Starting soon: Weiner-Wolfson, Round 2:
In a supplement to his story this morning about former Hillary Clinton aides taking a pre-emptive pass on 2016, Jason Horowitz has an online addition that details how Howard Wolfson was converted from a critic of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to one of his most trusted advisers.
Bio: Reid Pillifant is a political reporter for Capital. He was previously an editor and reporter at the New York Observer. Contact him at reid[at]capitalnewyork.com.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo now has an antagonist in prime time. More
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on March 14th, 2013 11:44amSen. Chuck Schumer predicted that expanding background checks to cover nearly all gun purchases would be the legislative "sweet spot," where both parties could agree to pass new laws in the wake of the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connectictut.
Polls suggested Schumer was right, with broad public support for more background checks. But so far, Schumer is still searching for a consensus in Congress. More
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on March 12th, 2013 1:04pmSen. Kirsten Gillibrand was the second guest for Buzzfeed's beer-themed interview series last night in Washington, and, while she made some minor news about a women's dinner with President Obama, the real news was her drinking. More
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on March 6th, 2013 5:20pmThe anti-gun trafficking bill being pushed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will now be part of a more expansive piece of legislation championed by Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy.
The new bill would make gun trafficking a federal crime for the first time, according to the Washington Post, along with 20 year penalties for straw purchasers, and for those who sell guns to such purchasers. More
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on March 4th, 2013 5:16pm"It's never a good idea to steal the president's thunder," Vice President Joe Biden told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference this morning, in an impassioned speech about the need to maintain strong ties between the United States and Israel.
Biden, who nudged the administration on same-sex marriage last year, was foreshadowing President Obama's visit to Israel later this month, his first trip since becoming president. More
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on March 4th, 2013 12:30pmOn Sunday morning, four months after Mitt Romney badly lost an election he thought he'd win, the former Massachusetts governor sat down with Fox News for his first television interview about what went wrong and what his role might be in the Republican Party's future.
"I recognize that I lost, so I'm not going to be the leader of the Republican Party," he said. "Other people will take that mantle. But I want to have influence on getting our party into a position where we can be successful in solving the problems the country has." More
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on March 4th, 2013 8:02amAfter a meeting with congressional leaders this morning, President Obama responded to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's suggestion that the administration was "posturing" about the impact of sequestration cuts scheduled to start today.
"I'll just give you an example," said Obama, who surprised reporters by taking questions after a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House. More
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on March 1st, 2013 12:58pmOn Sunday morning, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will be in Selma, Alabama to retrace the path of civil rights forbears over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Gillibrand will be joining Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and former civil rights leader, who participated in the original march in 1965, one year before Gillibrand was born, and has led an annual recreation to commemorate the civil rights momvement. More
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on February 28th, 2013 1:07pmJon Huntsman alienated a number of Republican constituencies last year, with his support for climate change and immigration reform, along with his criticism of Mitt Romney, and the former Utah governor may have angered a few more last week when he signed on to a brief supporting same-sex marriage. More
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on February 28th, 2013 11:02amA new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released today shows the National Rifle Association maintains about the same level of public support that it has over the last decade. More
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on February 27th, 2013 4:45pm
Azi: @reidpillifant budget stuff
grynbaum: @reidpillifant I hear this pig already has its own 2013 exploratory committee.
howiewolf: Proud to be an alum “@reidpillifant: Nice map from @marcatracy of the Schumer diaspora http://t.co/tB7MAk0P”
GregHanlon: @reidpillifant on Koch, Mayor & movie: "Something classically Koch about the fact that his last act was to upstage it." http://t.co/lLlm1C4f
erickuo: @reidpillifant badass
Vilkomerson: @reidpillifant @RogerClark41 And an excellent jukebox.
aaronshortstory: @reidpillifant I don't think Nadler's face should be on it. Why not Tyrone Biggums?
choitotheworld: @reidpillifant @tmcgev @joepompeo iron-on or stitched laurel wreath insignia
