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Pressure on Region’s House Democrats to Back Health Care Overhaul

Union-backed groups are pressuring a handful of renegade House Democrats from New York and New Jersey to back the party’s efforts to overhaul the health care system. Share your thoughts about the health care debate. The organizations including the ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Communications Workers of America,  Barack Obama

The City: Fight for Staten Island

In 2008, the Republican Party lost its sole New York City Congressional seat to Michael E. McMahon, a City Council member at the time. He became the first Democrat since 1981 to win the 13th District, which covers Staten Island and a portion of ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Vito J. Fossella,  Michael Bloomberg,  Tony Blair

Long Island: First District Tussle

It has farming communities, blue-collar towns, middle-class suburbs and fabulously wealthy pockets like the Hamptons. Politically, it is also a jumble. President George W. Bush won the district in 2004. But four years later, Barack Obama carried it. ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

Westchester: First, a Preliminary

New York’s 19th Congressional District stretches north along the Hudson River, from the wealthy suburbs of New York City to the towns and farms of the mid-Hudson Valley. For nearly four decades, the people of this district sent a Republican to ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John J. Hall,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sue W. Kelly

G.O.P. Gearing Up for 2010 House Races

LOOKING AHEAD The House seat of Scott Murphy, center at left, with President Obama and Maurice Hinchey, a fellow Democratic congressman from New York, is one that Republicans believe may be winnable. DEFENDERS From top, Representatives Eric Massa, of ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Under Cloud, Rangel Sees Fund-Raising Dip

Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York has so far been able to hang onto his powerful committee chairmanship despite damaging disclosures about his financial dealings. But when it comes to the kind of clout that Washington pays close attention to ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles B. Rangel,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  Ways and Means Committee,  U.S. Republican Party

Rangel’s Ex-Aide Will Run Against Him

WASHINGTON Representative Charles B. Rangel, whose personal finances are the focus of a Congressional ethics investigation, is suddenly facing another problem: one of his former aides is running against him in next year’s election. Vince Morgan, now a ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles B. Rangel

Wider Ethics Inquiry for Congressman

WASHINGTON The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into a series of questionable financial dealings made by Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York. Representative Charles B. Rangel, center facing ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles B. Rangel,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John A. Boehner,  Ways and Means Committee

A Senate Candidate Accustomed to Being Thrown in the Ring

She emerges from an apparent coma and kicks her cheating husband in the groin. In a showdown with her daughter, she goes flying to the mat after her daughter smacks her in the face. And, after a black-booted bald man hoists her feet-first in the air, ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Christopher J. Dodd,  Linda McMahon

Obama Said to Request That Paterson Drop Campaign

WASHINGTON President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials ...

From RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  19 Sep 2009

Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Gregory W. Meeks,  U.S. Democratic Party

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