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President Obama appointed a second Presidential Emergency Board on March 21 in resolving the MTA's longstanding contract impasse with LIRR union workers, whose action to strike could now be pushed back to July.

Obama appoints second board for LIRR dispute

President Barack Obama has appointed a second board of mediators to intervene in a longstanding contract impasse between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its Long Island Rail Road … more

By Emily Webb | 3/25/14

Obama hasn't earned a second term

Nassau County is no longer home to the New York Islanders, and the Nassau Coliseum has lost its biggest tenant. more

11/2/12

Response to presidential speech on Middle East, Africa

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4) wrote to Pres. Barack Obama two weeks ago, calling on him to stop aid to the Palestinian Authority for as long as it maintains its new partnership with the Hamas terrorist organization. Last week, McCarthy issued a response to the president’s speech on the Middle East and North Africa: more

5/26/11

Protect our citizens, Mr. President!

An estimated 3 million people enter the United States illegally every year, over half a million of them over the Arizona border. Fed up with the complete inaction in Washington to protect and defend … more

Al D'Amato | 7/14/10

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