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		<title>The Stalemate Goes On</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senators are expected to spend July Fourth at the state Capitol after the warring sides Friday met privately with Gov. David Paterson, but failed to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-week leadership fight.

	&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be here for the July Fourth celebration,&#8221; Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, said after emerging from an hour-long leaders&#8217; [...]<br/>
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		<title>DiNapoli To Withhold Senators’ Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[They won&#8217;t get pork-barrel money and per diems, and now Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said he&#8217;s going to move to withhold senators&#8217; pay during the leadership standoff.

	Democrats already said they&#8217;ll take the matter to court.

	&#8220;We don&#8217;t think there is any legal justification for withholding the pay,&#8221; said Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran.

	DiNapoli&#8217;s office had indicated last [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Leaders Meet With Paterson</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/z30urNn-yoM/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In late afternoon meeting behind closed doors, Senate leaders met with Gov. David Paterson in hopes of trying to reach a compromise over their ongoing leadership fight.

	They said there is progress, reports GNS reporter Heather Senison.

	&#8220;We think the governor has brought us together,&#8221; said Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens.

	But Democrats continued to talk about a short-term [...]<br/>
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		<title>City spokesman: Yonkers could be early casualty in Senate “political war”</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/jsh2oP4rjPE/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yonkers mayoral spokesman David Simpson just put out the following update on the New York Senate situation and the city&#8217;s yet-to-be certified budget:
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	Quick update on the senate stalemate as it pertains to Yonkers&#8230;

	Mayor Amicone has been on the phone with the governor and the comptroller today trying to figure out a way to resolve the [...]<br/>
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		<title>No Leaders Meeting Today</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/S7aST0HpW34/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/02/no-leaders-meeting-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The warring Senate sides can&#8217;t even negotiate to sit down together in public session to discuss their differences.

	After saying yesterday that they were open to a public leaders meeting, Democrats didn&#8217;t convene a meeting today with Republicans.

	Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran said Democrats don&#8217;t want to be subjected to Republicans showing more videos, as Republican [...]<br/>
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		<title>Maloney to primary Gillibrand</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/QLlHsdOYpjE/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/maloney-to-primary-gillibrand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald McKinstry</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rep. Carolyn Maloney of Manhattan announced today she will challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a Democratic primary next year.<br/>
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		<title>Courageous or just thirsty?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/Ankl-uDHEo4/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/courageous-or-just-thirsty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Democrats referred to Sen. Frank Padavan, R-Queens, today as &#8220;courageous&#8221; for walking into the chamber while they were conducting session yesterday. He became the 32nd senator they needed in order to have a quorum and pass bills. Democrats and Republicans, who have one Democrat on their side, have been deadlocked in a 31-31 split [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson: The Senate Is Spending July 4th In Albany</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/5DooZrp0csc/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/paterson-the-senate-is-spending-july-4th-in-albany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson confirmed this afternoon what most senators expected: He&#8217;s keeping them in town through the July 4th weekend. He said he signed proclamations for special sessions through July 6.

	&#8220;Yes, the legislators are spending the July 4th weekend in Albany, hopefully resolving this conflict,&#8221; he said at his daily news conference on the stalemate.

	The [...]<br/>
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		<title>Another Short Session</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/7aWFMvR3vds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Democrat and Republicans gaveled in and out of session again this afternoon without taking any action.

	The whole thing lasted a few minutes before the 62 senators left the chambers.

	Senators said they are preparing to be in Albany for the Fourth of July weekend, expecting Gov. David Paterson to continue to call daily special sessions.

	He&#8217;s [...]<br/>
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		<title>Lawmakers: It’s just common sense, Paine artifacts should stay</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/9wxu5oK1wds/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/lawmakers-its-just-common-sense-paine-artifacts-should-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald McKinstry</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Westchester County Legislator Jim Maisano wants all of the historical artifacts located at the Thomas Paine National Historical Association to remain in Westchester, New Rochelle if possible. 

	Maisano, a New Rochelle Republican, and county board members penned a letter to the state asking that the artifacts not be sent to museums outside the county &#8212; [...]<br/>
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		<title>Democrats, Republicans Continue To Battle</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/Jw-x1ngt6U4/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/democrats-republicans-continue-to-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With no agreement on the horizon, the warring state senators were back at it today, with Republicans holding a leaders meeting without Democrats and Democrats claiming that yesterday&#8217;s votes on bills were legal.

	Since Democrats decided not to show up to the leaders&#8217; meeting, Republicans and Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, went ahead anyway. They showed a [...]<br/>
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		<title>Democrats Back Out Of Leaders Meeting</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/q8fNPwho6BM/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/democrats-back-out-of-leaders-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Democrats just put this statement about today&#8217;s noon leaders meeting that Senate Republicans and Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, called.

	&#8220;The Senate Democratic Conference has informed Senators Skelos and Espada that we would like to conduct a public leaders meeting tomorrow which will allow us the time to work on arrangements and an agenda to ensure [...]<br/>
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		<title>Four items on session agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s agenda for today&#8217;s 3 p.m. session is looking a little slim. He has asked senators to take up four items&#8212;appointments to the state Medical Advisory Committee, the Capital District Transportation Authority, the state Bridge Authority and the Empire State Plaza Art Commission.

	   Yesterday&#8217;s proclamation included such weighty issues as extending the [...]<br/>
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		<title>Meeting or showdown at noon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Senate Republicans have invited Democrats to a noon meeting to discuss crafting a long-term bipartisan agreement to run the chamber. The two sides have been feuding since June 8, when GOP senators and two Democrats voted to take control of the chamber away from Democrats. Democrats dispute the vote, and the two sides have [...]<br/>
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		<title>In Joint Session They Will Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A state appeals court ruled this afternoon to uphold a lower court&#8217;s ruling Monday that all 62 senators must meet jointly during special sessions called by Gov. David Paterson.

	The decision upholds state Supreme Court Judge Joseph Teresi&#8217;s ruling Monday that it is illegal for the warring senators to hold separate sessions.

	Then again, neither ruling compels [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Democrats Say They Found Loophole</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Democrats contend they found a loophole that allows them vote on bills: A Republican senator unknowingly walked through the back of the chamber this afternoon when Democrats were convening their own session.

	Sen. Frank Padavan, R-Queens, acknowledged that he walked through the chamber, but denied that he did so during the session.

	&#8220;I was not there [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Comes In, Leaves Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A state judge ordered the warring senators into joint session this morning, but it ended the way the others sessions have: with no resolution.

	The 62 senators simply gaveled in and out and adjourned without solving their three-week leadership fight or passing any legislation.

	Republicans initially planned to boycott the session, which was ordered by state Supreme [...]<br/>
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		<title>Jay Gallagher Recovering</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our dear friend and colleague Jay Gallagher, the Albany bureau chief for the past 25 years, is recovering well in a Boston hospital after having surgery for stage II pancreatic cancer last week.

	He was upbeat and sounded great when I spoke to him over the weekend. And he must be feeling better: He&#8217;s already writing [...]<br/>
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		<title>Governor asks public to call senators, tell them to get to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Gov. David Paterson is once again telling senators to get to work, but this time he is armed with a court decision that reinforces his demand. A state Supreme Court judge said the separate sessions held by Democrats and Republicans in recent days is a &#8220;fiction&#8221; and he ordered them to convene jointly at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

	   [...]<br/>
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		<title>Judge Tells Senators To Get Back Into Chamber</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A state Supreme Court judge ruled this afternoon that all 62 state senators must convene session together tomorrow, calling the separate sessions held by the warring sides &#8220;fiction&#8221; that violates state law.

	The action by Justice Joseph Teresi is the first definitive steps by the courts to intervene in the three-week leadership fight that has paralyzed [...]<br/>
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		<title>Redistricting behind GOP coup, says Pace professor (updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald McKinstry</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chris Malone, a Pace University political science professor, believes that redistricting is behind the political coup in Albany. He told The Journal News that the GOP may be fearing losses in the upcoming elections since further losses would batter an already wounded party when they redraw district boundaries.

	New York could, however, be more like Iowa, [...]<br/>
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		<title>Kaplowitz gives state leaders failing grades</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald McKinstry</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, a Somers Democrat and vice chairman of the county board, on Tuesday is expected to issue a report card on how Albany&#8217;s stalemate is affecting Westchester taxpayers. Not surprisingly, the grade isn&#8217;t good.

	Kaplowitz, a possible candidate for state Legislature (both the Assembly or Senate appear to be possibilities), gave the Capitol crew [...]<br/>
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		<title>Schorr gets (the other) PBA endorsement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald McKinstry</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dan Schorr, the Republican candidate for district attorney, on Monday got an endorsement from the Police Benevolent Association of Westchester.

	The PBA of Westchester is a fraternal membership organization made up of police from all over Westchester &#8212; it&#8217;s the oldest PBA in Westchester. It&#8217;s different from the Westchester County Police Department Police Benevolent Association, which represents roughly [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Democrats Attack Republicans in Ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee is up with ads today blasting Republicans for not agreeing to a power-sharing agreement that would end the leadership struggle in the Senate.

	As for the leadership struggle, no deal appears on the horizon. The sides are expected to gavel in and out today at 3 p.m. Then their lawyers are [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson Warns Of More Fiscal Troubles For The State</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If the Senate gridlock wasn&#8217;t enough, Gov. David Paterson warned today that state tax receipts are expected to be 35 percent lower than predictions just a few months ago.

	&#8220;We are in very difficult times,&#8221; Paterson said during a speech to the New York Conference of Mayors in Saratoga Springs. &#8220;We are probably going to come [...]<br/>
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		<title>Ossining woman tapped for state Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Anderson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ossining&#8217;s first female judge has been named by Gov. David Paterson to be a state Supreme Court justice in the lower Hudson Valley, Rebecca Baker reports. Ossining Town Justice Francesca E. Connolly, 51, was chosen to fill a Westchester-based state court seat vacated by Justice Jonathan Lippman, now chief judge of the state&#8217;s highest court, [...]<br/>
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		<title>Gavel In, Gavel Out</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lohudblogs/polhudson/~3/LFdEvSGSFlA/</link>
		<comments>http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/06/27/gavel-in-gavel-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The fifth day of special sessions in the state Senate today ended the way the others have: Neither side had 32 votes to pass any legislation.

	So has they have in past days, each side gaveled in and gaveled out within minutes and they left.

	The warring sides said they will continue to meet through the weekend [...]<br/>
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		<title>Cheney to write book about gov’t career</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just put the top of this over on the twitter feed (@polhudson) but here&#8217;s a longer version of the story for those interested:

	NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon &#038; Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson says he won’t be intimidated by personal attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   This is Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s full response to a question he was asked about Democratic Sen. Kevin Parker&#8217;s statement that the governor is a &#8220;coke-snorting, staff-banging governor,&#8221; which refers to Paterson&#8217;s past admissions of marital infidelity and drug use. Parker has since apologized and called his comments &#8220;reprehensible and regrettable.&#8221;
   &#8220;I am not going [...]<br/>
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		<title>Governor to Senate: No more pork until you reach an agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Gov. David Paterson just said that he is going to withhold any pork-barrel grants, known as member items, unless the Senate reaches an agreement to resolve their leadership stalemate. The money goes to pet projects of senators, usually in their districts.

	   &#8220;Since they don&#8217;t have a presiding officer, we&#8217;ve informed them that we are [...]<br/>
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