ACORN Affiliate Given Taxpayer Funds By Candidates It Supported
Region: New York
ACORN, the leftwing activist group with Obama ties, has indirectly received New York State and New York City taxpayer funds through a charity it controls according to an article in City Hall News, http://www.cityhallnews.c... more
Views: 3399A 1960's Conservative's View: Turning The Page On The Kennedy Era
Region: United States
As a 1960's era Conservative, who has become even more so in my elder years, the hoopla surrounding Ted Kennedy's death this week simply has been too incredible to believe in both its scope, and also the coverage given by ... more
Views: 3535Senatorial Scion's Sinecure Shortened
Region: New YorkFormer Democrat Assemblyman Pedro G. Espada was hired August 6th as deputy director of intergovernmental relations at US$120,000 per year as I reported and commented on previously http://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=29... more
Views: 1293NY Governor Paterson Proposes Docking Senators' Pay
Region: New York
For weeks the Senate, which is the upper house of the New York State legislature, has been embroiled in dissension as two Democrats voted to make the Republican leader, Dean Skelos (Rockville Centre) the Senate Maj... more
Views: 1486Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand Named New Senator of New York
Region: United States
A congresswoman from upstate New York is set to take over as New York Senator from former Senator Hillary Clinton, according to an aide of Governor Patterson. The news comes a day after Caroline Kennedy, the daughter o... more
Views: 1395Burris: No Wrong Dealings Between Me and Blagojevich
Region: United States
Upon winning the United States Presidential Elections, Democratic nominee Barack Obama would be the US President-Elect. From there, Obama would vacate his seat in the United States Senate. There would be the question: Who ... more
Views: 1011US Senate Seats: Roland Burris and Al Franken are Not the Same
Region: United States
I couldn’t believe it when I read it on my cell phone in rural Pennsylvania last week. Erstwhile Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, famously out on bail, soon to be indicted for attempting to sell the Sen... more
Views: 1540Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested
Region: Illinois
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested this morning by federal officials. He is charged with conspiring to grant the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama in exchange for money. Other charges are related to allegatio... more
Views: 1728US Senate Does Not Bother to Slap Lieberman on the Wrist
Region: United States
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) has, as predicted, escaped seemingly unscathed from his support of Republican candidate John McCain in a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus. Lieberman will retain his chairmans... more
Views: 1324Democratic Senators Vote on Lieberman's Fate Tuesday
Region: United States
Sometime tomorrow, the Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate will vote, on a secret ballot, on whether or not Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) will retain his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governme... more
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