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Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar made for a fine setting for the Organization for International Investment's annual Capitol Hill Insourcing Reception.

Anadolu Agency , Turkey May 17, 2013 Friday US congress receives resolution on Armenian claims A resolution on Armenian claims regarding 1915 events was presented to the US House of Representatives WASHINGTON 1915 events House of Representatives A resolution including Armenian claims regarding was presented to the US on Thursday.

After weeks of hemming and hawing, it looks like ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner is finally ready to put his skates on and jump back onto the proverbial ice.

As President Barack Obama's opponents pile on in the aftermath of multiple recent controversies-notably his reaction to the Benghazi attacks, revelations that the Internal Revenue Service focused on conservative-aligned nonprofits and the Justice Department's unprecedented snooping on press communications-one local congressman wants it to be known ... (more)

House Democrats will begin making robocalls to voters in 10 congressional districts Wednesday that target Republican lawmakers who support a new effort to repeal the 2010 federal health care law.

U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin wants a nationwide alert system to help catch violent criminals who injure or kill police officers and is urging Congress to pass a bill that would put such a system in place.

How could the Securities and Exchange Commission do a better job of monitoring Wall Street and in particular the markets? One professor has a simple answer: move most of its operations to New York from Washington.

GOP power broker Guy Molinari has taken to the mailbox to extol the virtues of his pick in the Mid-Island Council race, Republican Lisa Giovinazzo.

I'm madder than an administrative secretary who had to bite her tongue while hearing her boss get showered with accolades after a successful event for all the hard work that she did making the event that he allegedly planned a success when everybody should have know that it was her all along, and he did nothing to deserve it, except hire her, ... (more)

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2013 - Leigh Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the American Insurance Association , issued the following statement in response to today's introduction of the "Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013" sponsored by Rep.

Source: Washington Post The Republican-controlled House narrowly approved a plan Thursday to protect U.S. bondholders and Social Security recipients if the nation breaches the federal debt limit later this year.

With national immigration reform being debated in Washington, local community leaders gathered at a luncheon given by the Staten Island Immigrants Council to discuss strategies that might help pass the bill.

Rep. Charles Rangel was joined by Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois for the annual 'Will on the Hill' fundraiser staged by Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Mayor Bloomberg has so many problems that Bill Clinton had to use humor to combat his Debbie Downer routine on Monday.

The recently redesigned website for the National Republican Congressional Committee was flooded with ads for the little blue pill on Sunday.

As Staten Island politics-watchers well know, there's been a lot of bickering lately within the borough Republican Party about who should get to decide which candidate will get the party's nomination to run in the Mid-Island/Brooklyn Council district.

Rep. Michael Grimm said that the recovery from Hurricane Sandy was "just starting," six months after the devastating storm battered residents along the eastern seaboard.

New York's $1.7 billion disaster recovery plan for storm-socked homeowners and businesses has been OK'd by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

On the heels of the TSA's decision to hold off permitting passengers to carry small knives aboard planes , Sen.

RISK MIDDLE EAST ARMENIANS 12:25 23.04.2013 Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairmen Frank Pallone and Michael Grimm were joined by over twenty of their colleagues in calling on leading House foreign aid appropriators to increase aid to Armenia, expand assistance for Nagorno Karabakh, target allocations for Javakhk, and support refugee ... (more)