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Opinion: Four More Years Of Gridlock
The 2012 presidential election results gave the United States Congress little reason to end the gridlock that has plagued President Barack Obama for the past two years. After all, the politicians who...
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Opinion: Elections Have Consequences
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide on Tuesday. He held on to every swing state that Romney needed to win. Obama defeated Romney in his home states of Massachusetts and Michigan and in...
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Fact Check Friday: #Obamaquester
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - It’s once again time for Fact Check Friday, where, with the help of factcheck.org, a nonpartisan non-profit part of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of...
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Advocates: Federal ‘Sequester’ Cuts Would Hit Medical Research Hard
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Doctors, patients and researchers Sunday painted a grim picture of what the human cost will be if Washington lawmakers don’t avoid across-the-board budget cuts this coming...
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Local Lawmakers Warn Of Budget Cuts If Deal Not Reached In Washington By Friday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – As President Barack Obama urged Congress to avert sweeping across-the-board cuts with “just a little bit of compromise,” local lawmakers are concerned about what it could...
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Sequester Likely To Make Air Travel An Even Bigger Headache
STRATFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Air travel could become the human face of the sequester, with long delays expected at airports across the country. The government has no choice but to furlough air...
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Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Braces For Sequester Cuts
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) - On the minds of most big city mayors around the country today is the impact of federal budget cuts if there’s no agreement between Congress and President Barack Obama to...
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FEMA Chief: Most Sandy Victims Might Not Notice Sequester
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The sequester means about a billion dollars will be slashed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund, but Administrator Craig Fugate says the average...
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New Jersey Members Of Congress Decry Sequester’s Impact On Air Travel
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - With the sequester set to take effect at midnight, the main problems at Newark Liberty International and other airports will be threefold – fewer Transportation Security...
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Obama On ‘Sequester’ Spending Cuts: ‘None Of This Is Necessary’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They just couldn’t get anything done. A high-stakes meeting at the White House to avoid the next fiscal cliff at midnight ended with no deal, but instead another round of the...
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‘Sequester’ Cuts Are Now Reality For America
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The “sequester” is now the law of the land, with President Barack Obama having signed the order Friday night that triggered $85 billion in mandated budget cuts. As CBS 2’s Alice...
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Blame Game Continues As Sequester Takes Hold
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There has been lots of finger-pointing on Capitol Hill now that the sequester has taken effect. The automatic across-the-board spending cuts took effect Friday after neither...
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Cuomo: Sequester Already Creating ‘Anxiety’ For New Yorkers
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning the across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester will have a negative impact on certain groups, including students and senior,...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Downplays Sequester Cuts
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Like a lot of Republicans, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks predictions of doom because of federal spending cuts are overblown. The governor expects little impact...
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New Jersey U.S. Attorney Disputes Gov. Christie On Sequester’s Impact
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie said the scheduled federal spending cuts are having little effect in New Jersey. His successor as U.S. Attorney disagrees. “Honestly, it has a...
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Murphy To Try Keeping Six Conn. Airport Control Towers Open Amid Sequester
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) - As a result of the sequester cuts, six municipal airports in Connecticut will lose their control towers next month. The very idea of closing the control towers is insane,...
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Tri-State Area Reps: Sequestration Will Jeopardize Sandy Relief
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Members of Congress from the Tri-State Area continued their warning this week that the federal sequester will pull money out of the Superstorm Sandy relief effort. As WCBS 880’s...
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Pallone: Sequester Furloughs Could Slow Sandy Aid
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey says superstorm Sandy victims have already had problems getting flood insurance money and the sequester he says could make it worse. “There...
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Rep. Lowey Warns Of Loss Of Jobs, Medical Research Due To Sequester
VALHALLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Cuts from the sequester may start to hit home. The automatic spending cuts that took effect on March 1 when Congress failed to reach a budget deal could cost some...
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NJ Rep. Smith Leads Ten-Member Congressional Delegation To Vatican
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Pope Francis held his first formal Sunday Mass from St. Peter’s but will not be formally installed until later this week. Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, will be leading...
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