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There would be no clapping from five New York congressmen. Over the weekend, while you were out enjoying the fall foliage, your representatives in Congress were working overtime to pass a historic health-care-reform bill.

But that does not mean that informed and engaged progressives are entirely enthusiastic about the measure.

So much for the political power of the public option. Reps. Baron Hill of Indiana, elected with the class of 2006 that gave Democrats the House majority, and Dan Maffei of New York, who rode to office with President Obama on a Democratic wave last year, were among the last lawmakers to make up their minds on Saturday's historic health care vote.

Mikhail Gorbachev supports a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The former president of the Soviet Union spoke to CNN's John King Sunday on State Of The Union and after talking about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev suggested that the US revisit the Kremlin's efforts to control Afghanistan as the US plans its next ...

I spent Mia's naptime and a bit after watching the health care reform "debate" on CSPAN.A Only it wasn't a debate so much as it was a perverse game of ping-pong that went something like this: Democrat is yielded one minute of time, declares that the health care reform bill is the culmination of a billion years' worth of human development, and the ...

By Paul Kane The House has officially begun debate on President Obama's massive health-care proposal, with a final vote likely to come some time after 8 p.m. Several key moments have already occured, while a few more are in the offing, providing a glimpse of what the outcome will look like once all the votes are tallied.

Twenty years ago today, the hated Wall of Berlin came thundering down under the hammers of a long-suffering people denied their freedom and their basic dignity by the communist tyranny of East Germany.

Democratic House leaders scrambled to round up enough support yesterday for their sweeping health care overhaul, getting last-minute help from White House advisers on the eve of a historic vote scheduled for today.

Albert Oberg had given up on ever receiving his Purple Heart. After all, it had been many years -- more than 67 of them now -- since the former U.S. Navy radioman narrowly escaped his sinking ship with third-degree burns after a torpedo attack by a German U-boat in World War II.

Rep. Eric Massa, a retired Navy commander who represents much of the Southern Tier, said Thursday that it's time for the American war effort in Afghanistan to come to an end.

An expected House vote on health care reform Saturday has become a divisive issue for upstate lawmakers.

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Voters in the Southern Tier face choices in today's election. All New York voters will face two ballot questions.

Sunday's endorsement of the Democratic candidate in the state's 23rd Congressional District by the Republican nominee added a new twist to the nationally watched race to represent New York's North Country.

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to hiring and paying staffers, congressional representatives from New York's Hudson Valley and upstate communities take different approaches.

The following is a news release from Congressman Eric Massa: WASHINGTON , D.C. - Today the Leadership of the House of Representatives introduced two new health care bills: H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009.

Four people were arrested in connection with a health care reform rally mostly taking place outside MVP Health Care in Rochester on Wednesday.

Rochester area health care activists will host a Health Justice Forum featuring Rep.

WASHINGTON - At least a dozen members of New York's congressional delegation support the administration's review of military options in Afghanistan, despite former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent complaints that President Barack Obama is 'dithering.' The lawmakers were surveyed by the Journal Washington bureau over the last several days.

LOOKING AHEAD The House seat of Scott Murphy, center at left, with President Obama and Maurice Hinchey, a fellow Democratic congressman from New York, is one that Republicans believe may be winnable.