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4 hrs ago | Buffalo News

Veterans Day brings moments of reflection

Michael R. Militello has known the horrors of war, the pain of a lengthy recovery from bullet wounds and the lack of respect for American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War some 40 years ago.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Clarence, NY

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Conservative News Service

Bishop 'Very Disappointeda at Patrick Kennedy's Vote Against Pro-Life Stupak-Pitts Amendment

A letter signed by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadephia, chairman of the bishops' committee on pro-life activities, and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., had "strongly urged" the congressmen to vote for the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which they said was "an essential improvement in health-care reform legislation" that would "keep in ...

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Timothy Bishop, Maurice Hinchey, Representative Michael Arcuri, Democrat

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WNED.org

WNY Delegation Votes Party Line on Healthcare Bill

Congressman Brian Higgins says he voted "enthusiastically" in favor of the health insurance reform bill that cleared the House of Representatives on Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Buffalo News

Economic stimulus bill gets off to a sluggish start

The mammoth economic stimulus bill that passed early this year created or saved just 231 jobs in the Buffalo metro area as of the end of September, a Buffalo News analysis of federal reports shows.

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Related Topix: Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Erie County, NY, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, SUNY Buffalo

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Empire State News

Jack Kempa s name to go on post office

Congressman Brian Higgins joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in approving S.1211, a bill naming the U.S. Post Office at 60 School Street in Orchard Park, New York for Jack Kemp.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Orchard Park, NY, Buffalo, NY

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Westfield Republican

Congressman Should Support WMH Er

Editor's Note: The following is a letter to Congressman Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, from Ripley resident Roger Testrake.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ripley, NY, Buffalo Metro, Westfield, NY, Medicine, Nursing, Chautauqua, NY

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

British lawmakers face tighter new expense regime

Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face new allowances rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Virginia, Wedding, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Buffalo News

Douglas Turner: Energy bill exemplifies Washington elitism

A big reason congressional Democrats are so blithely eager to push the 2009 version of President Bill Clinton's carbon tax is that they never have to pay for gasoline.

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Related Topix: US News, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Buffalo Metro

Myrtle Beach Online

San Fran's latest battle royale: parking meters

This city's most popular neighborhoods are night owls, streets that come alive when the restaurants and pubs set the mood and light their candles.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Education

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Start Running Opposition In WNY

I don't understand why so many politicians in WNY run opposed. I have a large white dog.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Buffalo News

AmeriCorps moves into new home

For all of its 14 years, Western New York AmeriCorps has operated out of borrowed space in West Seneca's Charles Burchfield Nature & Art Center, far from the city residents who receive most of its services.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, West Seneca, NY, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Tonawanda News

Political Action: Paladino rallies 'Patriots' at forum

Outspoken developer Carl Paladino isn't one to mince words. And on Tuesday, during a public forum sponsored by a local group of concerned citizens, the owner of the former United Office Building in downtown Niagara Falls didn't disappoint.

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Related Topix: Buffalo Metro, Niagara Falls, NY, Niagara County, NY, Erie County, NY, Speakers, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Empire State News

Solar Technology Roadmap Act good for western NY, says Higgins

Congressman Brian Higgins praised passage of the Solar Technology Roadmap Act, legislation which authorizes over $2 billion for new solar technology research and development through unique public-private partnerships.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Buffalo News

Albany and Washington shine light on Buffalo housing blight

Buffalo, a city with a vacant-housing crisis rivaling New Orleans and Detroit, is catching the eye of state and federal officials interested in making it a model of how to right-size and rebound.

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Related Topix: Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Albany Metro, Albany, NY, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Observer

Higgins announces service academy n.....

Congressman Brian Higgins announced that his office is accepting applications for those interested in being nominated to one of the service academies for the 2010 academic year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

HUD official tours upstate NY's vacant homes

New York lawmakers brought the nation's top housing official through some of Buffalo's most forlorn neighborhoods Friday, seeking support for a $300 million program to help cities with vast stocks of vacant housing that predate the nation's foreclosure crisis.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Buffalo, NY

Journal News

Gillibrand seeks change in Agent Orange policy

Wayne Rademaker underwent prostate cancer surgery in 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs denied him coverage, even though he'd been exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam in 1969.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Politics, Nita Lowey, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Representative John Hall, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Buffalo News

Kelly's call for federal research is a winner

WASHINGTON &#8212 Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly fought for more than a decade to boost research into rare childhood diseases such as the one that claimed his young son's life &#8212 and Monday, Kelly won his fight, as the National Institutes of Health announced the establishment of a research program named in memory of Hunter Kelly.

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Related Topix: Hunt, NY, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Erin, NY, W., US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Buffalo Metro

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Metro Community News Newfane/Gasport

A Doctors Point Of View On Healthcare Reform

MetroWny.com is a product of The Metro Group Inc. Contact Info MAIN OFFICE: The Metro Group, Inc.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Cheektowaga, NY, Buffalo, NY

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Empire State News

Green Energy Investment Zone Act sponsored by Higgins

Congressman Brian Higgins introduced the Green Energy Investment Zone Act a bill that would enhance renewable energy tax credits for economically distressed cities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Daniel Maffei, Representative Eric Massa, Maurice Hinchey, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

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