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ALBANY — In a blow to Republican control of the State Senate, Tom Libous was found guilty Wednesday of lying to an F.B.I. agent investigating how the Binghamton Republican traded official favors with a lobbyist that directed money to his son.
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Prominent Republicans warned President Donald Trump on Wednesday against taking further trade actions that could harm American workers, even as top administration officials meeting in Davos, Switzerland, rose to the defense of the president's «America...
The official said Republican President Donald Trump, who has already sought $ 50 billion in new tariffs on China, will insist on «verifiable, enforceable and measurable deliverables» from China in any trade negotiations.
The issue became a topic of discussion during a meeting last Thursday that President Donald Trump held with cabinet officials and Republican members of Congress to discuss agricultural trade.
Congressman John Faso, a Kinderhook Republican and member of the House of Representative's Agriculture Committee, said he has met with Canadian trade officials over their concerns.
ESD last year tried to direct $ 15 million from the «transformative investment fund,» a $ 400 million pot created in the 2015 - 16 budget by former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who left office after he was convicted of several federal felonies for trading official actions for payments to his son.
A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday, where he doubled down on his criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio and other New York politicians.
Garcia is Cuomo's first Republican nominee to the court and officials have denied there was a trade between the governor and Senate Republicans for the judicial nominations.
A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan yesterdayy, where he doubled down on his criticism of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other local politicians.
Republican members of the State Senate will convene behind closed doors this morning to discuss whether it's time for Skelos, a Long Islander who has led their conference for just shy of seven years, to relinquish the reins as he fights federal charges that he traded official favors with a major developer and environmental company that gave a job and money to his son.
Almost immediately after the Trump administration announced its plans to impose tariffs on a broad array of Chinese imports, with an eye towards compelling the Chinese government to address intellectual property theft and other alleged trade abuses, Chinese officials responded by threatening tariffs of their own, shrewdly training their fire on U.S. imports from constituencies crucial to Republican political fortunes.
Amid mounting criticism from Republicans and usually GOP allies, White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Kudlow and other White House officials on Friday pushed back on the idea that President Donald Trump is starting a trade war with China.