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mydd.com - 29 days ago
Owens Affirms Support for Healthcare Reform Bill
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Though the right wing blogs have tried to write an apocryphal history of the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district, the fact is that Democrat Bill Owens ran on a platform that included support for healthcare reform and won . Now Owens, freshly sworn in as a United States ...
watertowndailytimes.com - 11/1/2009
SCOZZAFAVA THROWS SUPPORT TO OWENS
— watertowndailytimes.com — Scozzafava released the following statement at 2 :06 p.m.: I want to thank you for your support... and friendship. Over the past 24 hours, I have had encouraging words sent to my family and me. Many of you have asked me whom you should support on ... (more) SCOZZAFAVA THROWS SUPPORT TO OWENS
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watertowndailytimes.com - 11/4/2009
OWENS STILL LEADING HOFFMAN
— watertowndailytimes.com — Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race. The Plattsburgh attorney has 58,812 votes... compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 54,637 votes. Dede Scozzafava, a Republican who dropped out of the race ... (more) OWENS STILL LEADING HOFFMAN
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 29 days ago
Owens Announces Support For House Dems' Health Care Bill
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) can be counted on as a "yes" in this weekend's expected vote on... the House Democrats' health care bill, announcing his support in a press release. "This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased ... (more) Owens Announces Support For House Dems' Health Care Bill

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Village Think
Eschaton — The Villagers all declared that having two more solid HCR votes in the House would make it harder to pass. Either that or they think governors get to vote. Anyway, duh. ...

Things explained
The Sideshow — I see via Atrios that John Reed, who was one of the people responsible for the creation of Citigroup, regrets the repeal of Glass-Steagal, which he helped make happen. "Lawmakers were wrong to repeal the Depression-era Glass- Steagall Act in 1999, Reed said. At the time, he supported overturn of the law, which required the separation of institutions that engaged in traditional customer banking services from those involved in capital markets. 'We learn from our mistakes,' said Reed, who wrote an Oct. 21 letter to the editor of the New York Times endorsing a division of banking activities. 'When you're running a ...

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NYSUT switches endorsement to Owens
blog.timesunion.com 11/1/2009 — The powerful teachers’ union NYSUT has voted to endorse Democrat Bill Owens after their candidate, Republican Dede Scozzafava, suspended her campaign, according to NYSUT Executive Vice President Alan Lubin. Lubin said the decision to endorse ...
Scozzafava Endorses Owens
themoderatevoice.com 11/1/2009 — Former Congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava has endorsed Democrat Bill Owens over Conservative Doug Hoffman. Her statement read: “In Bill Owens, I see a sense of duty and integrity that will guide him beyond political partisanship. He will be an independent voice devoted to doing what is ...
BREAKING NEWS: Scozzafava Throws Support to Democrat Owens
newsbusters.org 11/1/2009 — Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence Parties' candidate for the 23rd Congressional District of New York state who suspended her campaign Saturday, announced moments ago she was throwing her support behind Democrat candidate Bill Owens ...
Poll: Hoffman Leads Owens In NY-23
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2009 — The new survey of the NY-23 special election from Public Policy Polling (D) finds Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman with a solid lead over Democrat Bill Owens, in a race that has seen a topsy-turvy weekend as moderate GOP nominee Dede ...
GOPer Scozzafava Appears At Dem Owens Campaign Event
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2009 — Dede Scozzafava, the former Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election who has now endorsed Democrat Bill Owens, made a surprise appearance at an Owens event last night. The Watertown Daily Times reports: On Sunday, at an Owens ...
Biden To Campaign For Bill Owens; Hoffman Gets John Rich
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2009 — Vice President Biden will be headed to upstate New York this Monday, to campaign for Democratic candidate Bill Owens in the NY-23 special election. Biden's visit is coming the day before the election, in a final push to get out the Democratic vote ...
Scozzafava robocalls for Owens
blog.timesunion.com 11/2/2009 — In for a penny, in for a pound — or in for a robocall, as evidenced by Dede Scozzafava’s newest gambit to support Democrat Bill Owens. Listen up, or read the script, which was released by Owens’ campaign. “Hi, this is Dede Scozzafava ...
Scozzafava Records Robocall For Owens
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2009 — Dede Scozzafava, the moderate Republican who withdrew this weekend from the NY-23 special election, after a national right-wing campaign in favor of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, has now taken another step in her surprise endorsement of ...
Bill Owens Leads Doug Hoffman In NY-23 Race
huffingtonpost.com 11/4/2009 — ALBANY, N.Y. — Democrat Bill Owens had a lead of about 3 percentage points in a special Congressional election in northern New York that has grabbed national headlines in its final days as it highlighted divisions within the Republican Party. ...
Obama Meeting With Newly Elected Rep. Owens, Caucus Pushed To Saturday
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 30 days ago — Bill Owens will have been a member of Congress less than five hours when he is treated to a private sit-down with President Obama. The White House said Obama is scheduled to meet with Owens in the Oval Office Friday at 4:25 p.m. after the ...
New Congressman From NY-23 Breaks 4 Promises Within One Hour Of Taking Office
minx.cc 29 days ago — When Nancy Pelosi said "we won", she was right. Owens indicated in a press release that he was now in favor of the bill in direct contrast to his earlier position during his campaign. During his campaign for Congress, Mr....
Right-wing blogs falsely suggest Owens opposes public option
mediamatters.org 29 days ago — Following Democrat Bill Owens' November 3 victory in the contested NY-23 Congressional race, right-wing bloggers have sought to highlight the "under-reported fact" that Bill Owens "campaigned against the public option." However, while Owens modified ...
Rep. Bill Owens (D NY-23) breaks his word on the public option.
redstate.com 28 days ago — (H/T: Big Government ) I’m actually not upset about this, seeing as I knew all along that he’d break his word. Fish swim, birds fly, ‘conservative’ Democratic legislators betray their principles on cue. And so it is, here:  ...
Dem Bill Owens Takes 1 Hour to Break 4 Campaign Promises
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com 28 days ago — NY-23 Congressman Bill Owens took one hour to break four campaign promises. After being sworn into the US House the New York democrat announced that he had changed his mind and would endorse Pelosi’s nationalized health care plan after all. ...
Lying Democrat, but I repeat myself
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com 27 days ago — Brazen fraud. Bait and switch. Start the recall action now... Owens Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress Northern NY News Written by Nathan Barker GOUVERNEUR, NY - Congressman-elect Bill Owens was sworn in at noon today. Owens indicated in a press release released shortly ...
More Shenanigans from NY's 23rd: Owens Breaks 4 Promises in 24 Hours — Gates of Vienna
The Gouverneur Times reports with with a hint of disdain on its new Congressional representative, Bill Owens: The Honorable Mr. Owens, now the official representative in the U.S Congress for the 23rd District of New York, is off to a fine start, at least by Democrat standards. Only twenty four ...
Owens Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress — Rantburg
NY-23: Owens Will Vote Yes On House HCR Bill — TalkLeft
TPM : Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY announc[ed] his support in a press release [--]"This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased access to affordable healthcare without taxing healthcare benefits, cutting Medicare benefits or raising taxes on the middle class, and that is ...