Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) will be holding town hall meetings the next two weeks. The focus will be on immigration, the Affordable Care Act, community concerns and the new administration.
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3/1/17
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House Speaker Paul Ryan said earlier this month that Republicans would move to strip funding from Planned Parenthood, part of a broader effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, much to the chagrin of pro-choice advocates.
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1/26/17
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Here's what's going on in and around Valley Stream this week.
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1/20/17
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Like him or not, President Obama will always be remembered as a transformational figure. The 44th president, the first African-American, is a tremendous orator who promised . . .
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1/19/17
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In his news conference last Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump said that he wants to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act quickly and simultaneously.
Even without a new president, Congress last week . . .
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1/19/17
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For anyone who has not served in combat, it’s impossible to understand the horrors of war. We can try to imagine them, however. We can imagine . . .
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11/10/16
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Remember the promises President Obama made when he was first selling us the health care prescription that came to be known as Obamacare? Speech after speech, he promised . . .
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11/3/16
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Incumbent Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-St.Albans) is running for his 10th two-year term against challengers Michael O’Reilly, a Republican, and Green Party candidate Frank Francois.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/26/16
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President Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to throw out economic numbers and statistics, claiming that the American economy is stronger than ever, since there are more jobs in varied industries and much less unemployment. However . . .
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10/20/16
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In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . .
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10/20/16
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