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Schumer, King Say Parties Need To Set Aside Differences To Bring Jobs Back To...
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) – Congress is reconvening this week for what could be a painful confrontation over how to put Americans back to work. Lawmakers returning after a monthlong recess are in...
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President Obama To Present Jobs Package To Congress, Nation; Bloomberg Says...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – With millions of Americans out of work and out of patience, President Barack Obama is going before a skeptical Congress to pitch an economic plan aimed at creating jobs...
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Is Pizza A Veggie? New York Residents Weigh In As Congress Considers Bill
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — The fight over school lunch nutrition has gotten a little strange. Congress is now considering an amendment to an appropriations bill that would give vegetable status to pizza. But...
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Expiring Payroll Tax Cut Threatens To Hit Workers In Their Wallets
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — More than 17 million workers in the Tri-State Area benefit from the payroll tax break which took effect last year, and its scheduled expiration next month has many worried....
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Commuters May Need To Dig Deeper If Congress Fails To Renew Transit Tax Credit
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It’s been a bad year for commuters and if you rely on mass transit it’s only expected to get worse as a federal transit tax credit is set to expire at the end of the year. WCBS...
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Obama Administration Would Oppose Legislation Aimed At Online Piracy
WASHINGTON (AP) –The Obama administration says it would oppose pending legislation that would undermine “the dynamic, innovative global internet.” The White House says in a blog post Saturday that...
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Senate Passes Bill Banning Congress From Using Insider Information
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Senate passed a bill banning members of Congress from using insider information to trade stocks or buy land early Thursday evening. The bill forces lawmakers, their aides...
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City Council Warns Transportation Bill In DC Could Hurt NYC Commuters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A transportation bill in Washington D.C. could slash funding for mass transit in the Tri-state area and could end up costing commuters more to get to work. WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb...
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Synthetic Marijuana Still Available In New York Despite Order
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — In spite of a New York State Health Department order telling stores to stop selling synthetic marijuana, it is still available. The product has been found in stores all around...
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Market Rates For The Middle Class
With a couple of simple fixes from Congress, billions of dollars could be put into the economy by allowing middle class families to refinance their mortgages and by keeping student loans at market...
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Yankees Great Don Mattingly Blasts Clemens Trial As ‘Waste Of Money’
OAKLAND, Calif. (WFAN/AP) — Tell us how you really feel, Donnie Baseball. Yankees great Don Mattingly ripped the five-year federal investigation into pitcher Roger Clemens on Tuesday as a complete...
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Opinion: Nuns Tour To Protest Ryan Budget
I have seen a lot in my years working on campaigns. Crazy signs. Crazier costumes. Lots of hecklers. I was even called a communist by “El Pescador”, the fisherman who found Elian Gonzalez, during the...
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Road To Term 22: Rep. Rangel To Tussle With Espaillat In Next Week’s Primary
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Congressman Charles Rangel has been in Congress seemingly forever. But will the dean of New York’s delegation survive? On Tuesday, Rangel will duke it out in a Democratic...
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Opinion: Obama Gets Another Big Win From The Supreme Court
Immigration and Affordable Care? Check and check! President Barack Obama won big this week. But the bigger winners are families that have already benefited and will continue to benefit from Obamacare...
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Opinion: Eric Holder Continues To Show Contempt Of Congress
In the second most interesting political story of the day to come out of Washington, D.C. yesterday, United States Attorney General Eric Holder was voted by the House of Representatives as “in...
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Opinion: 8.2 Percent Unemployment Rate Won’t Reelect Obama
Of all the signs leading to a defeat for President Barack Obama in the presidential election of 2012, the most glaring sign is the unemployment rate which remains extremely high. Not only has the...
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Opinion: Republicans Vote For Denial Of Affordable Health Care Again
Today, once again, House Republicans will vote to deny Americans healthcare coverage. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was passed by Congress, signed by the President and upheld by...
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Opinion: Where’s Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.?
Becoming as big a sensation as “Where’s Waldo” has been for the past twenty-five years, the nation has been asking “Where’s Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.” – and with very good reason. U.S. Representative...
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Connecticut U.S. Senate Focus: The Republicans
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – Two Democrats and two Republicans will compete in next Tuesday’s Connecticut primaries, in the hopes of securing their respective party’s nomination for the chance to...
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Connecticut Senate Candidates Face Off In First Debate
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – The candidates for U.S. Senate in Connecticut have faced off in their first debate. The race between Republican Linda McMahon and Democratic Congressman Chris Murphy...
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