Eliot L. Engel
King Abdullah II of Jordan (2nd R) arrives for a meeting with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs alongside California Republican Representative Ed Royce (2nd L), the committee's chairman, and New York Democrat Representative Eliot Engel (L) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2013.
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I think the sequester was a stupid thing. I voted against it when it first time came up. Congress keeps kicking the can down the road. It’s really a ridiculous thing to do. The fact is that we need to do things that are smart, not take a meat cleaver and just hack cuts
And if the sequester kicks in, for a week or so, we should then fix it so it doesn't become a permanent thing
I think Congress should sit down and avoid the sequesterMore quotes »
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Bipartisan House bill toughens penalties on Iran
off Tehran's access to the euro.Rep. Ed Royce , R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee , and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York , the panel's top Democrat , said their measure builds on current laws that have undercut the Iranian economy, causing Read more »
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Lowey, Citing Evolution of Views, Assails DOMA
The lower Hudson Valley congresswoman who voted for DOMA in 1996 says her views have changed. Rep. Eliot Engel did not vote for DOMA. Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D) voted for DOMA in 1996, but now opposes the law, she said. Lowey spoke from City Hall's fro from New Rochelle Patch Read more »
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Senior US Democrat to introduce bill on arming Syrian rebels
Eliot Engel, a Democrat MP on the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, is pushing the Obama administration to arm and train rebel fighters, as well as boost humanitarian aid for the region. Earlier Washington vowed to provide the Syrian from Voice of Russia Read more »
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Engel To Obama on Israel Trip: "Mavel Tov"
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House Democrat’s bill would expand U.S. role in Syria
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