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Congress moves to fix way it counts votes for president
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jul 25, 2022
WASHINGTON — Last week, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 l...
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Democrats’ $3.5T spending plan to get a trim
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Sep 21, 2021
The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion price t...
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Restore Congress’ rightful role
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 30, 2021
For too long, Congress has ceded unreasonable amounts of power to the executive branch. Restoring the constitutional order should not be a partisan is...
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Restore Congress’ rightful role
Jul 30, 2021
For too long,Congresshas ceded unreasonable amounts of power to the executive branch. Restoring the constitutional order should not be a partisan issu...
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Salamanca firefighters’ union contract approved
Cattaraugus County, News
Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Jul 16, 2021
SALAMANCA — The city firefighters’ union has a new contract in place following several months of negotiations. The Common Council at its regular meeti...
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Approve proposed VA upgrades
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 31, 2021
Members of Congress joined millions of other Americans Monday in remembering and thanking their deceased fellow citizens who served in the armed force...
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Momentum on Medicare expansion
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 05, 2021
In the days preceding President Joe Biden’s release of his $1 trillion American Families Plan, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and several of his Democrat...
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The dollar sign president
Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 05, 2021
So far, the defining word of the Biden era is “trillion.” The Joe Biden who portrayed himself as a moderate, old-school, bipartisan dealmaker during t...
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NY to count hours instead of days for unemployment
Business, News, NY State News
MICHELLE BREIDENBACH syracuse.com 
Jan 19, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — Starting this week, people who work part-time in New York state will be able to claim unemployment benefits based on the number of hour...
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Reed backs new rules to break up congressional gridlock
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Olean Times Herald staff 
Dec 16, 2020
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed and the Problem Solvers Caucus are backing two proposed changes to U.S. House rules meant to break gridlock in Congres...
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