In July 2015 Zeldin was among nine Republicans who faced criticism after meeting with Oath Keepers , a group of retired military , police , and fire department employees . '' The New York Daily News '' reported that " the chapter 's website includes postings by a member embracing a film that claims the December 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax , and calling President Obama a ' Muslim/Extremist . ' " In March 2016 Zeldin was ranked as the 45th-most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress ( and the eighth-most-bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy that ranks members of the United States Congress by their degree of bipartisanship ( by measuring the frequency each member 's bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party , and each member 's co-sponsorship of bills by members of the opposite party )
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