Topic: Edolphus Towns

Don't cut federal pay and benefits

More than a dozen House lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to avoid cutting federal pay and benefits to finance an extension of the payroll...

N.Y. Democrats on money warpath

New York Democrats, shaken by a GOP win in the heart of New York City, are hustling to gobble up the gold, according to the latest campaign...

Cuomo won't judge commish on DWI bust

Gov. Cuomo has no plans to sanction or sack his housing commissioner, who recently pleaded guilty to drunken driving.. . "The courts took an action...

Editorial: Gonzalez for Assembly

Voters in Brooklyn will choose a new Assembly member in Tuesday's special election. They should go with Jesus Gonzalez.. . Of the three candidates...

Gonzalez best pick for 54th

Grassroots rising in Brooklyn." That's how Andrew Friedman, of Make the Road NY characterizes Jesús González's bid to replace former Assemblyman...
Portrait Unveiling in DC for New York Congressman Ed Towns Brings Out Political Powerhouses From Both Sides of the Aisle. . Painted by Chicago area...

US lawmakers seek to ban chimp experiments

US lawmakers proposed bills Wednesday banning medical research on chimpanzees in the United States, the last major industrialized country to still use to the apes for experiments."Scientists worldwide have halted chimpanzee experiments, because these intelligent creatures suffer immensely and are poor ...
It was not an encouraging sign for supporters of House Resolution 5034, the bill that would give states stronger powers to restrict and possibly block direct shipping of wine. The Judiciary Committee will decide whether the bill heads to the floor of ...
Former Virginia congressman Tom Davis figured that Roger Clemens was in trouble when Justice Department officials approached him about a month ago ...

Congress gets its head into the cloud

It's been almost a year since the Obama administration launched the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative. Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) had little more encouragement to offer, reported Max Cacas of Federal News Radio. Moving the federal government to cloud computing ...