Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]

FEC: Jefferson filed campaign report late

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

(AP) -- Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, under federal indictment on bribery charges, could face a fine for filing a required campaign finance report two days after deadline that shows his re-election campaign is $250,000 in debt, according to

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Dem upstarts won't stop three booted challengers

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Marlene Tapper, who is eying the seat of retiring Assemblyman Ivan Lafayette, and Ruben Wills, who wants to challenge Rep. Gregory Meeks, said they will ...

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Light Action Looms On Primary Day, With Heavier Ballot On Election Day

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Getting back to the primary elections, at the congressional level, longtime incumbent Gregory Meeks, representing the 6th CD in Southeast Queens, ...

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Rapists Lead Pols To Take Action

2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

City Council candidate Brian Simon was there on behalf of Congressman Gregory Meeks. The group as a whole challenged Queens Borough Patrol Southâ€™s Assistant ...

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On Obama's Birthday, Mayor Fêtes Clinton

2008-08-04T00:00:00Z

It's Senator Obama's 47th birthday today, but Mayor Bloomberg is seeing to it that Senator Clinton will get a party of her own. Senator Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg appear together at a July 2005 press conference in Singapore. The independent mayor, who

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Vote on Cohen’s slavery bill set before primary

2008-07-28T00:00:00Z

Cohen’s bipartisan resolution, which has 120 co-sponsors, got the green light from Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), staffers said. Rep. Steve Cohen (D) got a boost from House Democratic leaders this week when they scheduled

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Vote on Cohenâ€™s slavery bill set before primary

2008-07-28T00:00:00Z

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Gregory Meeks (DN.Y.) have endorsed Tinker, while other CBC members, such as Reps. Conyers and Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) ...

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House Passes Bill Providing Support For Freddie And Fannie

2008-07-23T00:00:00Z

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, said the measure was "probably the most important bill we're going to pass in this 110th Congressional Session. ...

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Political Page

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

In an interesting development in the Southeast Queens 6th Congressional District, opponents of incumbent Congressmember Gregory Meeks, who elected three of ...

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Congressman Gregory W. Meeks and Ed Gresser Release Global Economy ...

2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

By Office of US Rep. Gregory Meeks Today, Wednesday, July 9, US Rep. Greg Meeks (NY) and PPI's Director of the Project on Trade and Global Markets, ...

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Four Democrats Helped Kill Challenge to UIGEA

2008-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maxine Walters (CA), Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY), Rep. Brad Miller (NC), and Rep. David Scott (GA). Poker players can make their voices heard by contacting ...

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Future of Day Care Under The Scope

2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

Brian Simon, chief of staff to US Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) and 2009 City Council candidate, joined Tepel in protest. â€œI was a Head Start baby,â€ Simon, ...

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UMES students get scholarships

2008-06-29T00:00:00Z

Barack Obama, D-Ill. Nekiera Blake-Nassy, interning for Rep. Gregory Meeks, DN.Y. Kayode Ogunnaike, interning for Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, DD.C.

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Congressman Gregory W. Meeks to Ask for Suspension of CARES ...

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

By Office of US Rep. Gregory Meeks Today, at a press conference Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) of the Sixth Congressional District, announced that he ...

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Queens Congressman Calls To Save Veterans' Medical Services

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

... not giving the kind of treatment and the kind facilities that would reward such heroic efforts," said Democratic Queens Representative Gregory Meeks. ...

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Grassroots health care reform makes sense

2008-06-23T00:00:00Z

Charles Schumer said he is not sure we have the big plan on health care, and Rep. Gregory Meeks, who is on the Ways and Means Committee, said â€œthe money is ...

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Queens Opens First Learning Garden

2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

â€œOn behalf of your congressman I want to say how proud of you we are,â€ Brian Simon, chief of staff for US Rep. Gregory Meeks said. â€œContinue to do positive ...

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Give Education Commissioner Draud a Yugo and a Compass

2008-06-13T00:00:00Z

Congressman Gregory Meeks leases a Lexus LS460 for $998 per month, and Representative Ed Towns leases a Lincoln for $715 per month. ...

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Second Post-Sean Bell Verdict Rally Is Aimed at Black Fathers

2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

Rep. Gregory Meeks and council members John Liu, Leroy Comrie, and James Sanders are scheduled to attend, as are members of the Bell family. ...

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On The US Campaign Trail â€“ Rangel's rough words

2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

After it had become clear that Obama had won, Rangel, Gregory Meeks, Edolphus Towns and other African American colleagues could swing behind him and ward ...

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