Gregory W. Meeks

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• NY congressman attends Chavez funeral

  (AP) -- A New York congressman who attended the funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he admired the South American leader for trying to improve the lives of poor people. Rep. Gregory Meeks was part of a small U.S. delegation at Chavez's funer   Read more »

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• The Unveiling of the Raoul Wallenberg Gold Medal Design

  WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - May 10, 2013) - On Thursday, May 9, 2013, The United States Mint unveiled the design of the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal in the presence of their Majesties, King Carl XVI and Queen Silvia of Sweden. This event   from MarketWire Read more »

• Beachcomber

  Do you love the ferry? Well, you should consider contacting City Councilman Eric Ulrich and Congressman Gregory Meeks and ask them to lobby the City now about keeping it. You have to do more than wish that it will stay. We’ll make it easy for you: (Ulric   from Wave of Long Island Read more »

• Pol will surrender after being caught in Huntley wiretap

  Embattled state Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn is set to turn himself in to authorities today after being ensnared in a bribery scandal involving former colleague-turned-rat Shirley Huntley, sources said. Sampson told his aides over the weekend that he wa   from New York Post Read more »

• Suspicious Power Shuts Down Meeks' Office Mon.

  Staffers for Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) got a scare when discovery of a suspicious powder in a letter caused Capitol Police to quarantine his Washington office Monday afternoon. A staffer opening the mail in Meeks' Rayburn House Office Building office   from New York Daily News Read more »

• Clear after powder tested in Rayburn

  Rep. Gregory Meeks’s office has gotten the all-clear after an aide encountered white powder in a stack of mail in the lawmaker’s Washington office. Candace Sandy, a spokeswoman for the New York Democrat, said a staffer found the substance around 11 a.m.   from The Politico Read more »