NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Rep. Gregory Meeks is hosting a town hall meeting Friday to address growing dissatisfaction with mail service on the peninsula, and has invited U.S. Postal Service brass from Washington to listen to the complaints.
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, a Hillary Clinton supporter, thinks that Barack Obama's disavowal of his former pastor Jeremiah Wright this afternoon was mostly about politics. "Obama is trying protect his campaign," Meeks said. "According to Reverend Wright, Obama is going to do what he has to do as a politician. And Reverend Wright is going to do what he has to do as a pastor. I think...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Gregory Meeks , Congressman (D- NY 6) representing South East Queens, Nayaba Arinde , editor of the Amsterdam News , and Norman Siegel , former executive director of the NYCLU and civil rights attorney who works with 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement discuss the weekend's protests and the ongoing reaction to the Sean Bell verdict.
Majikthise (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
A coalition of New York legislators vows to seek redress for Sean Bell at the federal level, according to a statement released by Rep. Gregory Meeks on Saturday: "We do not accept that this is the end of this case....
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The Clinton campaign gathered Congress members Nita Lowey, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Gregory Meeks on a conference call this morning to demand that Barack Obama sever his campaign's ties to senior adviser and Pulitzer-prize-winning academic Samantha Power after she called Hillary Clinton a “monster” in an interview with a Scottish newspaper . Congresswoman Lowey of New York opened by saying, “We...
Swampland (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
It's not with the press team, but with a few surrogates: Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL), Joe Sestak (PA) and Gregory Meeks (NY) hold a conference call to discuss the state of the race TODAY at 10:15 a.m. EST. You've had some excellent suggestions for questions so far, please feel free to offer some more in the comments. UPDATE: In the preamble, Schultz spoke second, but...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 02/18/2008
A Far Rockaway postmaster described as "incompetent" by Congressman Gregory Meeks, is working at the Far Rockaway Post Office after returning from "developmental detail."
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 02/18/2008
The Queens Democrat and superdelegate, Rep. Gregory Meeks, who remains solidly in Hillary Clinton's corner despite the fact that Barack Obama won his district, was the target of a mysterious flyer circulated at the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators' 37th annual conference in Albany this weekend.
Skeptic Eye (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
The FEC has released a conciliated enforcement matter (MUR 5895) against Congressman Gregory Meeks, of New York. The matter arose from an audit, and the press release reports: Meeks for Congress used $16,958 of campaign funds for the personal expenses of Congressman Meeks, in violation of the Act. These expenses included personal trainer expenses ($6,230), miscellaneous [...]
Skeptical Brotha (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones...
NoisyRoom.net (Free subscription) | 12/11/2007
From ACT! for America: www.pajamasmedia.com The DC-based Peace and Justice Foundation has a shockingly wide range of friends, from terrorists in the Middle East to powerful backers on Capitol Hill. Patrick Poole zeroes in on one particularly loyal friend. By Patrick Poole Why is a powerful congressman trying to pave the way for terror-linked speakers to appear on Capitol [...]
Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who in October was among 13 Congressmen who came out in support of the Sirius-XM merger, has written a letter to the FCC voicing his support for Georgetown Partners - a minority-owned firm which has recently opposed the merger. Georgetown has recently asked that the merger Sirius-XM lease its broadcast infrastructure and 20% of its channel capacity to a minority-controlled...
Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
The DC-based Peace and Justice Foundation has a shockingly wide range of friends, from terrorists in the Middle East to powerful backers on Capitol Hill. Patrick Poole zeroes in on one particularly loyal friend.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2007
Elizabeth Benjamin: If Rep. Gregory Meeks looks like he's breaking a sweat lately, this might be why.
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 09/14/2007
A reader sent over this invitation to Gregory Meeks' October 5 fund-raiser. (Maybe this was an early draft')
