Senate Democrats pitch aggressive legislative ethi
ALBANY -- Senate Democrats are unveiling what they call some of the toughest ethics reform proposals the state has ever seen. The move comes just weeks after...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday evening for his controversial address to Congress, which will be boycotted by dozens of Democratic lawmakers including two from New York.
Scandal-scarred Manhattan Rep. Charles Rangel and Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks are among 34 Democrats who have pledged to join President Obama in giving Netanyahu the cold shoulder over a speech arranged by Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
Others who wont be present for the Tuesday remarks include at least two Jewish House Democrats, Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
Cohen has said he didnt want to serve as a potted plant for the Israeli PM, who faces a tough re-election battle on March 17.
Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California who was still on the fence last week said Sunday he had decided to attend, after seeking advice from his Jewish colleagues.
Sen. Chuck Schumer also announced hed be in the audience thats expected to hear Netanyahu warn against a nuke deal with Iran and urge new sanctions.
While I didnt like the way Speaker Boehner handled the invitation, the relationship between America and Israel transcends that, Schumer said.
Outspoken Israel supporter and New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) blasted Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton for not taking a position on Netanyahus visit.
Hikind said he was baffled by Clintons silence, noting: Were talking about the former secretary of state, a former New York state senator and a presumed presidential candidate.
Clinton reps didnt return a request for comment.
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By Matt Fuller Posted at 4:55 p.m. March 2
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Facing the prospect of Democratsforcinga vote on a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill, conservatives are calling on House Republicansto adopt a resolution blocking the legislative maneuver.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, released a statement Monday following a Roll Call story laying out how Democrats could use House rules to get a vote on the Senate-passed DHS funding bill the one that doesnt block President Barack Obamas executive action on immigration and funds the agency through Sept. 30.
Clause 4 of Rule XXII of the House Rules provides privilege to a motion to dispose of any amendments when the stage of disagreement has been reached on a bill or resolution as soon as the Senate formally disagrees, King wrote in a rather wonky news release. The DHS appropriations bill reached the stage of disagreement in the House last Friday. The Senate is poised to act tonight. From that moment, Nancy Pelosi or any Member of the majority or the minority can make a privileged motion to fund executive amnesty through September 2015.
King notes that, under the Constitution, both chambers of Congress make their own rules. Therefore, he said, the House can change its rules by simple majority and has a duty to do so to protect the Constitution.
It is our urgent obligation to immediately amend or suspend Clause 4 of Rule XXII, he continued.
Kings proposed resolution is only one sentence long Resolved, That any motion pursuant to clause 4 ofrule XXII relating to the bill H.R. 240 may be offeredonly by the Majority Leader or his designee and it mirrors an earlier resolution the House adoptedin the first hours of the October 2013 government shutdown to block Democrats from bringing up a clean continuing resolution for the entire government.
King asserts thatRepublicans were elected on a promise to stop Obamas executive action. A single clause in a rule we have the power to change is not an excuse to fund lawlessness, he wrote. This is only a trap if we fail to act. Leaderships back is not against the wall unless they choose it to be.
Heritage Action gave CQ Roll Call a similar statement Monday afternoon, contending that GOP leaders were of course still in the drivers seat here, and, should Democrats use this tactic, Republicans would be to blame.
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PJTV personality John Phillips presents the most compelling argument yet on why the recent movement for anti-vaccination is not a right wing phenomenon.
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