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. has a role in ensuring equal opportunity for all. Obama began his speech at 9:10 p.m. in front of a joint session of the House and Senate, declaring that ���the shadow of crisis has passed, and the state of the union is strong.���.
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Sign up for Read In and get all the politics news you need delivered right to your inbox!. got to the heart of it when he told the New York Times: We really dont have 218 votes to determine a bathroom break over here on our side.. the United.
I still believe we are one people: President Obama calls for unity in State.
WASHINGTON (CNN) ��� President Barack Obama made a feisty pitch for economic populism in his penultimate State of the Union Tuesday night, touting the improving economy under his watch and making the case that government has a role in ensuring .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Interest in Retiring
The day we talked, she was preparing to go off to a meeting of the New York City Bar, where she would introduce Gloria Steinem, who would deliver the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law. A few weeks earlier, at a .
NY Daily News Denounces GOP Senate as Traitors on.
Regardless of President Obamas recklessness in negotiation a nuclear deal with Iran, 47 Republican U.S. senators engaged in treachery by sending a letter to the mullahs aimed at cutting the legs out from under Americas commander-in-chief... When I was a kid, we got the New York Times, my parents idea of a real newspaper, and we got the Post, because even though they didnt approve of comics, my parents had to give me and my brother something.
Fracking Big Upset: New York Residents Talk Secession
The recent ban on fracking in the State of New York has left many rural communities seeking to secede to Pennsylvania to experience the economic boon fracking provides.
The Looming Trade Showdown
Nine House and Senate members���including New Yorks Chuck Schumer, Michigans Debbie Stabenow, Ohios Sherrod Brown and Vermonts Bernie Sanders���this week introduced a bill that would give sweeping power to Commerce Department gnomes to. Could they.
Eric Cantor Departure from Biden Budget Sessions.
News of talks between Obama and Boehner prompted the GOP leaders walkout from Bidens budget sessions.. ���Irans most powerful officials are inaccessible, while Irans most accessible officials arent powerful.��� In 2015 the.. ���I think a felony would be very helpful in terms of raising the bar significantly in the penalty for the resistance of arrest,��� Bratton told reporters after a State Senate hearing in February, according to the New York Observer. ���We need to get��.
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo has died at 82
He enjoyed victories in New York. He closed the Shoreham nuclear plant on Long Island, ending a long and divisive fight over its potential dangers. He signed ethics legislation under a cloud of scandals involving state lawmakers and their employees.
Im in a New York State of Mind��� | The 12 Angry Men Blog
Ive left them all behind. Im in a New York state of mind. ��� New York State of Mind, Billy Joel. Forget about Obama, whose state hasnt produced a notable politician since Lincoln. New Yorkers are on the prowl now, and unlike the good-feeling-but-devoid-of-details policies advanced by the junior Senator from Illinois, the competence cavalry have rallied in New York and theyre loosing the dogs of war. This is an exciting time to be an American, and not just because��.
3 Congressmen Call for Release of Secret 9/11 Documents.
Posted on July 16, 2014 by WashingtonsBlog. All of the Chairs of the 9/11 Commission and the Congressional Investigation Into 9/11 Say Its ���Implausible��� that the 9/11 Hijackers Acted Without Government Backing. As the New York Times notes: Senator Bob Graham, the Florida Democrat who is a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, accused the White House on Tuesday of covering up evidence ���.The accusation stems from the Federal Bureau of Investigations��.
Israel Matzav: Obama uber alles
Obama uber alles. I hope New Yorkers arent dumb enough to believe this statement by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). In our meeting Monday, Senator Hagel clarified a number of his past statements and positions and elaborated on. In our conversation, Senator Hagel made a crystal-clear promise that he would do ���whatever it takes��� to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, including the use of military force.. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:08 PM��.
44 Senators, including many Democrats, sign AIPAC letter.
Instead, they keep pushing forward with their nuclear program, and we keep asking for yet another round of talks. This is not sustainable.��� Trita Parsi, in the New York Times, deploring the Congresss role, but with scant��.
New York Towns Threaten Secession Over Gov. Cuomos Ban On Fracking
The towns, all members of the Upstate New York Towns Association, have expressed interest in secession, Conklin Town Supervisor Jim Finch told The Huffington Post. The association is compiling a report to assess the feasibility of joining Pennsylvania.
How Not to Bungle an ObamaCare Opening
Since the term in question already exists in the laws text, but was never defined further, the Obama team will likely try to establish a new definition in regulation. Former Obama aides speculate that states could establish the veneer of a state-run.
Why Obama AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Raises Eyebrows.
In this June 17, 2013 file photo, Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in Brooklyn. (Photo: AP). WASHINGTON ��� President Obama has chosen Loretta Lynch, the��.
Obama Derangement and Bush Hatred
But then just as the various strands of Obama paranoia tend to twine together ��� hes an anti-colonialist America-hater because of his father and because thats what all his left-wing ivory tower radical pals think; he supports the Muslim brotherhood.
Israels Benjamin Netanyahu Urges Congress to Block Bad Deal With Iran
The increasingly partisan overtone was demonstrated when about 50 Democrats boycotted Mr. Netanyahus speech because it was organized by Republican leaders of the new GOP-controlled Congress without consultation with the White House.. ���The.
A Silver Lining in Washington
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was last week arrested and accused by the feds of an elaborate kickback scheme.. Republicans this week reintroduced that legislation, and if they were savvy, theyd be all over the Silver story.. And when.
Clinton, Obama and the Jews - City Room - The New York.
���Generally speaking, I am suspicious of all politicians on the Jewish issue,��� said Marvin Kitman, a media critic for The Huffington Post.. Aside from Mr. Koch, prominent Jewish politicians supporting Mrs. Clinton include New Yorks other senator, Charles E. Schumer; Senator Dianne Feinstein of California; and Representatives Gary L. Ackerman of Queens, Eliot L... And I also want to know why more Jews���and all decent people���arent asking the same question.
This Is What Happens When Gun Control Advocates Open A.
The National Rifle Associations New York affiliate immediately condemned the stunt and called for an investigation into whether the organizers violated New Yorks gun laws. ���[It is a] felony violation of the Sullivan Act for a��.
Brennan: Level of Transparency Over the Top on Senate.
NBC News CIA Director John Brennan tells reporters Thursday at CIA headquarters that the agency has been very transparent with the Senate committee tasked with producing a report on interrogation tactics post-9/11... In an interview with the New York Times Thomas Friedman ��� conducted Saturday and published Sunday ��� the president defends what the columnist called an Obama doctrine with respect to warming relations with Iran, as well as Cuba and��.
Two More New York Papers Endorse Hillary Clinton - TalkLeft
She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the issues, and her success in the Senate on behalf of New Yorkers attests to both relentless attention to detail and skill at working the levers of power. Like Newsday... Per Huffington Post. Really? Hillary is 11% ahead of him nationally as of today? The state polls are all over the place with a huge Undecided sector. And this proves Obama is surging? Me thinks our Blog Stream Media needs to take a powder. this is obvious a��.
Silver has long been seen as an immovable defender of status quo, but hes not.
But now, with Silver leaving his leadership post, Stebbins knows that reforming New Yorks tort statutes wont be easy, given the lobbying power of the states trial lawyers. Its only one of the issues on which advocates hope to see movement after two.
Are Tutors the New Waiters?
Being eligible for a job at one of New Yorks elite tutoring companies means a similarly elite academic pedigree. Although larger companies like Kaplan and the Princeton Review dominate the national tutoring market, Ivy League graduates like Cohen.
New Yorks senators arent all in on Obamas nuke deal
Its shaping up as the biggest political issue in Washington, but New Yorks two influential senators arent saying if they support the nuclear deal with Iran. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) ��� a key supporter of Israel who will take over as the Senates.
Chuck Schumers Cure for Democrats
So it was a significant moment on Tuesday morning when Schumer, New Yorks senior senator and a likely heir to Reid, called for Democrats to embrace government as they try to hold the White House and recapture control of Congress in 2016.. But his.
No charges for New York officer in apparent chokehold death of Eric Garner
Staten Island grand jury declined to bring charges in the case of Eric Garner, an African-American man who died this summer after a white New York City police officer placed him in an apparent chokehold during an arrest. As protesters. On Wednesday.
New Yorks Obamacare Exchange Just Got Harder To Fund.
Andrew Cuomos proposal to tax health insurance policies to fund the states Obamacare exchange, calling the fees system used by the Obama administration and other states counterintuitive.. But according to the New York Post, members of New Yorks state legislature refused the extra tax on premiums because the plan would drive up the cost of health insurance for Obamacare customers, defeating the purpose of the exchange and its often-subsidized coverage.
Hedge Fund Execs Spent Big In New York Elections, Now.
WASHINGTON -- A handful of hedge fund executives aiming to direct more taxpayer money to charter schools pooled their own vast resources to help elect a Republican majority in the New York State Senate last month. They won on. From the final week of September through Election Day, the super PAC New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, which is managed by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirst NY, spent $4.4 million on eight state Senate races. The effort��.
Schadenfreude overload: Senate Democrats and Obama.
All the bravado about minuscule midterm turnout or audacious executive actions out of the White House cannot forever mask the fact that two disastrous midterm election cycles have sapped the Democratic Party of authority. In 2015. Translated, New Yorks senior senator is saying that reshaping the entire American health care system in order to insure just 30 million Americans ��� an objective which the ACA seems unlikely to achieve ��� was a foolhardy approach to��.
Elizabeth Warrens Loved By Progressives. But Theyre Torn On Convincing Her.
For DFA and MoveOn -- and, more recently, New Yorks Working Families Party -- the steps are clear. The groups have raised money, conducted polls, hosted launch events, opened offices, showed up at open house events, and hired staffers in key states .