SURRENDER REPUBLICANS PUSHING DISCHARGE PETITION FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AMNESTY ARE TRYING TO LOSE MAJORITY
May 25, 2018
By ROBERT ROMANO Moderate Republicans appear intent on throwing away the House majority in Nov. 2018 when the midterm elections and are now reportedly five signatures away from a discharge petition bringing immigration amnesty legislation to the House floor for a vote. What are they thinking?
MURPHY ANNOUNCES HISTORIC $4 BILLION TAX CUT
April 1, 2016
By RYAN WICKER Since being elected to local office in 2009, State Senator Terrence Murphy has fought to lower the infamous tax burden associated with New York State and the Hudson Valley. On Thursday, the freshman Senator from Westchester approved a state budget that delivered a historic tax cut for residents of the Empire State. “It is no secret that New York residents, especially in the Hudson Valley, continue to battle incredibly strong headwinds to be able to afford to live here,” Senator Murphy said.
SCHUMER CALLS FOR TSA TO UPDATE BAGGAGE SCANNING EQUIPMENT AT BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
February 3, 2017
By LILY WILSON On February 2, U.S. Senator Charles E.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING IN NEW JERSEY RESTORED
February 20, 2018
By SHERRI RUGGIERI Margaret Sanger (1922) was the founder of Planned Parenthood. She would be proud to see that on February 16, 2018, the New Jersey Assembly passed bill A2134, which would restore $7.45 million dollars back into the state’s budget for Planned Parenthood services, which include cancer screenings, birth control, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
HOUSE BRINGS LAND USE REGULATIONS BACK TO STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL
February 16, 2017
By NATALIA CASTRO The House’s bold use of CRA disapprovals represents their desire to undo the regulations of the Obama era and maintain their promise to constituents, a desire the Senate should be prepared to echo. The most recently passed H.J.
TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MODERNIZE NAFTA OR ELSE END IT
February 12, 2018
By ROBERT ROMANO More than any other issue, President Donald Trump’s vow to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or else leave it may have been the most important reason he won the Electoral College in 2016 against his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump won Ohio by about 450,000 votes. In Pennsylvania, Trump only won by 44,000 votes.