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The so-called Heroine of Hackney who joined the Lib Dems pulled out of the race to be the party president after she "encountered some unpleasantries" from a minority of members. Pauline Pearce,...
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Ed Davey MP Speech to the Liberal Democrat 2014
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Clay Aiken: Democrat Candidate for U.S. Congress
Democrat Clay Aiken meets at the News Observer newspaper to discuss his candidacy for the N.C. 2nd District against opponent Republican U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking to create a export-import bank that would extend loans and grants to help New York businesses tap foreign markets and encourage overseas companies to move to the state.
Cuomo, a 56-year-old Democrat seeking re-election in November, said today that New York would be the first state to set up a bank modeled on the one run by the federal government. He also said hell travel in coming years on trade missions to Mexico, Canada, Italy, China and Israel.
This is about job development and these companies are being sought after by every state, Cuomo told reporters in New York City today. If we dont give them an incentive, another state will.
The proposal is meant to build on tax-free zones that Cuomo created last year around the State University of New Yorks 64 campuses, which were designed to attract companies. Cuomo has said the initiatives are meant to change New Yorks decades-long image as a high-tax state unwelcoming to business. By promoting New York internationally, he is seeking to draw more foreign companies to the third-most-populous state.
The bank would have to be approved by lawmakers, Cuomo said. It would include a $25 million lending program targeted toward small businesses that have difficulty accessing credit, and $10 million for grants of as much as $25,000 to help with export capacity and translation, according to an e-mailed statement. Hell also create a website to help international businesses connect with the tax-free program and other incentives.
Cuomos forays abroad would follow an August trip to Israel and a trip last month to Afghanistan, his first overseas travel since he took office in 2011. The governor, who has been the subject of speculation as a presidential candidate, has increasingly been discussing international issues, including the threat of terrorism.
These trade missions will be for my job and theyre essential to doing my job as governor, Cuomo told reporters in today.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Republican Gov. Tom Corbett has gained a little ground against Democratic challenger Tom Wolf but is still 17 percentage points behind, a poll released Tuesday said.
The Quinnipiac University Poll reported that 55 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Wolf if the election was held now, and only 38 percent picked Corbett. In a poll released Sept. 11, Wolf had a 59-35 edge.
Wolf is ahead 49-40 among independent voters and 51-42 with men, who tend to tilt Republican. Republicans back Corbett 75-22, up from 68-25 in September, but 87 percent of Democrats support Wolf.
"With a slight shift in the numbers as a handful of Republicans come back, there is a pinprick of light at the end of the long, dark re-election tunnel, but time is not on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's side," said Tim Malloy, the poll's assistant director. "It's a matter of simple math and the ticking clock and both are working against Gov. Corbett."
Only 38 percent of voters have a favorable view of Corbett, while 52 percent have a favorable view of Wolf, a York businessman who served as secretary of revenue under Gov. Ed Rendell.
A number of incumbent governors are in tight races this year, including Republicans Rick Scott in Florida and Scott Walker in Wisconsin. But Corbett is the only incumbent with a double-digit deficit.
Quinnipiac surveyed 907 likely voters between Sept. 30 and Oct. 5. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 points for the entire sample.
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Gov. Corbett continues to trail Democrat Tom Wolf in Pa.