Tim Bishop

8 Ways The Government Is Grappling With Student Loans

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, Federal Student Loans, Student Debt, Ryan Budget, Dick Durbin, Bankruptcy Reform, John Kline, Student Loans, House Education and Workforce Committee, House Education Committee, Richard Durbin, Student Loan Rates, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Senate Education, Tim Bishop, Slidepollajax, Pell Grants, Virginia Foxx, Paul Ryan, College News

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) thinks Congress should change the law to allow borrowers to have their debt from private student loans wiped clean when fili...

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Dave Jamieson

Lawmakers Look To Punish Companies That Offshore Call-Center Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: India, India Call Center, Offshore Jobs, Call Center Jobs, Anti-Outsourcing, Call Center Workers, Jobs, Outsourcing Call Center Jobs, Protectionism, Philippines, Call Centers, Outsourced Jobs, Outsourcing, Video, Anti-Outsourcing Bill, Philippines Call Center, Tim Bishop, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Following the lead of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, several states have proposed legislation that would punish American companies that relo...

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Elise Foley

Same-Sex Couple Wins Immigration Relief, Removing Deportation Fear

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Gay Rights, Green Card, Doma, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, Tim Bishop, Immigration Equality, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Defense of Marriage Act is intact, but at least two same-sex married couples have been granted a reprieve, at least temporarily, fro...

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Dave Jamieson

American Anti-Outsourcing Bill Causes Uproar Overseas

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Cwa, Anti-Outsourcing, Free Trade, Jobs, Protectionism, Labor Unions, Call Centers, Outsourcing to India, Outsourcing, Labor, Video, Unemployment, Tim Bishop, Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A bill that would punish American companies for sending their customer call centers overseas has caused an uproar in India and the Phili...

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Dave Jamieson

Lawmakers To Punish, Shame Outsourcers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: India, Video, Labor, Cwa, David Mckinley, Communication Workers of America, Jobs, Tim Bishop, Philippines, Labor Unions, Call Centers, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Saying they hope to stem the tide of jobs heading overseas, legislators introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday in the House that would p...

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An Assault on Clean Water and Democracy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: HR 2018, Tim Bishop, Clean Water Act, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The House of Representatives today is swinging a sledgehammer at a cornerstone of contemporary American democracy and undermining the most extraordinary body of environmental law in the world.

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Elise Foley

Dems To Force Vote On Oil Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Randy Hultgren, Steny Hoyer, Big Oil, John Boehner, Oil Subsidies, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, Obama, Reid Ribble, Tim Bishop, Joe Walsh, Paul Ryan, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Eager to prove that Republicans don't want to end oil subsidies despite public GOP opposition, House Democrats plan to force a vote Thur...

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Elise Foley

GOP Proposes More Spending Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Nasa, Spending Cuts, Continuing Resolution, House GOP, Mike Simpson, Allen West, Pledge to America, Government Shutdown, Government Funding, Harry Reid, Tim Bishop, Education Funding, House Republicans, Veterans, 112th Congress, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans filed a bill Friday evening proposing $60 billion in spending cuts for current levels and hundreds of millions of doll...

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Republican Congressional Candidate Challenges Stony Brook Students' Votes

thinksb.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Think Magazine, Stony Brook University, D1 Congressional Race New York, Randy Altschuler, Suny Stony Brook, Tim Bishop, Stony Brook, College News

The counting of absentee and affidavit ballots is now over in the first congressional district, and Republican candidate Randy Altschuler has issued c...

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Who Will Win NY-1?

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Bishop, New York Politics, Timothy Bishop, Ny News, New York News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — More than 10,000 absentee ballots appear to hold the key to deciding a tight New York congressional race in which fewer than...

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Randy Altschuler Concedes To Tim Bishop In New York Congressional Race

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Altschuler Concedes House Race, Altschuler Concedes Congressional Race, Randy Altschuler Concedes Congressional Race, Randy Altschuler House Race, Randy Altschuler Concedes, Tim Bishop House Race, Tim Bishop Wins, Tim Bishop Congressional Race, Randy Altschuler, Randy Altschuler Concedes House Race, Tim Bishop, Politics News

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Republican challenger on Wednesday conceded to Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop in a congressional race in eastern Long Island...

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Too Close to Call

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aqueduct, John Sampson, Andrew Cuomo, Jonathan Lippman, Bob Cohen, Malcolm Smith, Antoine Thompson, Mark Grisanti, Dean Skelos, Tim Bishop, Randy Altschuler, Suzi Oppenheimer, Dennis E. Ward, Jack Martins, Craig Johnson, New York News
Henry J. Stern

Not every Democrat is likely to mind a Republican Senate. In some ways, a Republican victory would be helpful to Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo.

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Dems Come Alive!

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Moratorium, Martin O'Malley, Bank of America, Larry Summers, Robert Menendez, Gmac, Eric Holder, Barbara Boxer, Richard Blumenthal, Michael Moore, Nancy Pelosi, Citibank, Foreclosure, Randy Altschuler, Tim Bishop, Carly Fiorina, Elijah Cummings, John Conyers, Wells Fargo, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Beau Biden, JPMorgan Chase, Midterm Elections, Wpa, Jerry Brown, John Suthers, Capitalism: A Love Story, Gabrielle Giffords, Greg Abbott, Lisa Madigan, Martha Coakley, Linda McMahon, Politics News
Michael Moore

Just four weeks until the midterm elections and I'm starting to feel that maybe, just maybe, Democrats will prevent an All Souls Day Massacre. And if the Dems escape death's door, they had better not let this nonsense happen again.

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What Levy vs. Lazio Has to Do With Beating a Cuomo

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al D'Amato, Rick Lazio, Steve Levy, Rick Lazio Governor, Mario Cuomo, Paul Simon, Steve Levy GOP, New York Republican Party, Ed Cox, New York Republican Primary, Andrew Cuomo, Rudy Giuliani, Arthur Finkelstein, 2010, New York GOP, 1994, Richard Nixon, George Pataki, New York Republicans, Arthur J. Finkelstein, Tim Bishop, Alfonse D'Amato, Rudolph Giuliani, Republican Party, Ny-01, Suffolk County, New York News
John R. Bohrer

Steve Levy is picking up some support from New York and national Republicans, though bet on Rick Lazio to be the GOP nominee for NY governor, for no other reason than that we've seen this movie before -- in 1994.

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Congressman Concerned About Sale Of Mysterious Plum Island

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plum Island Sale, Tim Bishop, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Plum Island, Rep. Tim Bishop, New York News

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Chris Cox, Nixon Grandson: 'Wherever We Go People Say That My Grandfather Was Their Favorite President'

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Cox, Nixon Grandson, Richard Nixon, 2010 Election, Tim Bishop, Long Island, House Election, Christopher Nixon Cox, New York News

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Richard Nixon's grandson is joining the family business. Like the Kennedys, Carters, Cuomos and Bushes before him, 30-year-ol...

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Ryan Grim

WATCH: Members Of Congress Talk About Moving Their Money To Small Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: moveyourmoney.info, ATM Fees, Congress, #Moveyourmoney, Mike Castle, Community Banks, Dan Boren, Move Your Money, Glenn Thompson, House, Senate, Tom Mclintock, Banks, Mike Stark, Tim Bishop, Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Jan Schakowsky, Cynthia Lummis, Credit Unions, Video, Business News

Members of Congress considering moving their money from major financial institutions to community banks have some of the same concerns ordinary custom...

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FDL Poll: Strong Support For GOP Challengers To Democrat Timothy Bishop

elections.firedoglake.com | Jon Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: #Hcr, Polls, Surveyusa, Congress, Public Option, 2010 Elections, Democrats, Timothy Bishop, Mandate, House, Polling, Health Care Reform, Gop, Randy Altschuler, Tim Bishop, Ny-01, Elections 2010, Politics News

Representative Timothy Bishop (NY-01) holds a very small lead against potential Republican challenger Randy Altschuler, 47% to 45% in a new SurveyUSA...

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Right Wing Groups Harassing Dems At Town Halls

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Freedomworks, Tea Party, Democrats Harrassment, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbyists, Frank Kratovil, Ahip, Town Halls, Democrats, Tim Bishop, Republicans, Politics News

Today, House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representativ...

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Are We Poisoning Our Troops? Congress Takes Critical Step in Addressing Burn Pits in Iraq, Afghanistan

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Veteran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Congress, Iava, Department of Defense, Burn Pit, Paul Rieckhoff, Kbr, Carol Porter-Shea, Tim Bishop, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

When our troops deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, they have enough to worry about from insurgents, snipers and roadside bombs. They shouldn't also have to worry about poison in the air they breathe.

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