Elizabeth Berney

Elizabeth Berney is the officially-endorsed Republican candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 5th Congressional District (map) of New York. She is challenging incumbent Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) in the November 4, 2008 election.

Positions, record and controversies
As a Congresswoman, Elizabeth (Liz) Berney will work for:

•	Common Sense Tax Relief. Liz will fight to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax; for full deductibility of medical expenses (or establish a medical expense credit); for a federal tax deduction for "529" college savings plans to help families save for college; and to eliminate taxation of social security benefits. She will also fight against Obama’s plans to drastically raise estate taxes, capital gains taxes, social security taxes and other taxes.

•	Emergency Actions To Achieve Energy Independence and Cut Oil / Fuel Prices.

•	An end to sending out tax dollars to groups that support terror against America and Israel. Shockingly, the incumbent congressman (Ackerman) has been promoting giving hundreds of millions of our tax dollars to the Palestinian Authority, which still teaches its children to "Kill all Americans and Jews." Liz will fight to stop this insanity.

•	Cutting Wasteful Spending. The incumbent congressman is rated “F” (“Big Spender”) by the National Taxpayer’s Union. Liz will be a welcome change from his wastefulness.

•	Consumer safety and children’s safety. Liz will work to improve product safety, including toy safety, and to prevent future Enrons and other fraud.

•	Honoring all our citizens’ holidays. Liz will respect and honor all our citizens’ holidays. (The incumbent congressman is infamous for his bizarre discriminatory votes against resolutions honoring Christmas, while he voted for honoring Ramadan.)

•	Constituent services. All constituents will be welcome to email, call or drop by for help on any matter.

Bio
Elizabeth ("Liz") Berney is an attorney specializing in protecting investors from fraud and protecting consumers from unsafe products. She represented Holocaust victims against Swiss and German banks, and consumers and investors in numerous cases, including Enron, Parmalat, the Ford Explorer rollover / Firestone tires cases, and the Mattel lead paint / choking hazard derivative case. Liz graduated from Cornell University (1975) and the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. 1978), and started her legal career as a tax attorney at Dewey Ballantine. She has guest lectured at Harvard Law School, and is an author. She also has been playing violin in the New York City Lawyers’ Orchestra (which plays volunteer concerts at nursing homes) and the Shoresh klezmer group. Liz has resided in Great Neck for twenty years, and previously lived in Flushing, Queens for ten years. She is proud of raising three (now grown) children as a divorced single parent, and is delighted with her 2-year old grandson. She is dedicated to a more secure future for us all.

2008 elections
Berney is the officially-endorsed Republican candidate challenging incumbent Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) in the November 2008 election.

Committees
Berney will be assigned committees if and when she is elected to Congress.

Contact
www.LizBerneyforCongress.com; www.ElectLizBerney.com;  LizBerneyforCongress@gmail.com

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:New York and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on New York’s 5th Congressional District
 * Green Papers New York Congressional Candidates
 * Official Berney for Congress website