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Like most Upstate New Yorkers, I respect the Second Amendment as settled law. Anyone who has troubled to actually read the SAFE Gun Act knows the law does nothing to infringe on the right of law abiding and mentally sound New Yorkers to access and own firearms.

In March 22, 2012, then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified before a House Ways & Means subcommittee that there was no targeting of Tea Party groups for special scrutiny by the agency.

Two days after being pushed out of his job as Acting IRS chief, Steven Miller told a House committee that no politics were involved in the IRS targeting of more conservative political groups seeking tax exempt status, as he sparred with Republican lawmakers in the first hearing on the tax agency scandal that erupted a week ago.

A huge increase in workload, rather than deliberate targeting, led to "foolish mistakes" and the political discrimination in the Internal Revenue Service cited by an inspector general's report, the agency's outgoing commissioner said Friday.

Job Corps throughout the United States have received news that the enrollment freeze imposed on Jan.

CAN'T-MISS EVENT I: POLITICO Pro this morning held its Deep Dive look at tax policies, the 2014 budget and U.S. energy issues - a conversation sure to get interesting given the potential shake-up on the Senate Finance and Energy committees .

Though gridlock in Washington D.C. led to across-the-board spending cuts, lawmakers from each side of the aisle -- albeit in different houses -- have agreed on something.

He says that it is improbable that any single human will find time to adequately serve on the county legislature, be a committed political activist, raise money and be a congressional candidate in a huge district.

I absolutely agree with the Dunkirk OBSERVER's View that it is way too early to start any political campaign that is up for election 19 months from today.