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the albany project (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... from the Republican Party (all 176 Republicans supported the amendment). Only two women from the Democratic side (of the women in Congress , there are 57 in the House Democratic conference) voted for this amendment: Kathleen Dahlkemper and Marcy Kaptur. Both Dahlkemper and Kaptur attached their names to the amendment and were paraded out to try and make this look legitimate,...
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The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... out again without doing anything at all, depending on where negotiations stand. Just today, the conference put out its own deficit reduction plan as an alternative to Paterson's $5.2 billion, two-year proposal to deal with the ever-growing budget hole. This will provide the Democrats, who, egged on by special interests in the healthcare and education sectors, have been bucking the governor...
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The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the state receives $1.60 from the federal government for every $1 it spends on Medicaid. Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson is siding with 1199 and GNYHA on this one, telling me during an interviewing yesterday that $750 million "will mean pink slips for individuals." "Not only do we have to be fiscally responsible, but we have to take into consideration...
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The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
To write "divided" and "Senate Democrats" in the same sentence has almost become a cliché at this point, but the fact is that the conference is - yet again - split over whether to attend Monday's joint session to hear Gov. David Paterson speak about the budget. At least three senators plan to attend the session despite the fact that Democratic Conference...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I have recently written to Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson urging him to bring marriage equality legislation to the floor for a vote the next time the legislature is in session. I strongly support marriage equality as a basic civil rights issue. I know that there are a significant number of Senators who do not support the bill, but believe it is our duty as a legislative body...
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PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
by Anna Edney Senate Majority Leader Reid Tuesday backed off of a Democratic push to pass a healthcare overhaul this year. be bound by any timelines,” Reid said, refusing to commit to passage this year. Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer of New York put the overhaul’s timeline in CBO’s hands, saying the budget office has been [...]
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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... just two weeks to go before Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Democratic conference leader John Sampson are expected to announce a winning developer for the project, Penn National Gaming and SL Green are now named as the two top contenders for the job, Crain's reported. Only last week Paterson notified bidders that they would need to provide proof...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... and delivers cost estimates. In the meantime, Reid is trying to cobble together 60 votes. ... One Democratic Senate aide familiar with the health care negotiations said Reid has been largely focused on the mostly moderate Democrats who won't yet commit to supporting a motion to proceed to begin the floor debate" (Drucker and Newmyer, 11/3). reports Reid "pledged an open debate on the healthcare...
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Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... The senator did not respond to a voice mail message. Selvena Brooks, spokeswoman for Democratic Conference Seader John Sampson, said she has heard nothing about a probe: “As far as Mr. Pedro G. Espada is concerned, the Senate considered the matter closed when he resigned.” “G,” as friends call him, stepped down from the post of deputy director for intergovernmental relations a few...
