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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 17: Tom Camarello with Progressive Democrats of America and members from several other organizations hold a rally in front of Rep. Henry Waxman's office on June 17, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The protestors were asking the congressman to vote against a House farm bill that would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program by $20.5 billion and affect food stamps and other services for the poor.
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No matter whom the Democrats voted today, the result was going to be someone who has voted to impose ObamaCare and hurt our West Virginia coal jobs
There’s this narrative being written in the press and by Democrats and, quite frankly by some Republicans, that I am pushing a comprehensive immigration bill, and that’s just not true. I think this is a problem we’ve got to deal with, but we’re going to deal with it our own way not the way the Senate’s dealing with it.
Three of the four corners of this building (House and Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans) are in favor of keeping the cuts at the Senate level ... If we can move the bill to the Senate, then we'll be in good shape.More quotes »
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O'Reilly: New York Republicans need to go on offense
Concurrence of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the end of the legislative session in Albany always reminds me of the dynamic perennially confronting New York Republicans. Like a beleaguered hockey goalie, the Republican State Senate, now fortified by a smal 6/18/13 Read more »
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McFeatters: Supreme Court throws out Arizona's voter-ID law
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot add on their own additional red-tape requirements before issuing a federal registration form entitling the holder to vote.The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the so-called "Motor Voter Act," allo Read more »
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Bond bill would help fund Long Beach recovery
Long Beach city officials and state Democrats are pushing for passage of a bill that would authorize the city to issue bonds up to $12 million to plug its budget gap and recover from superstorm Sandy.Long Beach suffered more than $200 million in damage d Read more »
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Suffolk lawmakers question merger plan
Key Suffolk lawmakers said Friday they have significant questions about County Executive Steve Bellone's proposal to merge the elected offices of treasurer and comptroller.Bellone, a Democrat, released a report Thursday that said combining the two depart Read more »
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Conservatives won't back N. Hempstead's Gross
Switching party lines was not enough to secure Leslie Gross -- a North Hempstead Democrat running with Republicans for town clerk -- the endorsement of the Nassau County Conservative Party.Party chairman Daniel F. Donovan Jr. said this week that Gross, a Read more »
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You'll never guess who's buying Congressman Dan Maffei's house
Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat. Dadey has made it clear that he only put his name on petitions as a placeholder, hoping the party can come up with another candidate for the Republican line. Still, expect Democrats to question the validity of Republican 20 m ago from Syracuse.com Read more »
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Editorial: Obama not 'court packing'
Anyone familiar with the history of Depression-era America knows what Âcourt packing means. Frustrated that the Supreme Court was striking down some of his New Deal programs, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed adding six seats to the nine-member court, 1:41 AM from The News-Press Read more »
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Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks
Eltife said. The transportation vote was peppered with debate over keeping a $6 billion minimum in the reserve fund. Tea party conservatives led by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, argued it is a responsible savings level to protect the state's credit rating and 1:32 AM from KHOU.com Read more »
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State parties differ on new speaker
parties in West Virginia Tuesday spun different directions on the selection of the new speaker of the House of Delegates. Democratic Party Chairman Larry Puccio called Delegate Tim Miley of Harrison County a "courageous fighter" for West Virginians while GOP 1:31 AM from Parkersburg Sentinel Read more »
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Howie, Joe weigh in on debate, trial
With less than a week until voters head to the polls for the special election for the open U.S. Senate seat, Democrat U.S. Rep. Edward J. Mar key and Republican rival Gabriel E. Gomez met last night in a feisty final debate. Who scored and who was off ba 1:01 AM from Boston Herald Read more »
