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Journal & Courier
February 16, 2018
It wasn't lost on anyone that Young had nearly $2.9 million in National Rifle Association campaign donations during his time as a U.S. representative and senator, ranking him ninth among current members of Congress, according to an accounting by the New York Times. (That report came just after a sniperÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
February 16, 2018
Washington politicians including U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, were the immediate target. Portman is a fairly ardent supporter of the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. He has said he understands concerns of those who would restrict those rights, but when bills have come up to do so,ÃÂ ...
Metro
February 16, 2018
List of US politicians who receive millions from National Rifle Association ... A number of US politicians have taken to Twitter to express their heartbreak and shock at the news of the Florida high school massacre. ... Republican senator Marco Rubio has received $3,303,355 from the NRA as a politician.
Patch.com
February 16, 2018
Community organizers wrote to State Senator Simcha Felder on Thursday to demand he declare his stance on the New York Health Act — which would provide single-payer healthcare to all New Yorkers — and join 31 Democrats in the senate who support the act. Felder, who represents District 17, hasÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
February 16, 2018
As sentiments rolled in — "the heart of our nation breaks with the senseless and tragic loss of these young students," wrote Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Fla.) said his and his wife's "prayers are with the victims and families of those affected" — the New York tabloid tweeted out theÃÂ ...
Elite Daily
February 16, 2018
From there, you can tell the operator which representative you want to speak to — so, for instance, just say you want to talk to your senator from your state. It is important to note here that you can only talk to the politician who actually represents the place that you live. So if you want to call up Marco Rubio butÃÂ ...
WSYR
February 15, 2018
"In Central New York, we've consistently had strong leadership at the state level. Senator DeFrancisco has stood up for our community over the years and worked across party lines to fight for our best interests in Albany. He's been a bipartisan voice for Central New York families, for our veterans, our smallÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 15, 2018
SYDNEY — Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has spent most of his career advocating for rural voters and strong families, and shouting down welfare cheats. But on Wednesday in Parliament, he offered a full-throated defense for remaining in office despite an affair with a former staffÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
January 31, 2018
Eight members of Congress—including one Republican, Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo—invited DACA recipients. Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) invited Salvadoran immigrants whose temporary protected status was revoked by the Trump administration in January.
New York Times
January 31, 2018
Lawmakers who donned the purple ribbons included Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, as well as Senators Maggie Hassan and ... Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, Democrat of Massachusetts, also mentioned the opioid crisis on Tuesday night in Fall River, Mass., where heÃÂ ...
The Daily Orange
January 31, 2018
In a packed hotel with standing room only, supporters of New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-DeWitt) yelled, “Run John, run!” DeFrancisco, a vocal critic of New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, obliged. “With your support, I humbly announce my candidacy for governor of the state of New York,”à...
New York Times
January 31, 2018
Mr. Gosar's fellow Arizona Republican, Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, took to Twitter in response, “This is why we can't have nice things.” To that, Mr. ... “What he said is outside the circle of decency in terms of members of Congress,” Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, told reporters.
WPIX 11 New York
January 31, 2018
Kuchibhotla was an Indian immigrant who was killed in a bar shooting in Olathe, Kansas, last year; Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois: State Senator Kwame Raoul, a first generation Haitian-American; Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey: Esder Chong, a DACA recipient; Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York:ÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 31, 2018
BOSTON — Without uttering the president's name, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III chastised the Trump administration Tuesday night for what he said ... Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and delivered his own response to the speech,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 27, 2018
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Democrat in the Senate, said an article in The New York Times detailing an effort by Mr. Trump to fire Mr. .... Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, reiterated Friday that Republicans in the House would oppose any attempt by Mr. Trump to fire Mr.
BKLYNER
January 27, 2018
“To anyone who was offended by my choice of words regarding the heroin and opioid crisis facing our state, I sincerely apologize. While my words were not articulated clearly or properly, the point I was trying to make was that this crisis is affecting virtually every community throughout New York State, whereÃÂ ...
Vox
January 27, 2018
Democrats have selected Rep. Joe Kennedy III ... During President Barack Obama's tenure, Republican responders included Paul Ryan, who is now speaker of the House, and Sen. ... Robert Kennedy served as senator for New York and was running for president in 1968 when he was assassinated.
Texas Tribune
January 27, 2018
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer will headline a fundraiser in Houston on Saturday that will raise money for several Democratic Senate incumbents and candidates, including U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke of El Paso, who is vying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. But it's the fundraiser'sÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — Representative Patrick Meehan, Republican of Pennsylvania, facing backlash after revelations that he settled a sexual harassment complaint ... Mr. Meehan, a father of three, had faced increasing pressure to step down after The New York Times revealed on Saturday that a former aideÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 24, 2018
In the Houston district of Representative John Culberson, a Republican, anti-Trump sentiment has set up the potential for an upset. March 13 ... If Chris McDaniel, a Mississippi state senator, challenges Mr. Wicker, the state's Republican Senate primary could be one the highest profile contests of the year.
New York Times
January 24, 2018
Her Senate colleague Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, gave birth to a son during her tenure as a United States representative. “Bryan and I are thrilled that our family is getting a little bit bigger, and Abigail is ecstatic to welcome her baby sister home this spring,” Ms. Duckworth said in a statementÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 19, 2018
Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, on Wednesday in Washington. ... CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times ... the national origin of some potential immigrants, Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard J. Durbin found themselves in a condition unfamiliar to such veteran politicians: speechless.
New York Times
January 12, 2018
Two high-ranking Democrats — Representative Cedric L. Richmond of Louisiana, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Representative Jerrold L. Nadler of New York, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee — said they would call on Republican leaders to bring up a resolutionÃÂ ...
City & State
January 8, 2018
CU•NY n. 1 acronym for City University of New York, the largest urban university system in the U.S.. D-trip n. 1 Spoken shorthand for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; written: DCCC. fu•sion vo•ting n. 1 When a single candidate appears on multiple party lines on a ballot; see: Wilson Pakula.
New York Times
January 8, 2018
In particular, she has been a champion of female politicians, including Senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Maria ... In her text, Ms. Buell said she did not know Mr. Franken personally but had met him a couple of times and was impressed by his work as a senator.
New York Times
January 6, 2018
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a senior committee ... Beyond the Senate Judiciary Committee, Representative Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has also beenÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 5, 2018
He was not the only unhappy Republican. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in a statement that she had repeatedly discouraged Mr. Sessions from taking action on marijuana, a move that she called regrettable and disruptive. Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, a leading Trump ally in the House,ÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 27, 2017
The exchange was great publicity for a politician who is considered a possible candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Gillibrand has said she is focused on running for reelection in the Senate and not for the White House. But if Democrats are looking for someone with anti-Trump credentialsÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 12, 2017
Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate minority leader, released a statement that both praised Mr. Jones and excoriated Mr. Moore. “Doug Jones will be an outstanding Senator who will represent Alabama well. He was a great candidate and will be an even better Senator,” Mr. Schumer said. “Roy MooreÃÂ ...
North Country Public Radio
December 31, 1999
They have supported the funding bill; they have supported the bill that passed out of the house," Rep. Stefanik said. New York's two Democratic Senators see this very differently. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand represented part of the North Country in the House before moving to the Senate. Speaking during theÃÂ ...
Outside Magazine
December 31, 1999
And when people have political and law enforcement connections and a car, well, it can seem like they drove through a radiation field and mutated into something unstoppable. Consider New York State Senator Marty Golden of Brooklyn. A cyclist claims the Senator, pretending to be a cop and while drivingÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the longest-serving Senate Republican, announced Tuesday that he would retire at the end of the year, rebuffing personal pleas from President Trump to seek an eighth term and paving the way for Mitt Romney, a critic of Mr. Trump's, to run for the seat. Mr. Hatch's decisionÃÂ ...
WIRED
December 4, 2017
In Congress, where US representative Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) was revealed Friday to have paid $84,000 in taxpayer money in 2014 to confidentially settle a harassment claim from a former staffer, US representative Jackie Speier (D-California) and US senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) have ...
New York Times
December 4, 2017
... of respondents in a Gallup poll, 25 percent in a Harris/ABC poll and 18 percent in a New York Times/CBS News poll. His hopes were sustained by the volatility of the 1980 campaign, with its sudden swings of popularity. Mr. Carter's Democratic challenger, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, ...
ABC News
December 3, 2017
Overnight, The New York Times reported that it wasn't just Kushner. K.T. McFarland, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, and Tom Bossert among those on the president's transition team who knew about Flynn's outreach to Russia, according to emails obtained by The Times. But did Trump himself ...
New York Times
December 2, 2017
Just ask Senator Orrin G. Hatch, 83, the very senior Republican from Utah whose office pushed back aggressively at recent suggestions that he might not ... Representative John Conyers Jr., the 88-year-old Michigan Democrat first elected in 1964, is resisting calls to resign after sexual harassment claims ...
Oneonta Daily Star
November 24, 2017
Maurice Hinchey, a veteran New York lawmaker known for pressing to protect the environment during ... Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, who represents parts of Hinchey's former district and served ... U.S. Sen. ... Oneonta, NYÂ ...
HuffPost
November 24, 2017
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), who apologized on Wednesday after an explicit photo of ... would make revenge porn illegal, and the New York City Council voted this month ... producer Harvey Weinstein, comedian Louis C.K. and Sen. .... Texas GOP Representative Apologizes For Explicit Social Media Photo ...
New York Times
November 22, 2017
Representative Tony Cornish, a Republican, and Senator Dan Schoen, ... to an email from The New York Times on Tuesday, apologized in an ...
TIME
November 22, 2017
Ever since the New York Times report nearly two months ago that .... Franken, who was not yet a Senator but working as a comedian, forced her ...
New York Magazine
November 22, 2017
Many people have been speaking out about sexual harassment in D.C. politics in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The Senate is ...
New York Times
November 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, moved swiftly on Tuesday against the House's longest-serving lawmaker, calling ... “The allegations against Ranking Member Conyers are extremely serious and deeply troubling,” said Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the ...
New York Times
November 16, 2017
Ms. Tweeden wrote that she had been compelled to share the story after an on-air conversation with Representative Jackie Speier, Democrat of ...
New York Times
November 14, 2017
Kristin Nicholson, a former chief of staff to Representative Jim Langevin, ... Ms. Cichy, then an aide for now-retired Senator Tim Johnson, ...
Vox
November 10, 2017
I chose the latter,” Ally Coll Steele, a former Democratic senator's intern, told ... Congress didn't develop a reporting system for harassment until 1995, after Republican Sen. ... Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) shared personal accounts of sexual ... Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who began a video campaign calling on ...
HuffPost
November 10, 2017
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was one of the only GOP politicians to come out and ... HuffPost talked to Democrats far from Alabama ― in New York, Washington, ... There is still a real chance that Moore will be the next senator.
New York Times
November 10, 2017
From left, Senator Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the Finance Committee, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Gary D. Cohn, the ...
New York Times
November 9, 2017
Senator Sam Dastyari, an Australian of Iranian heritage, was the target of racial slurs by members of a far-right group, Patriot Blue, at a ...
New York Times
November 8, 2017
From the tax-obsessed suburbs of New York City to high-tech ... by going after Republicans on the ballot,” said Representative Charlie Dent, ... N.Y., and carried bellwether mayoral elections in St. Petersburg, Fla., and .... a former Tennessee governor, to run for the seat that Senator Bob Corker is vacating.
New York Times
November 7, 2017
Pete Wells, The New York Times's restaurant critic, reviews new and ... Peru and Japan each have one representative in the main kitchen, ...
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