In the aftermath of New Year’s Eve, most Americans spent Tuesday trying to recover from the previous night’s revelries. However, our nation’s leaders had no such time for relaxation, they were hard at work trying to starve off the fiscal cliff we had technically tumbled over after entering 2013.
Recently freed from his Congressional campaign responsibilities, Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 went to the gym last week. It was the first time he had been in more than eight months — or since he first declared his candidacy for New York’s 23rd Congressional seat on March 14.
The shooter of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords M.A. ’96 (D-Ariz.) was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole at an emotional hearing attended by Giffords and other victims.
Outgoing Rep. Maurice Hinchey’s (D-N.Y.) 38-year career in politics had a humble beginning: collecting tolls on the New York Thruway at night to pay his way through college.
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y. 29) often talks about the town hall forums he has held across upstate New York, citing them as evidence of grassroots support for his re-election. However, his opponent has accused him of funding his campaign through corporate interests.
The two candidates running for New York’s 23rd Congressional seat both said this week that they favor a long-term extension of the federal farm bill, which is set to expire on September 30. However, they disagreed on the level of support the government should provide to farmers and food stamp recipients.
Nate Shinagawa ’05, M.A. ’09 accused his Republican opponent in the race for New York State’s 23rd Congressional seat as being a “part of the problem” in Washington, D.C. in an appearance on MSNBC’s Up With Chris Hayes on Sunday morning.
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