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Slaughter and Walz Say Stop Obstructing the STOCK Act

Call for Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor To Hold Up or Down Vote
Bipartisan Bill to End Insider Trading Has Support of Majority of House Members

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2012 State Of The Union Highlights

2012 State Of The Union Highlights

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RIck Perry Doubles Down On Turkey "Terrorists"

RIck Perry Doubles Down On Turkey "Terrorists"

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The Day In 100 Seconds: Freaky Friday

The Day In 100 Seconds: Freaky Friday

Day In 100 Seconds for Friday January 13th 2012 Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: tpmtvHosted: youtube

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Perry Appears To Forget Lawrence v Texas

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If the feds can’t pass the DREAM Act, New York state must do its part

If the feds can’t pass the DREAM Act, New York state must do its part

Over the past 10 years, there has been endless posturing in Washington about our broken immigration system. Unfortunately, these debates have achieved nothing to produce critically needed comprehensive immigration reform.
It is shameful that Congres…

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Court Allows Economic Development Illusion To Continue

Court Allows Economic Development Illusion To Continue

Buffalo lawyer James Ostrowski made a tremendous effort to end the insanity of politicians providing taxpayer dollars to corporations under the guise of creating jobs. Ostrowski’s lawsuit made it up to the Court of Appeals, the highest Court in New York State, where we all …

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Sen Kennedy holding roundtable on transportation

Western New York was shortchanged by about $167 million in infrastructure funding after the Department of Transportation made a human error while calculating allocation formulas for fiscal year 2008-2009. Senator Tim Kennedy, as a member of the Transportation Committee and ranking member of the Economic …

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The Transition Team

Erie County Executive-elect Mark C. Poloncarz proudly announced the formation of his transition team’s executive committee. This committee, led by businessman Michael Joseph will work closely with the current administration to ensure a smooth transition so that the Poloncarz administration can begin its work on …

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Looking Forward to Smooth Transition

I would like to express my gratitude to Chris Collins for his service on behalf of Erie County residents. This was a very hard-fought campaign and I wish him well in his return to the private sector. A lot has been made of our disagreements …

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Rep. Slaughter visits #OccupyBuffalo

Rep. Louise Slaughter was in Buffalo this afternoon and stopped by Niagara Square to personally speak to some of the supporters of the occupy movement.

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Collins Cuts to Social Services Hit Home

Collins Cuts to Social Services Hit Home

It’s a common misconception among suburban voters that just because they don’t use social services that they aren’t necessary. Think again. DSS is not adequately doing the job they are supposed to do because the “King” himself, Erie County executive Chris Collins continues to gut …

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