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...also outlined specific goals for each town in the district. For Cambridge, he envisions working with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to create jobs and ensuring adequate funding for safe and affordable housing...
...private universities in the district refuse to make greater contributions to the community, Flaherty said legislators can revoke these institutions’ tax-exempt status...
...decision that we had on health care wasn't easy," the freshman Democratic Representative for the 13th Congressional District of New York told the room. "But it's not important what people say in Manhattan or what people say in Washington. It's important what you guys say, and I'm listening to you." (See the top 10 players in health care reform...
...vote in 2008, in part because of the Democratic wave that year and in part because of the doings of Vito Fosella, his GOP predecessor. Fosella was forced to resign after news broke that he had a mistress and love child in Virginia. The Cook Political Report rates the district R+4, meaning it leans Republican. And with the GOP expected to make a strong nationwide comeback in congressional races this fall, McMahon - the first Democrat to represent the area in 28 years - is by no means safe. In fact, he needs to draw a healthy number of Republican votes...
...actively searching for a Democrat to challenge McMahon in the September primary, as are MoveOn.org and the local progressive Working Families Party. Still, the unions are split on McMahon, who is usually a strong supporter of the labor agenda, and most other local chapters in his district have remained noticeably quiet on his health care vote. Many Democrats fear that the cost of exacting retribution on McMahon may be the loss of his House seat. Congressman Anthony Weiner, a fellow New York Democrat, stepped in to fill Quinn's seat at the fundraiser, showing his support for McMahon, even though...