Robin Wilt will challenge incumbent Democrat Joe Morelle.
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Slaughter’s impact on Rochester was deep
Louise Slaughter, 88, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1986 and was in the midst of her 16th term. She recently kicked off her re-election campaign; all House seats are up in this year’s midterm elections.
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GOP passes foolish bill to kill carbon-reduction plan
The House of Representatives has passed a pair of resolutions meant to scuttle an Obama administration carbon emissions reduction plan, and intended to undermine international climate treaty negotiations under way in Paris. The Republican members of the Rochester and Finger Lakes region House delegation should be ashamed of their votes. (The roll for the first […]
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Congress members take second shot at renewing Great Lakes program
In December, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would have reauthorized funding for a crucial Great Lakes environmental program. But the Senate never voted on the bill. Now, similar legislation is back in front of the House. The bill provides for another five years of funding – from 2016 through 2020 – for the […]
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A do-nothing Congress? We ain’t seen nothing yet
Well, for anybody who loves a good fight, the next couple of years ought to be just splendid. Members of Congress will have plenty on their plates when they start their new session in January: government funding, tax policy, trade policy, economic growth, inequality, health care costs, Russia, China, Iran, Isis, infrastructure, education, immigration, climate […]
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[UPDATED] Keystone XL bill fails in Senate
UPDATED November 19 — The bill that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, S2280, didn’t reach the 60-vote threshold it needed to pass. The bill failed with 59 yes votes and 41 no votes. Original post: The US Senate is about to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that climate change activists have […]
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WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE: Slaughter holding on to slight lead
UPDATE: The next batch of absentee ballots has been counted and Slaughter is, so far, holding on to her lead. As of 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, November 3, Slaughter leads Assini 95,289 to 94,638. That’s a difference of 651 votes, which means that Slaughter has extended her ever-so-slight lead. Another batch of absentees won’t be […]
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Slaughter’s foes
It looks like House Representative Louise Slaughter, who represents the 25th Congressional District, could face at least two opponents in her bid for re-election this year. Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dean, who plans to run as an independent, both say they plan to take on the well-known and […]
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[UPDATED] House passes important Great Lakes legislation
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that, according to its proponents, will put Great Lakes ports in a better position to compete for certain federal funding.
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Gillibrand pushes for brownfields bill
For more than 25 years, the Cunningham Carriage Factory building at 33 Litchfield Street in the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood sat vacant. That changed when DePaul, a nonprofit housing and social services organization, bought the property and began developing it into housing. Now, construction crews are stripping the sturdy brick building down to its bones. From […]
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Congress dumps ballast water provision
The Senate and House of Representatives have rejected a provision that would have weakened an important anti-invasive species regulation in New York state. Representative Louise Slaughter, who co-chairs the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, announced today that the Senate and House each passed a Coast Guard re-authorization bill. But the bill did not include language […]
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Brooks, Slaughter debate: No knockouts
Maggie Brooks and Louise Slaughter came out swinging tonight in their first debate. The candidates for the 25th Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Slaughter and Republican Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, squared-off in the WXXI studio. The one-hour debate, which was moderated by 13WHAM’s Sean Carroll, followed a somewhat schizophrenic format. The candidates fielded questions from […]
