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Langworthy eager to start work in GOP Congress, with Trump
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Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 07, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy is eager to get started — working in a Republican-controlled Congress — on the GOP agenda with President-elect Donald Trump,...
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Langworthy sworn in for second term
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, ...
Jan 04, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-Pendleton, was sworn into the House of Representatives for his second term serving the people of Western New York. “I am ...
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Democrats rewrite history to praise Jimmy Carter
Commentary, Nation World
FRANCIS P. SEMPA RealClearPolitics 
Jan 03, 2025
Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser from 2010 to 2013, attempts to rewrite history on the Foreign Affairs website to prais...
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Jimmy Carter’s integrity and compassion
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 01, 2025
Jimmy Carter burst on to the national political scene during difficult times. The previous years had been marked by the turbulent 1960s and Vietnam. W...
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Congress funds ‘zombie’ programs
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 30, 2024
Congress allocated at least $516 billion for federal programs with expired authorizations in fiscal year 2024, and likely far more, according to the C...
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A look ahead to what might happen in 2025
Commentary, Nation World
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Dec 27, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — My prediction that President Joe Biden would drop out was a rare bright spot among last year’s not totally serious predictions. Und...
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Another $161 billion in improper payments
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 17, 2024
Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...
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Change the nation’s fiscal course
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 16, 2024
David Walkerran the Government Accountability Office for a decade, under both a Republican and Democratic president. Elected officials should take him...
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NY may have to step up on supportive housing
Commentary, New York
DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
Dec 02, 2024
ALBANY — Supportive housing is a lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers who benefit from having staff and services onsite where they live, but advocate...
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Who’s VP-elect? Elon Musk or JD Vance?
Commentary, Nation World
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Nov 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) —The speaker of the House, the man second in line to the presidency — Rep.Mike JohnsonofLouisiana— had to photobomb the much-shared s...
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