Steve Israel

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• LI delegation has praise, concerns about Obama budget

  and to try to reach an overall agreement."But Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Steve Israel (D- Dix Hills ) and Carolyn McCarthy (D- Mineola ) all say cutting Social Security isn't an acceptable way to reduce the federal   Read more »

• Rep. Steve Israel presses for larger child care tax credit

  Steve Israel (D-Huntington) said Monday that he will reintroduce federal legislation that would allow working parents to claim a larger tax credit for child care costs.Families with incomes below $43,000 can now claim a tax credit for up to 35 percent of their   Read more »

• Huntington getting $6.8M in Sandy recovery aid

  (D-N.Y.). He disclosed the amount of the town's share of FEMA aid with Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steve Israel (D- Dix Hills ).In January a $50 billion Sandy aid package was signed into law, and money from that package went into the already   Read more »

• Rep. Israel touts LI as cybersecurity hub

  of securing for Long Island some of the federal dollars being spent on Internet security.The event, sponsored by Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), was an organizational meeting for the Long Island Cyberdefense Consortium held at a mansion on the New York Institute   Read more »

• Rep. Israel to NYS: Businesses need Sandy grants

  wants some federal disaster recovery money directed to businesses that suffered losses in superstorm Sandy.Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) Thursday asked that New York State use some of its anticipated funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development   Read more »

Around the web

• 2016 Cycle Has Begun

  Republicans are counting on incredibly bad leadership at the DCCC and the DSCC to work magic for the GOP in 2014. Steve Israel has shown himself either uninterested or incapable of winning and Michael Bennet seems determined to take Patty Murray's incred   from Down With Tyranny! Read more »

• U.S. State Department latest to crack down on 3D printed guns

  The State Department demanded that Defense Distributed, which has created a series of 3D files used to print firearms, take down the files because they could violate export restrictions. Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson firing the Liberator, perha   from CNET Read more »

• House Strategists Differ on Candidate Timing

  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel began calling prospective Democratic candidates for 2014 on Election Night 2012, but many Republican strategists have been encouraging their potential recruits to keep their powder dry. Ho   from The Rothenberg Political Report Read more »

• Pelosi, top House Dems to dine with Obama

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has invited House Democratic leaders to dinner Wednesday at a hotel near the White House. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California will attend the private dinner, along with the No. 2   from Mail.com Read more »

• Time for Another Report About Democrats' Growing Obamacare Panic

  The noticeable proliferation of "Democrats fret over Obamacare" stories in the mainstream media points to something other than a simple manifestation of liberal self-flagellation. These pieces are warnings: Get your act together, Democrats, or Republican   from Town Hall Read more »