New Congress: From Reliably Liberal Rockstar to Small Government Champion in...
What a difference an election makes. This week, President Obama loses his Democratic Congress as the GOP takes control. That’s the result of 63 local contests, where voters traded out a Democrat for a...
View ArticleThe Republican Case for Medicare Vouchers
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show,...
View ArticleAs Tri-State Rebuilds Post-Irene, Politics of Disaster Relief Come Into Focus
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on The Brian Lehrer Show,...
View ArticleA Call for Federal Help to Fix Moodna Creek
A Hudson Valley congresswoman wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to step in and provide long term recovery and flood prevention to the Moodna Creek Watershed in Orange County.After Tropical Storms...
View ArticleClinton Backs Maloney in NY18 Democratic Primary
Former President Bill Clinton threw his weight behind former aide Sean Patrick in the five-way Democratic race to challenge Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in the new 18th Congressional district in the...
View ArticleIn Hudson Valley, Dems Crowd Primary to Challenge Freshman Hayworth
The Hudson Valley’s redrawn 18th Congressional District stretches across farms, tony vacation communities, and struggling post-industrial cities. Its new lines wrap around the city’s inner-ring suburbs...
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