FILE - In this June 2, 2009, file photo, New York's new U.S. senator Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, lunches with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, right, in the Capitol Hill office of Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gillibrand, 42, an little-known representative from upstate New York, appointed to fill Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat, has moved quickly to quiet her critics with a consistent, engaging style, and help from powerful allies including President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)