Kirsten Gillibrand joined her fellow Democratic Senators today for a Capitol Hill news conference in which she reiterated her opposition to the House Republican’s efforts to roll back reproductive rights. 

“These bills show a heinous disregard for the health and well-being of women in America,” Gillibrand says. “It is a tax on all women Read More

Now that the repeal of the health care reform bill has passed the House of Representatives and moved on to the Senate, it appears as if Chuck Schumer has replaced Anthony Weiner (on the local scene, at least) as the controversial bill’s chief defender.

On Sunday, Schumer appeared on Face the Nation, and said that Read More

When he was an FBI agent, Congressman Michael Grimm participated in an undercover Wall Street sting and, donning the nickname “Mickey Suits,” helped bring down members of the Gambino crime family. Earlier, he stormed Iraq as part of the first Gulf War.

Now Grimm is offering to put some of that training to use, writing Read More