Alec Hamilton appears in the following:
Rangel Talks Re-Election, Obama and Harlem's Changing Demographics
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The always irrepressible Charlie Rangel is holding a fundraiser and birthday bash tonight, headlined by Aretha Franklin. It's A Free Country caught up with the Congressman for a few words in a coffee shop at Rockefeller Center, where he had just finished an appearance on MSNBC.
Does a fundraiser mean ...
Jimmy McMillan's Rent is Too Damn Low
Friday, August 05, 2011
Presidential candidate Jimmy McMillan, who ran for governor of New York because "the rent is too damn high," says he's being evicted from his rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment because his rent is too damn low.
Explainer: Understanding Public Matching Funds Means Following the Money
Thursday, August 04, 2011
The election that will determine the next mayor of New York City may not be for two years still, but the fundraising has already begun. As the races heat up, one huge player in New York City election financing will be the public matching funds program. But what is that program exactly?
It's A Free Country breaks down the massive undertaking that is the New York City Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program.
Rep. David Wu Formally Resigns
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Oregonian Representative David Wu formally announced Wednesday that he is resigning from Congress.
David Weprin for NY-9
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Explainer: The Debt Deal - What Happens Next and What's on the Chopping Block?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
At the last second and after weeks of contentious partisan posturing, the president and Congress have agreed on a deal to raise the public debt ceiling and reduce future deficits. But what does the bill actually do? Who's going to be affected and what's in line to get cut?
Congress, Obama Reach Debt Ceiling Agreement
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
President Obama and Congress reached a deal on raising the debt ceiling today, averting a potential debt default just hours ahead of midnight deadline.
The framework for the deal, which was announced on Sunday by Congressional leaders, raises the debt ceiling in two stages - an initial $1 trillion now to stave off the threat of immediate default, and a second, $1.4 trillion to be proposed by a newly created congressional committee that would have to agree upon cuts.
Anyone Want A Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich?
Monday, August 01, 2011
Debt Limit Debate: Obama and Congress Reach a Deal
Monday, August 01, 2011
Boehner's Debt-Ceiling Bill Passes House, Scuttled by Senate
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The House on Friday approved the plan put forward by House Speaker John Boehner to raise the debt-ceiling. The two-stage plan called for $3 trillion in cuts to government spending in order to lift the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by August 2, and another vote on the issue toward the end of 2012.
Bob Turner Makes His Case for NY-9, Anthony Weiner's Seat
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Oregon Democratic Resigns Following Accusations of Unwanted Sex with Teen
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Democratic Congressman David Wu of Oregon will resign immediately following the debt ceiling debate, the Oregonian is reporting.
Juan Williams: Return Engagement
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
What to do If We Default
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Stephen Sweeney on NJ Budget Battles
Monday, July 25, 2011
'This Affirms Our Lives': After 13 Years of Marriage, A Same-Sex Couple Is Legally Wed
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Longtime couple Erika Karp and her wife, Sari Kessler, were among the first same-sex couples to be wed on Sunday as hundreds lined up outside the Manhattan clerk's office to get their marriage license on the first day gay marriage became legal in New York.
Look | Same-Sex Couples Say 'I Do' on First Day of Gay Marriage
Sunday, July 24, 2011
PHOTOS. Hundreds of same-sex couples in New York were expected to wed by the end of Sunday — the first day gay marriage became legal in the state. In New York City, happy couples lined up outside the clerk's office in Lower Manhattan.
DOE Chancellor Walcott On Closing Schools
Friday, July 22, 2011
How To Negotiate: From Debt Ceilings to State Unions
Friday, July 22, 2011
Cuomo: Clerks Against Same-Sex Marriage "Don't Get to Pick and Choose"
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo has made clear that clerks who do not wish to perform same-sex marriages should find other work. This Sunday, when same-sex couples statewide line up for the first day, clerks will perform the service that they were elected to do.
"You don't get to say, 'I like this law and I'll enforce this law, or I don't like this law and I won't enforce this law'—you can't do that.” Cuomo stated. “If you can't enforce the law, then you shouldn't be in that position."