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WASHINGTON – Republicans howl about the "nuclear option" to crack down on filibusters in the Senate. But on a day when President Obama released a real policy on when to use nukes – his Nuclear Posture Review – many GOP lawmakers were quiet (or just enjoying a congressional spring recess).
WASHINGTON - Air travelers entering the U.S. from overseas will now be screened using up-to-the-minute intelligence to spot potential terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
Airline passengers on flights headed to the United States will soon be safer, says the White House, thanks to new passenger screening procedures.
Let's hope so.
Not that there seems to be anything wrong per se with the new policy, which searches for potential terrorists based on intelligence data, rather than on foreign passengers' nationalities.
Long Island's congressional delegation Sunday came out in strong, bipartisan support of President Barack Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan.
Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the visit "reaffirms America's commitment. This must be an American issue, not a partisan one.
You can call it a tax, an assessment, a tariff or a duty, but no matter what word you use the cold hard fact is that the new health care bill will hit tri-state taxpayers in their pocket books. We'll pay more than any other part of the county -- over 20 percent of the entire tax burden is our burden.
Long Island's mostly Democratic Congressional delegation was jubilant as the U.S. House yesterday passed a health care overhaul plan that's driven the country's political debate since President Barack Obama took office.
WASHINGTON - It's not just change to believe in - it's change that's real after the U.S. House of Representatives voted Sunday night for a sweeping overhaul of American health care.
WASHINGTON - The final version of Democrats' health care overhaul released yesterday contains a fix, its backers said, that would give the cash-strapped state of New York a badly needed shot in the arm: billions of dollars in federal Medicaid money.
Rep. Peter King jokes that he can't be going around half-crocked because he might run into the President and that might fulfill an awful stereotype....See the Politico interview by clicking here.
On this St. Patrick’s Day, Members of Congress who care about Ireland have a lot to celebrate.