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You Take That Back! A Look at the Challenge of Repealing Federal Law
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Republican leaders in Congress have started the debate about repealing the health care overhaul legislation, and plan to vote on the repeal on Wednesday. In advance of the vote, It's A Free Country takes a look at how other repeal efforts in American history have fared.
Obama Administration: Who's In, Who's Out
Friday, January 07, 2011
It's A Free Country tracks the departing, new, and remaining White House positions.
The Truth About Public Employee Pensions
Friday, January 07, 2011
— Greg Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237
Andrew Cuomo's Hopeful Bad News
Thursday, January 06, 2011
— Ken Lovett, Daily News Albany bureau chief
Rereading the Constitution
Thursday, January 06, 2011
— Geoffrey Stone, Chairman of the American Constitution Society
Cuomo's People: In the Governor's Office
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo has named many of the people he is bringing in to run the administration. Here's the official It's A Free Country guide to Cuomo's team (so far). Better bookmark this now — there's no telling who might need a letter someday.
»» Also check out our guide to Cuomo's Agency Heads
Cuomo's People: Who Will Head the Major Agencies?
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo has named many of the people he is bringing in to run the administration and state agencies. Many departments and agencies are facing potentially deep cuts to the services they provide. Here's the It's A Free Country guide to the people who will be enacting Cuomo's "rightsizing," in order of their agency budget size.
»» Also check out our guide to Cuomo's Team in the Governor's Office
It's A Free Country All-Stars on the Coming Political Year
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
If future compromising will mean that Obama basically keeps extending tax cuts and lives up to so many conservative principles, I’m all for compromise.
—Karol Markowicz, It's A Free Country blogger
A Brief History of Campaign Finance (and Why It Matters)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that limiting corporate spending on political campaigns was a violation of free speech rights. In the elections last month, we saw our first example of just what that ruling brings to the process -- but many questions about the long-term ramifications on democracy still remain.
New York's Last Conservative: James Buckley
Friday, December 17, 2010
- James Buckley, former Conservative party New York State Senator
Comptroller John Liu's Year In Review
Thursday, December 16, 2010
- John Liu, New York City Comptroller
Guide and Slideshow: Meet the New Committee Chairs
Monday, December 13, 2010
The Republican victories in the 2010 elections last month means a new influx of GOP committee chairs. House Republicans have announced the names of the new chairs, and it is worth a closer look at some of the personalities who will be heading these important panels in the House.
» Check out the slideshow below.
No Labels: The Centrist View
Thursday, December 09, 2010
-Soloman Kleinsmith, a centrist independent blogger attending the 'No Labels' launch in New York.
Where They Stand: There's A Democratic and Republican Way to be Attorney General
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
It's A Free Country and The Brian Lehrer Show bring you the fall election series 30 Issues in 30 Days. We will explore one issue every day until election day - issues of relevance to the NY, NJ and CT elections and the national midterm congressional races. This week, we'll be looking into whether there is a Democratic and a Republican way to be state comptroller.
Where They Stand: ObamaCare
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
It's A Free Country and The Brian Lehrer Show bring you the fall election series 30 Issues in 30 Days. We will explore one issue every day until election day - issues of relevance to the NY, NJ and CT elections and the national midterm congressional races. This week, we'll be looking into the issue of healthcare reform. Here is what our research found the two candidates for Governor say about the issue.
Where They Stand: The Third Party Candidates for Governor
Monday, October 18, 2010
It's A Free Country looks at the positions and priorities of the candidates for New York governor who aren't named Andrew Cuomo or Carl Paladino.
Where They Stand: There's A Democratic and Republican Way to be State Comptroller
Monday, October 11, 2010
It's A Free Country and The Brian Lehrer Show bring you the fall election series 30 Issues in 30 Days. We will explore one issue every day until election day - issues of relevance to the NY, NJ and CT elections and the national midterm congressional races. This week, we'll be looking into whether there is a Democratic and a Republican way to be state comptroller.
Where They Stand: Immigration
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
It's A Free Country and The Brian Lehrer Show bring you the fall election series 30 Issues in 30 Days. We will explore one issue every day until election day - issues of relevance to the NY, NJ and CT elections and the national midterm congressional races. Next week, we'll be looking into the issue of immigration. Here is what our research found the two candidates for Governor say about the issue.
Where They Stand: Public Employee Benefits
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Each week on It's A Free Country we bring you Wonk Wars. This week, we're asking policy experts to react to the statement "Public Employees Get Too Many Benefits". Here is what our research found the two candidates for Governor say about the issue.