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Congress cannot allow the estate tax to lapse
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/894626.html As the media is mostly focused on the health care fight in Congress, the most powerful forces in our nation are quietly gearing up for their next attempt to raid the U. S. Treasury on behalf of the wealthiest Americans, to the detriment of the rest of us. These [...]
Palin hype machine back in high gear
Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/864201.html Igniting political passions anew, the woman who could have become VP re-emerges with a book — and a lot of chattering about her future By Robert J. McCarthy NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER Updated: November 17, 2009, 8:32 AM If you thought America was obsessed with Sarah Palin when she ran for [...]
Rod Watson: Putting a face on need for public option
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/858628.html Forget Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. Forget the tea parties. Forget “socialized medicine.” Think instead of Michael Zak, 25, a college student and self-employed construction worker from Cheektowaga. After getting a viral infection and spending five days in the hospital recently, the Erie Community College humanities student finds himself nearly [...]
Obama Grassroots Break from DNC Field Operation
City Hall News New York, NY http://www.cityhallnews.com/news/132/ARTICLE/2082/2009-08-19.html Key organizers from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in New York are beginning to break from the president’s official field operation, Organizing For America, which they say has been missing in action as the debate over health care intensifies. More than two dozen grassroots organizers and leaders of the [...]
Town hall trouble from both sides now
Politico Rochester, NY (Washington, DC) http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25860.html ROCHESTER, N.Y. — To watch the news, the only grass-roots action in the health care debate involves opponents shouting down Democrats at town halls and grocery stores. But Democrats — especially those who have expressed anything less than full-blown support for the legislation before Congress — are getting back-home [...]
Working Families Party Petitions for Health Care Support
YNN Rochester, NY http://rochester.ynn.com/content/latest_headlines/478974/working-families-party-petitions-for-health-care-support/?RegionCookie=2134 The Working Families Party delivered thousands of petitions to Congressman Eric Massa Tuesday to get him to support President Obama’s comprehensive health care reform bill. Group members say small businesses and middle income families will benefit from the reform, which offers people the option of public insurance. “We need to have [...]
