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Rep. Scott Murphy raised more than $325,000 in the last filing period and has $1.45 million on hand for his fight with NY-20 GOP rival Chris Gibson, his campaign said.
Murphy the Centrist
(9/1/2010)
Politics aside, it's nice to see a politician speak his mind on a range of issues with an apparent disregard for what those on the left or right might think.
New credit card rules protect consumers
(8/23/2010)
New credit and gift protections are now in effect to stop you from incurring all of those hidden late fees and large fines. Congressman Scott Murphy, who is running for re-election, helped pass the ordinance through the House.
Editorial: Saving the jobs that we do have
(8/13/2010)
New York, like every other state, needs more jobs, right? It and other states can hardly afford the consequences of more layoffs of public-sector workers, can they?
So why is congressional approval of a $26.1 billion measure to help states save the jobs of teachers, police officers and other public servants such a bitter, divisive and altogether partisan matter?
Congress is "incredibly broken" and needs "some systemic reforms" to reduce the role of partisanship, U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy said Wednesday.
Among the reforms Murphy is suggesting is placing term limits on House leadership positions, and possibly term limits for House members.
Red dollar, blue dollar or just money for jobs?
(8/11/2010)
"To me, this is exactly what it means to be fiscally responsible," Murphy said. "Whether you want to say it's red money, green money or blue money, a dollar is a dollar and that's the way you should be approaching things like this, and frankly, I've been surprised to see so many people opposed to closing some of these foreign tax loopholes."
Residents of the twin counties who struggle to get high-speed Internet may soon be getting help.
U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, has announced Mid-Hudson Cable will be granted $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve rural broadband access in Columbia and Greene counties.
“This is great news for the Hudson Valley,” Murphy said Wednesday. “Expanding rural broadband in our upstate communities is key to building businesses and creating jobs.”
On Tuesday, MacDonald received something of huge sentimental value: military medals and pins he was entitled to receive, but didn’t, when he left the military in 1947.
U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, presented the honors — 10 in all — at a ceremony at the Warren County Municipal Center in Queensbury.
Rep. Scott Murphy joined a growing call from Congress Wednesday to exempt raw milk on dairy farms from oil spill regulations.
Murphy, D-Glens Falls, and Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, wrote to the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, urging her to leave dairy farms out of the regulations — something the agency has promised to do but has yet to make official.
In today's Congressional Corner, New York Representative Scott Murphy tells WAMC's Alan Chartock that navigating bureaucracy in Washington can be a headache.
