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As we approach the final days of summer, many people are focused on grabbing their last few vacation days. Regrettably, a handful of politicians, mostly Republicans, can’t seem to focus on anything other than religion and citizenship and how to tie it into the upcoming November election.
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Jerry Kremer
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8/26/10
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Last week, 92 percent of Long Island school budgets won public approval. Aware of the public’s anger over rising taxes, most districts held their growth down to between 2 and 4 percent. Thankfully, the voters didn’t punish the children.
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Jerry Kremer
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5/28/10
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The great Mayor Ed Koch used to say he’d like to take a pitchfork through the Wall Street executives who fleeced Americans over the past decade.
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Al D'Amato
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4/29/10
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So the Tea Party came and went on Tax Day, and yes, the nation survived. Of late, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this movement. What is it, precisely?
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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I never imagined that there would come a time in our nation’s history when Americans would be prohibited from free speech.
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Al D'Amato
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4/8/10
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March 21, 2010, will go down in history as the day Congress voted to expand the social contract the U.S. government has with America. Late Sunday night, 219 Democratic Congressmen and women went against 178 Republicans and 34 Democrats in a historic vote on health care reform.
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Al D'Amato
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3/26/10
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On March 1, federal unemployment benefits for over a million Americans expired, despite numerous attempts by Congress to extend them.
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Al D'Amato
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3/11/10
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Evan Bayh sent shock waves through Washington last week when he announced that he would not run for a third term as Democratic senator from Indiana, citing “brain-dead partisanship” in Congress.
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Al D'Amato
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2/25/10
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Joe Wilson was a name unknown to most of us until he shouted “You lie!” at President Obama during the president’s address to Congress on Sept. 9.
Now, the South Carolina Republican’s name has been circulating throughout every major media source in the U.S. and worldwide. Personally, I don’t think anyone can defend Wilson’s action of disrupting the president’s speech while he was addressing Congress. My friends in Congress tell me this was truly out of character for Wilson, and that he is a genuinely nice person and an honorable man.
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10/1/09
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