VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Jim Russell is the author of Breach of Faith: American Churches and the Immigration Crisis. (Joe Guzzardi discussed it here.) He’s also running for Congress, which doesn’t have enough authors in it. He’s running against Nita Lowey in Westchester County, where immigration is pretty bad. Immigration foe makes run at Lowey By Gerald McKinstry The Journal News, October [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Local residents are planning demonstrations in Putnam and Rockland today to oppose the $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street backed by President Bush. A protest was held yesterday in White Plains at U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey’s office. Putnam residents plan to gather today at 5 p.m. at the County Courthouse in Carmel at the north end [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Jim Russell, a Republican running against Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, said the current $700 billion bailout gives “too much power to the secretary of the treasury.” “It surrenders a great deal of authority to Mr. Paulson,” Russell said in an interview this week. “I’m interested in the securing of investments of middle class people.” Russell wants a [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef will be the beneficiary of a fundraiser set for Sat, Sept. 27th at the home of David Swope, 132 Hawkes Avenue, Ossining. Congresswoman Nita Lowey is expected to attend, along with an unspecified “special Guest and speaker,” according to an email from Galef. Tickets are $125 per person or $200 per couple.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
DENVER, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of a speech, as prepared for delivery by Nita Lowey, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York, at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, August 27, 2008: (Logo: ) Scheduled for delivery: August 27, 2008 - 5:00-6:00 pm MT EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY The Honorable Nita Lowey Democratic National...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
On two separate occasions during the 1 p.m. EDT hour of MSNBC’s "News Live," host Brian Williams continued to wonder if there will ever be a female president, bringing up the topic during discussions with Representative Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and NBC Political Director Chuck Todd. Williams first brought up the topic during the second segment of the hour. After asking Rep. Lowey about her thoughts on...
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, will speak Wednesday evening at the Democratic National Convention.
Larisa Alexandrovna's At Largely (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Defense Industry Daily reports that two Democrats, Howard Berman [D-CA, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee] and Nita Lowey [D-NY, Chair of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs’ Appropriations Subcommittee], have put a legislative hold on a State Dept. proposal to allow Pakistan to redirect over two thirds of its 2008 aid into modernizing its older F-16 fighter fleet to the same standard...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
The US Congress has sought to put on hold the Bush administration’s plans of diverting $200 million from counter-terrorism to upgrading F-16 fighter jets for Pakistan. Two senior lawmakers Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Nita Lowey said that they were concerned that the proposal would harm counter-terrorism efforts [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Congresswoman Nita Lowey today accused President Bush of “politicizing” the process by which local law enforcement agencies receive federal grant funds. Lowey, a Democrat representing Westchester and Rockland counties, called on the president to sign legislation reauthorizing the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program Joined by New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson and Deputy Police Commissioner...
Parkway Rest Stop (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Question: What do these people have in common? Democrat Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Congressional Representatives. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Rush Holt of New Jersey, Nita Lowey of New York, and Howard Berman, Susan Davis, George Miller, and Henry Waxman, all of California, Republican Senators. Robert Bennett of [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and several family planning advocates on Tuesday responded to a regulation being developed by the Bush administration that would effectively allow abortion to be defined to include commonly used contraceptive methods and would protect the rights of medical providers who refused to offer them, Reuters reports.
RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Family planning groups and NY Rep. Nita Lowey respond to the HHS proposal that would limit access to contraception for women, AMA apologizes for history of racial inequality, WaPo article on homosexuality and youth.
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
How’s this for an interesting dinner trio? Bill and Hillary Clinton joined Rep. Nita Lowey for a meal at X2O Xaviars on the Hudson in Yonkers last night. “It was a friendly, social dinner,” said Nina Blackwell, a spokeswoman Sen. Hillary Clinton. She declined to provide further details about the outing. Lowey, a Harrison Democrat, was key supporter [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
What’s a few million dollars out of a $39.9 billion budget? Congresswoman Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, has joined with other members of the House Appropriations Committee and some lawmakers not on the panel in setting aside $180 million for 104 projects in their home districts in the proposed 2009 budget for the Department of Homeland Security. Taxpayers for [...]
