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Corey Stoll also delivers some fine work as the congressman who gets ensnared in Underwood's puppet strings.
http://blog.bullz-eye.com/ Not exact matches
But the GOP congressman, Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, minced no words: «If you want to serve the public, particularly as a member of a president's staff, I don't care who you are, even if you're a Rhodes Scholar, you can't beat the hell out of your spouse.
Pompeo, a former Army officer who was a Republican congressman, is regarded as a loyal supporter of Trump with hawkish views.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, then a South Carolina congressman, opposed the bill, as did Ryan, who was serving as House Budget Committee chairman.
Now, pro-Trump loyalists such as Robert Mercer, a billionaire who supported controversial conservative Steve Bannon's ascent to the White House, are showing up on the congressmen's latest campaign donor lists.
Congressman Henry Hyde, that lion of pro-life, has characterized the movement as one of the most admirable in history since those who labor in this cause reap absolutely no material gain from its success.
This year Bunning and rookie congressman Tom McMillen, the Maryland Democrat who played 11 years in the NBA, (page 70) joined representatives Jack Kemp (Buffalo Bills) and Mo Udall (the old ABL Denver Nuggets) and Senator Bill Bradley (New York Knicks) in the Jock Caucus, as Udall has come to call the collective of five former pro athletes now serving in Congress.
Former Congressman — and convicted felon — Michael Grimm sounded ready to run for his old seat last night as he blasted the Staten Island representative who replaced him, Republican Dan Donovan, calling him a «liberal Democrat.»
The questioner (who happened to be a YNN videographer) then asked Gillibrand if she thought women should be offended by Eliot Spitzer's candidacy for New York City comptroller, as some of her fellow female elected officials have suggested — including NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but she had a political motive in seeking to link Spitzer and Weiner together in hopes of tarring the former congressman, who is one of her rivals in the mayor's race.
Demos, who worked on former Gov. George Pataki's campaigns (Pataki is a Rick Lazio supporter) and also shares a number of consultants (Rob Cole, Arthur Finkelstein), with Lazio, praised the former Long Island congressman in a press release, saying he has «walked with dignity and grace as he has vigorously defended the conservative values and principles that have shaped his life and distinguished career.»
Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., who is reportedly mulling a primary challenge to his fellow Bronx Democrat, Rep. Jose Serrano, is using the modern - day targeting of the Puerto Rican Day Parade by AG Eric Schneiderman to re-visit what he says was the «selling out» of the Latino community in connection with the same event by the congressman back in his days as an assemblyman.
As for who the candidate would be — with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on the fence about running — the most obvious choice would be Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..
The ads come as Politico is reporting that Bishop may be facing an ethics probe because his campaign solicited donations from a couple who needed the Congressman's help to get clearance for a fireworks display for their sons bar mitzvah.
Maurice Hinchey, who served the Hudson Valley for 38 years as a state assemblyman and congressman, has frontotemporal degeneration, a rare and terminal neurological disorder, his family announced.
Suozzi was a devoted supporter of her husband's campaigns and those of her son Thomas, who served four terms as Glen Cove mayor, two terms as Nassau County executive, and is now as a congressman.
Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.
Former Long Island Congressman Steve Israel has traded in a political career for one as an author — but, the politics have not been discarded completely — especially as the issue of guns in America continues with massive demonstrations led by the teens who survived the shooting at their high school in Parkland, FL in February.
The ad was released today, and, according to an accompanying press release, highlights Faso's «long - standing commitment to his community» — a dig at his Democratic opponent, Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who only recently moved into the district — and his «friendship» with the retiring congressman, who, as it turns out, lives right down the street from Gibson and his family.
As for Rangel, Tasini predicted the scandal - scarred congressman, who was forced to give up his Ways & Means Committee chairmanship in the wake of a critical ethics committee report and remains under investigation, will «cost Democrats seats all across the country» if he's the nominee.
That would be Wendy Long, an early favorite of Chairman Mike Long, who was advocating on her behalf long before the Queens congressman was even mentioned as a potential contender.
It has been a determined and successful road to the top for Schumer, who was elected as a 23 - year - old state assemblyman from Brooklyn in 1974 before going to Washington as a congressman.
Mr. Blakeman described Ms. Gillibrand as «the unelected incumbent appointed by an unpopular governor» and said Mr. DioGuardi was a congressman who failed to hew to a conservative Republican agenda.
The Grand Old Party did have one marquee victory, however, in the re-election of Staten Island's Congressman Michael Grimm, who managed to grab a number of Mr. Obama's supporters as he faced off against Democrat Mark Murphy.
Illinois Democrat Brad Schneider, a former congressman who served one term representing the state's 10th District, is claiming a big lead over his primary rival as he hopes for a rematch with Republican Rep. Robert J. Dold.
Assemblyman Michael Cusick — a Democrat who has eyed a Congressional run in the past but has never jumped into the fray — is emerging as a front - runner for the party's pick in a special election to replace Congressman Michael Grimm, sources told the Observer.
As soon as Weiner left his seat and Gov. Andrew Cuomo called a Sept. 13 special election to succeed the congressman, speculation grew over who the Democratic Party would select to run on its linAs soon as Weiner left his seat and Gov. Andrew Cuomo called a Sept. 13 special election to succeed the congressman, speculation grew over who the Democratic Party would select to run on its linas Weiner left his seat and Gov. Andrew Cuomo called a Sept. 13 special election to succeed the congressman, speculation grew over who the Democratic Party would select to run on its line.
«It's comes as no surprise that Congressman Michael Grimm who is currently being investigated by the FBI himself, would be the first elected official in the country to come to Chris Christie's defense,» said DCCC spokesman Marc Brumer.
As I said earlier, it's no surprise that Collins has chosen to endorse Paladino over Lazio, since he mulled fighting the former congressman in a GOP primary for Row B. (Collins told me he was a «reluctant candidate» and only considered running because no one else was stepping up to the plate who he considered sufficiently credible — and conservative — to really bring the fight to AG Andrew Cuomo).
Congressman Rangel lacks clean bill of health: as he's tarnished with tax avoidance schemes in his own back ground, commenting on NYC Comptroller Candidate Eliot Spitzer who has a tarnished reputation to say the least, has me asking can we please hear from someone with a clean political rap sheet.
His bid to shift to the other chamber of the state legislature was only possible with the blessing of Congressman Joe Crowley, the Queens political boss; his campaign is backed by the unions — including the UFT, SEIU 1199, and 32BJ — who have the most clout in Albany; and Peralta's campaign strategist is from the Parkside Group, a firm that is amassing a list of Senate electoral clients nearly as long as its list of corporate lobbying clients.
Morgan, who served as Rangel's campaign director in 2002 before he moved into banking, said the congressman had become a figurehead who is good at talking about problems like affordable housing, education access and unemployment, but has failed at implementing solutions to these problems.
He also touts his job performance as a former congressman who fought for 9/11 funding and health care reform.
The keynote speaker will be Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who was formerly undocumented and now serves as the first Dominican - American member of Congress.
To bring his vision to Borough Hall, Shcherbenko faces an uphill battle against Oddo, who polls as one of the most popular elected officials in the borough, as well as possible competition from disgraced Republican congressman Michael Grimm.
Espaillat himself, who backed Alcantara as his successor, is virtually guaranteed to win election to retiring Congressman Charles Rangel «s seat.
Grimm, who has vowed to fight the charges in court, has attempted to go about the business of being a congressman as if nothing is amiss.
«It should come as no surprise that the very same congressman who broke four campaign promises within one hour after being sworn in, is now lying about his record.
He said Democrats can not afford to lose the race for New York's 19th Congressional District seat and that he has the ability to raise more money than Faso, as well as outwork the congressman and build a real organization of staff across the district who will work to get the message out.
Zephyr Teachout, who's seeking the Democratic nomination to run for the House of Representatives from the 19th New York Congressional District, got a boost from the congressman down the road as U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney came up to SUNY New Paltz on Friday morning to lend his endorsement.
Mr. Murphy was the son of former Congressman John Murphy, a Democrat who represented a differently drawn version of the district for two decades prior to his indictment for taking bribes from FBI agents disguised as Arab sheiks in the 1980 Abscam scandal.
In Syracuse, the Democratic candidate received 38 percent of the vote in a city that gave Hillary Clinton 80 percent, losing to the son of a former Republican congressman who ran as a third - party candidate.
Later, Lasher would work as an aide to Congressman Jerrold Nadler, co-found SKDKnickerbocker — one of the state's top lobbying / consulting firms — and serve as director of state legislative affairs for the man who bested Green, Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Catalano was one of about two dozen who sprang for the $ 1000 ducat, explaining, «I just couldn't face the prospect of Julian Schreibman as our congressman for the next 30 years.»
Former Democratic congressman Steve Israel, who recently joined CNN as a commentator, said, «This isn't a petty attack on the press.
Paterson, who was at one time floated as a potential candidate for Rangel's seat, is now returning the favor, saying in the wake of Obama's comments about Rangel last week that the congressman deserves a chance to defend himself against the 13 ethics charges he now faces.
The Staten Island Republican Party today officially selected the borough's district attorney, Daniel Donovan, as its candidate to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm — spurning Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who also expressed interest in the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based seat.
Mr. Thompson recently told Mr. Jeffries that he viewed the congressman as the strongest black candidate who could run against the mayor in 2017 — and one of only two Democrats, along with Scott M. Stringer, the current comptroller, able to mount a real challenge to Mr. de Blasio.
Former Congressman Hinchey was present to receive the accolades of his admirers, including Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, who praised him as «someone who understood the issue of the environment when no one else was talking about it, who understood what it meant to be stewards of the environment and why it mattered.»
Cahill as majority leader would be in hog heaven and just in time to fill in part the gap left by the departure of Congressman Maurice Hinchey, who leaves office on Dec. 31.
Indy Politics has printed the reaction from U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, the two Congressmen who would like his job, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, as well as Congresswoman Susan Brooks who also in attendance at the address, and Indiana Democratic State Party Chairman John Zody.