Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Peter T. King [R, NY-2]

Check out the new tool: House Background Checks Vote Count

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...is out with a tool that lets you track where your congressman is on a bipartisan House bill (HR-1565) from congressmen Pete King (R-NY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) that would strengthen and extend background checks for gun purchases. The tool lets you trac

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Local pols outraged over 9/11 museum fee

2013-05-05T01:00:00Z

...that our federal government is abdicating its duty to memorialize those lost in our nation’s greatest tragedy,” he said. Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) said a bill is in the works for the feds to contribute $20 million annually to the museum. New York Demo

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Column: We're becoming a fishbowl society

2013-05-02T01:00:00Z

...tried to ban. Bloomberg simply proclaimed, ÂOur laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.Â Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., demanded more surveillance of Muslims in general. Meanwhile, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., wants more drones

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State GOP knocked over fundraising speaker

2013-05-02T01:00:00Z

...Democrats and GOP Rep. Pete King are criticizing the state Republican Committee for having Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as the headliner for its May 29 dinner after Cruz opposed federal funding for Superstorm Sandy victims. “Ted Cruz is the most anti-New York

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Sen. Ted Cruz not worthy of New York fundraiser after Sandy aid vote: Rep. King

2013-05-02T01:00:00Z

...Ted Cruz is the headliner at the New York GOP’s annual dinner. Rep. Pete King (R-L.I) is baffled that his fellow Republicans plan to honor a Texas senator who voted to stiff New York out of desperately needed Hurricane Sandy aid. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz,

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N.Y. GOP Welcomes Conservative Hot Shot Ted Cruz; Pete King Does Not

2013-05-01T01:00:00Z

...wouldn't want to be involving New York with Ted Cruz," Rep. Peter King (R.-L.I.), who is still steamed that Cruz and other congressional Republicans who voted against a bill to provide federal aid money for Hurricane Sandy victims, told the Daly News. "

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COMMENTARY: Will a fishbowl society be safer?

2013-04-30T01:00:00Z

...tried to ban. Bloomberg simply proclaimed, Our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change. Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., demanded more surveillance of Muslims in general. Meanwhile, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., wants more drones in

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A fishbowl society

2013-04-30T01:00:00Z

King, Ellison spar over profiling

2013-04-29T01:00:00Z

..."Meet the Press" yesterday, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) repeated his call for law enforcement officials to profile Muslim Americans as possible terrorist suspects, arguing, "Most Muslims are outstanding people but the threat is coming from the Muslim commu

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New York victims of Sandy, Irene and Lee damage will soon receive checks

2013-04-27T01:00:00Z

...blamed some of the delay after Sandy hit in October on gridlock in Washington, although he and Schumer praised Republican Rep. Pete King of Long Island for breaking the logjam and getting tens of millions of dollars more in aid for New York. Cuomo said

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Lawmakers Upset Judge Ended Tsarnaev Interrogation

2013-04-25T01:00:00Z

...would tell us if there is a public safety concern here with other bombs and other individuals. Now we just won’t know.” Rep. Pete King, who also sits on the Intelligence committee, pointed to a slate of questions the FBI was unable to ask, including

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Republicans Fear Pattern of Intel Failures

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...going to get to the bottom of it.” In the wake of the Boston attacks, House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul and Rep. Pete King, a member of the homeland security and intelligence committees, co-authored a letter April 20 to Director of National

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FBI, DHS heads brief House on Boston attack

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...FBI is working with the Russians to determine what the elder individual did while he was over there for six months." Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), a member of both the House Homeland Security and Intelligence committees, delivered a similar message. He calle

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Top Conservatives Admit Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In Military Tribunal

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...a military tribunal. In a statement Graham released yesterday with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Rep. Pete King (R-NY), however, the four conservatives acknowledge that shunting Tsarnaev into a military commission is not a lawful

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FBI under fire for not keeping tabs on Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...enough to prevent last week’s Boston Marathon bombing that left three dead and nearly 200 wounded. New York Republican Rep. Pete King ripped the FBI for not keeping better tabs on the Tsarnaev brothers after the agency had been tipped by a foreign gov

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5 of the Worst Reactions to the Boston Manhunt

2013-04-19T01:00:00Z

...Pete King (R-N.Y.), Ann Coulter, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) all weighed in on the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Friday. Bryan Smith/Ron Sachs/ZUMA Press and US Senate/Wikipedia More MoJo coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings Given the ev

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Rep. King: Boston bombers planned ‘second round’ of attacks

2013-04-19T01:00:00Z

...Pete King, R-N.Y., who chairs a House subcommittee on intelligence and counter-terrorism, suggested that the two people suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon intended to initiate a “second round” of attacks. “They had apparently quite a few oth

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Senate rejects expanded gun background checks

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...eyebrows when he told reporters that generally he believes putting his proposals into bill form before there is a deal Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) says federal officials think investigtors are close to cracking the case of Monday's Boston terror bombings, w

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King: Feds feel "close" in Boston case, may have sparked false arrest reports

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...Pete King (R-L.I.) says federal officials think investigtors are close to cracking the case of Monday's Boston terror bombings, which may have fed Wednesday's sourced reports of an arrest that were promptly refuted by both the FBI and Boston police. "I

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SHAME: Senate rejects bipartisan plan to expand background checks on gun sales

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...continues in D.C., Gov. Cuomo and his Connecticut and Maryland counterparts, Dannel Malloy and Martin O'Malley, are out Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) says federal officials think investigtors are close to cracking the case of Monday's Boston terror bombings,

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