Al D'Amato

Alfonse Marcello " Al " D' Amato ( born August 1, 1937 in Brooklyn ) is an American lawyer and politician. Between 1981 and 1999 he was a Republican senator for the state of New York.

D' Amato, who is descended from Italian descent and grew up in Long Iceland and attended Chaminade High School, Syracuse University School of Business Administration and the Syracuse University College of Law ( Degree: Juris Doctor). His political career began in Nassau County at the Republicans, where he quickly became Public Administrator of Nassau County. In 1977 he was appointed supervisor of the Town of Hempstead.

In 1980 he moved into the Senate of the United States and sparked there Jacob K. Javits from whom he had previously defeated in the Republican Primary. He was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and member of the Senate Finance Committee. 1992 he spoke and sang the first long filibuster with over 15 hours since the introduction of live broadcasts from the U.S. Senate to prevent the departure of a typewriter factory from his home state of New York. Between 1995 and 1996 he was Chairman of the Senate Special Whitewater Committee. At the end of his term he was again put up for election, but did not reach the necessary majority. 1995 his autobiography Power, Pasta & Politics was: The World According to Senator Al D' Amato published.