinsky; however, he voted against removing Clinton from office by impeachment
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1997· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1997–1999).
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And received his rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
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1995· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1995–1997).
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Joined with Senator Tom Harkin to co-sponsor an amendment to kill the filibuster
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1994· 1 entry
Lieberman made history by winning by the largest landslide ever in a Connecticut Senate race, drawing 67 percent of the vote and beating his opponent by more than 350,000 votes
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1993–1995).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1991–1993).
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And from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1989–1991).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Connecticut Attorney General (1983–1989).
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1982· 1 entry
Lieberman met his second wife, Hadassah Freilich Tucker, while he was running for Attorney General of Connecticut, and they married that same year
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1981· 2 entries
“one of the differences we had was in levels of religious observance”
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Wrote an admiring biography of long-time Connecticut and national Democratic leader John Moran Bailey, reviewing also in the book the previous 50 years of Connecticut political history
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1980· 1 entry
Served as the Connecticut attorney general from 1983 to 1989
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1970· 3 entries
To the Connecticut Senate, where he served three terms as majority leader
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Where he served for 10 years, including the last six as Majority Leader
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Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Connecticut (1970–1980).
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1967· 2 entries
Studied at Yale University, Bachelor of Laws (1967).
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Found a renewed interest in religious observance
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1965· 1 entry
While Joe Lieberman was in law school
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1964· 2 entries
And was the first member of his family to attend college
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Studied at Yale University, Bachelor of Arts (1964).
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1963· 1 entry
Lieberman traveled to Mississippi to work in support of the civil rights movement
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1942· 2 entries
In Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Henry, who ran a liquor store, and Marcia (née Manger) Lieberman
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Born 1942-02-24.
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