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Demonstrators Rally Against Tax Hikes As Fiscal Cliff Nears
City & State 12/31/12 Aaron Short http://www.cityandstateny.com/demonstrators-rally-against-tax-hikes-as-fiscal-cliff-nears/ While members of Congress hunkered down for an intense series of negotiations to avert a fiscal crisis in the waning hours of the year, New Yorkers rallied in front
Read More »Fiscal Cliff: Will We Meet the Deadline?
WBNG 12 12/31/12 Jillian Marshall http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Fiscal-Cliff-Will-We-Meet-the-Deadline-185323431.html Millions of people are getting ready for the start of the new year, but midnight is more than the beginning of 2013, it’s the deadline for the so-called
Read More »Local residents address Fiscal Cliff
WICZ Fox 40 12/31/12 http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=26188 As the Fiscal Cliff looms ever closer, local members of Citizen Action are voicing their concerns. They were asking Congress not to “drop the ball on the middle class,”
Read More »Protesters: Don’t drop ball on middle class
YNN Central New York 12/31/12 Katie Husband http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/626336/protesters–don-t-drop-ball-on-middle-class/ Times Square is often the focus as we flip from one year to the next, but this year, Washington, D.C. has taken some of the limelight
Read More »Grimm must hold to his pledge to remain independent on budget
Staten Island Advance 12/23/12 http://www.silive.com/opinion/letters/index.ssf/2012/12/grimm_must_hold_to_his_pledge.html While campaigning, Congressman Michael Grimm wrote that he put the “care” in Medicare and that Social Security discussions should be off the table because Social Security has never added
Read More »We need Medicare to be preserved not tax cuts to be extended
Staten Island Advance LTE 12/23/12 http://www.silive.com/opinion/letters/index.ssf/2012/12/we_need_medicare_to_be_preserv.html During his campaign, Rep. Grimm said he was the man responsible for putting the word “care” in Medicare. Now is the time to prove that: He needs to
Read More »Strong Economy’s Kink and Citizen Action’s Fisher on Fiscal Cliff Possibilities
Capital Tonight 12/21/2012 http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/12/strong-economys-kink-and-citizen-actions-fisher-on-fiscal-cliff-possibilities/ (CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO – TWC SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED) Fiscal cliff negotiations hit another roadblock on Thursday, when the more conservative members of his caucus rejected Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B.” But
Read More »Protestors Call for Peter King to Support Middle Class
Fios 1 Long Island 12/20/12 Christa Lauri http://www.fios1news.com/longisland/node/24099 Protestors took to the offices of Rep. Peter King, asking him to voice his support for tax cuts on the middle class instead of for millionaires.
Read More »Anti-fracking groups mobilize as deadline looms
Messenger Post 12/19/12 Julie Sherwood http://www.mpnnow.com/topstories/x1781246312/Anti-fracking-groups-mobilize-as-deadline-looms The coalition of anti-fracking groups statewide are mobilizing as the state deadline looms for taking public comment. One of the organizations, New Yorkers Against Fracking, announced Wednesday it had
Read More »A pre-session push on campaign finance reform
Rochester City Paper 12/19/12 Jeremy Moule http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/a-pre-session-push-on-campaign-finance-reform/Content?oid=2165383 Ted O’Brien isn’t seated in the State Senate yet, but he’s already joining fellow Democrats calling for campaign finance reform. Specifically, he’s backing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal,
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