http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/?track=rss Headlines from Newsday.com en ©2009, Newsday.com Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usobama0724,0,4356573.story?track=rss Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought to rally support for sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night and vowed to reject any measure "primarily funded through taxing middle class families." Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:44:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-liaid2312993639jul22,0,6258198.story?track=rss The shift to a Democratic-controlled State Senate has led to a $16.5-million reduction in the amount of member-item spending coming to mostly Republican-represented Long Island, drying up a key source of funding for the Island's nonprofits. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-stpate2312994206jul22,0,4333547.story?track=rss ALBANY - The state Appellate Division last night postponed a Nassau judge's order preventing Richard Ravitch from serving as lieutenant governor. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:53:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-pohillary0723,0,7110329.story?track=rss Hillary for president? Again? Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:52:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usguns2312992803jul22,0,2943509.story?track=rss The U.S. Senate narrowly defeated Wednesday an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would have negated state laws like New York's that limit the carrying of concealed handguns. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:03:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-ussotomayor0723,0,3863523.story?track=rss Republican Sen. Jon Kyl's office says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the latest of his party's conservative leaders to announce he'll oppose President Barack Obama's choice to be the first Hispanic justice. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:12:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-uspalin0723,0,4089847.story?track=rss Days before Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to leave office, the former vice presidential candidate is facing yet another legal distraction: An independent investigator found evidence she may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position as she sought money for lawyer fees. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:19:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-lioyst2212938429jul21,0,6552591.story?track=rss GOP chair Joseph Mondello's daughter got a prime piece of leftover land after Oyster Bay spent taxpayer dollars on a nature preserve. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:23:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usclinton0723,0,88786.story?track=rss North Korea must completely and irreversibly end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and "the unrelenting pressure" of international sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:11:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-pospectertoomey0723,0,3071442.story?track=rss Republican conservative Pat Toomey is virtually tied with Sen. Arlen Specter in the long run-up to Pennsylvania's 2010 Senate race, according to a poll released Wednesday. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:53:00 -0400