[[{“fid”:”316″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”299″,”width”:”405″,”style”:”width: 280px; height: 207px; border-width: 4px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: left;”,”title”:”NY1- Sequestration Impact on NY”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]] Police officers and firefighters who responded on 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy Victims who are trying to rebuild after last fall's devastating storm are just two groups that could see their lives made even more difficult by automatic spending […]

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As Democrats prepare to flex what may be reinvigorated muscle this congressional session, the Congressional Black Caucus could be positioned to gain increased attention both from President Obama and congressional leaders. Passage of any significant legislation in the House may need as much support from Democrats—120 votes or so—as it does from Republicans. The CBC–a […]

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A Brooklyn Congressman is defending his borough against comments made by the head of the National Rifle Association. In an editorial in the Daily Caller last Wednesday, Wayne LaPierre painted a hellish, crime-ridden picture of South Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy, saying saying, “Looters ran wild in South Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. […]

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President Obama’s call for increasing the minimum wage to $9 an hour from its current level of $7.25 has been enthusiastically received in many quarters who contend that it would move many Americans out of poverty and also boost the income of many in the African-American community. In his State of the Union message, the […]

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A little more than a week after a bipartisan group of senators endorsed a pathway to citizenship undocumented immigrants, a House committee debated immigration reform for the first time this year. But as Washington Bureau Reporter Michael Scotto reports, some House Republicans want to take a different approach. “Whatever else we disagree on, I think […]

  [[{“fid”:”331″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“height”:”300″,”width”:”520″,”style”:”width: 520px; height: 300px; border-width: 4px; border-style: solid;”,”title”:”HJ Immigration Coalition – Ppls World”,”class”:”media-element file-full”},”link_text”:null}]] The battle for comprehensive immigration reform has moved into high gear since President Barack Obama's Jan. 27 speech in Reno, Nev. In the past few days alone, the House Judiciary Committee has begun immigration hearings and Obama has himself met […]