May 29, 2012

Edition: U.S.

FEATURED GPS FOR THE SOUL VOCES (ESPAÑOL) ELECTION BLOG GOOD NEWS SCIENCE BLACK VOICES WORLD RELIGION CRIME GREEN SPORTS THE BREAKDOWN

Nydia Velazquez

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OWS: Romney Is 'Mr. 1 Percent'

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- On Wednesday afternoon, about one hundred Occupy protesters gathered outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where former ...

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New York Quits Immigration Enforcement Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- New York will no longer participate in the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesda...

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Obama And Top Congressional Democrats Call For DREAM Act's Passage Before Year's End

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama met with Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members Tuesday afternoon and told them he backs their strategy of passing ...

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Could be First Step to Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After months of intense debate over the Obama administration's efforts to revamp our immigration sy...

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Contracting Abuses Could be Solved With New Bill

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Abuse, Charles Tiefer, Obama Administration, Loopholes, Corporate Giants, Barack Obama, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Small Business Administration, White Collar Crime, Nydia Velazquez, Congressional Oversight, Contracting, American Small Business League, Corporate Greed, Small-Business-Committee, Politics News

The diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants has gone on for over a decade. H.R. 2568 is a deficit neutral and much needed solution to these long standing abuses.

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Obama: No "Appetite" for Immigration Reform Now

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veal Pen, Immigration Reform, Luis Gutierrez, Nydia Velazquez, 2010 Election, Hispanic Voter Turnout, Efca, Obama, Lindsey Graham, Politics News

President Obama has said the White House will not bring up immigration reform until next year. But reform is only going to get more difficult to pass after the election.

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Dueling Bills in Congress Could Help or Hurt Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Parker Griffith, Middle Class Economy, Congressional Oversight, Small Business Committee, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Fraud Abuse, Loopholes, Nydia Velazquez, Politics News

Chambers of Commerce across Alabama are opposed to H.R. 3558, and the American Small Business League (ASBL) has launched a national campaign to rally opposition to the bill.

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U.S. Hispanic Chamber Challenged on Its Small Business Credentials by ASBL

Chris Gunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Small Business, David Lizarraga, Abuse, Barack Obama, Nydia Velazquez, US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Fortune 500, Oversight, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, American Small Business League, Loopholes, American-Reinvestment-and-Recovery-Act, Business News

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has shown no commitment to removing corporate giants from small business contracting programs.

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Caroline Kennedy and the U.S. Senate

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, New York State, David Paterson, Nydia Velazquez, US Senate, Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Carolyn Maloney, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News

The notion that it would somehow be unfair to appoint Kennedy because she has not toiled in the House of Representatives for a decade should not be one that ordinary voters take seriously.

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Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBay

Keli Goff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Paterson, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Nydia Velazquez, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Blagojevich Complaint, Blagojevich Indictment, New York Senate Seat, Illinois Governor, Gov. Blagojevich, Carolyn Maloney, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

We New Yorkers luckily have the governor we now do, and a good slate of candidates to choose from. Not a single scandal-plagued, prostitute-patronizing, tax-evading, child-porn loving, wacko in the bunch...as far as we know.

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Rosie Perez and New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez Hit the Streets with Miami's Hispanics for Obama

John Hood | Posted 05.25.2011

MIAMI: Duos don't get much more dynamic than Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez and New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez. Alone, each is a formidable force ...

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