Category: The Ithaca Voice

In the latest from Albany and Washington … it’s crunch time for the Legislature in Albany as the clock ticks toward a Sunday deadline on budget negotiations. Rep. Reed looks ahead the federal debt limit and the potential for another vote to raise the debt ceiling later this summer. For the full story, click HERE

In the latest from Albany and Washington … Republican Rep. Tom Reed supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s calls to institute a permanent property tax cap on municipalities and school districts, but Democratic Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton isn’t siding with Cuomo. State Senator Tom O’Mara called out state Democrats’ proposed farm labor regulations and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand…

In the latest from Albany and Washington … Congress begins paging through the President’s proposed budget for the country while both legislative chambers in New York state plan to release their fiscal plans for the state this week. The state Assembly passed measures to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vaping products, and…

In the latest from Albany and Washington … both Congress and the New York Legislature were on break last week, but battles are brewing in both bodies. Rep. Tom Reed and the House will vote on President Trump’s national emergency declaration. Albany gears up for budget season, which, could be contentious even with full Democratic…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Capitol complex is full of twists and turns, lengthy corridors rearranged through additions spanning the building’s two centuries of existence to meet the constantly shifting needs of its inhabitants. Go through the tunnel to the Rayburn office building, up the elevators, take a right, another right and a left…

In the latest from Albany and Washington… New York Democrats push through the Child Victims Act and a set of firearms bills, O’Mara shoots back, Reed blasts Higgins over pre-existing conditions, Gillibrand backs the Green New Deal, and Schumer visits the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to push for a federal grant to help with the…

This week from Albany and Washington… The White House and Congress reached an agreement to temporarily fund the federal government giving the sides three more weeks to negotiate over immigration and the President’s border wall. State Senator Tom O’Mara put himself in the middle of a fight over pay for lawmakers. The Assembly passed landmark…

ITHACA, N.Y. – Last week from Albany and Washington… Democrats in the statehouse passed major electoral reforms and a legislative expansion of protections for gender expression. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand declared a bid for presidency. Rep. Tom Reed paid a visit to the White House in an attempt to move forward negotiations to end the government…

ITHACA, N.Y. – This week from Albany and Washington… Both legislatures have gaveled back into session. New York state lawmakers are still focusing in on what major legislative areas they’re looking to tackle, especially considering Democrats now have unified government in Albany. However, the fanfare in Washington didn’t last nearly as long, with bickering and gridlock continuing…