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Congressman Jose Serrano speaking about the 2009 World Series Champion Yankees as he works to pass a resolution congratulating them in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Charles Dent had about as much chance of mercy against this lineup as the Phillies did against the Yankees last night. There on the House floor this afternoon, Dent was tapped to run the GOP debate on a homeland security bill by ranking member and Yankees fan, Long Island Rep. Pete King. Sitting in the chair with the gavel was Yankees fan and Bronx Rep. Jose Serrano. Arguing...
the albany project (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
If you are trying to find a bill in the New York State Assembly , it is fairly easy. That is, if you know the bill number or are able to find the right keyword. And even if you find the bill, the roll call vote information may not all be there and you might only find a summary of the legislation. For the New York State Senate , the process was even worse. Sometimes you could not find bills (even notable...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Pay czar Ken Feinberg is weighing expanding his pay punishment to the top 100 earners at America’s bailed out financial firms, Rep. Jose Serrano tells us. Serrano, the chairman of the Financial Services subcommittee, met with Feinberg earlier today in his role as a Treasury Department overseer for a briefing on the executive compensation cuts Feinberg is demanding. He liked what he heard, especially...
the albany project (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Here is a table of the 29 members of Congress showing the results of the filings that were posted today. DISTRICT INCUMBENT CONTRIBUTIONS EXPENDITURES CASH ON HAND NY-1 Tim Bishop $263,189.53 $66,589.32 $710,928.46 NY-2 Steve Israel $436,670.74 $173,169.91 $1,796,209.25 NY-3 Pete King $89,287.00 $46,633.81 $1,341,242.55 NY-4 Carolyn McCarthy $144,167.32 $87,679.05 $413,644.81 NY-5 Gary Ackerman $42,178.00...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Nobody should have put a deadline on dealing with the Guantanamo Bay prison, a key Democrat told us today. And another confirmed that Gitmo is only part of the problem stalling homeland security funding. “It never should have gotten to this point,” said Rep. Nita Lowey, a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence. “They never should have put a deadline on it, and they’re...
the albany project (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
In June, a hot-button issue at the time was the war supplemental that was going to be voted on . The reason is that, in 2007, we had over 90 Democratic members of Congress sign a letter saying they would not support war funding without a timeline for withdrawal . This applies to Afghanistan just as much as it applied to Iraq. Over the last two years, those 90 have dwindled. Proof of that came in May...
Bill's Comments (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
I received the following email from my sister. I have seen the same information from a totally different and reliable source over a month ago. While I realize that some of you were/are supporters of the liberal party’s candidate for president, nevertheless, I believe we need to stand up and be counted on this one, no matter which political persuasion we are.This is so unbelievable and incredibly...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Then stop being dumbasses and just make PR a state already. Funny you don't hear about substantial issues like this on the teevee machine. Oh wait, the majority of these people are of color. Nevermind. Much more at the link. Healthcare is becoming an increasingly contentious issue between Democratic leaders and Hispanic lawmakers who feel that many Hispanics are being left out of the reform efforts....
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Shortly after the New York Times reported yesterday that the White House was leaning on David Paterson to step out of the 2010 gubernatorial race in order to avoid other Democratic losses in the state, the governor began telling people he was still in the game. He spoke with the paper at the African American Day Parade in Harlem on Sunday, and afterward they did that thing where they run a garbled...
The Virginian (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
From Doug Ross Journal Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. Robert Brady D-Pa. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C. Mike Capuano, D-Mass. Andre Carson, D-Ind. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Danny Davis, D-Ill. Diane DeGette, D-Colo. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass. Mike Doyle, D-Pa. Donna Edwards, D-Md. Keith...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Although Max Baucus has veered dangerously off the path to create an expensive and unsustainable welfare system for wealthy health care and insurance corporations-- his campaign donors-- at the expense of the middle class, Obama has always insisted that his vision of health care reform was all about bringing in as many families as possible who aren't adequately covered and are just one tragedy away...
Isn't It Rich (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The House voted to cut off funding for ACORN, but 75 of them didn't want them to be defunded. Here's the list. They're all dems. Does that surprise anyone? ACORN's defenders: Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. Robert Brady D-Pa. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C. Mike Capuano, D-Mass. Andre Carson, D-Ind. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Joseph...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Talk about political theater. A few Democrats raise an interesting question about the high-profile vote on the education bill amendment to take ACORN’s federal funding away. Did it really take anything away? “There was no money for ACORN in the education bill,” said Rachel Racusen, a spokesman for the Education and Labor Committee. We’re not parliamentarians, but the way it...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Both of the Capital Region’s congressman, Scott Murphy and Paul Tonko, voted in favor of a measure added to a college loan bill that would ban ACORN from receiving federal funds. Voting against the measure were upstate Democrats Maurice Hinchey and Louise Slaughter, plus a raft of NYC Democrats including Eliot Engel, Jose Serrano, Joseph Crowley, [...]
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