Governor Paterson recently blamed the New York State legislature for not getting the work done in order to pass the budget de...
WASHINGTON -- Congressional budget crunchers said Thurday the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno's longtime statehouse secretary says she handled paperwork and...
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd's backers say they're skeptical of new Quinnipiac Poll results showing hi...
(Albany, NY) -- Governor Paterson makes progress in state Senate on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is circulating legislation that would give the government sw...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A former union president imprisoned for racketeering testified Monday that his late boss expected "favor...
ALBANY, N.Y. - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a crackdown on what he says are phony pills, gloves, inhalers, masks,...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A former Teamsters union official says then-Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service ...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York officials say the Senate's Democratic majority won't attend Democratic Gov. David Paterson's joint a...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The lawyer for an investment company that paid former state Senate leader Joseph Bruno to generate business t...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Opening arguments are over in the case of former New York state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, accuse...
ALBANY, N.Y. - Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the corruption trial of former New York state Senate Republican leader...
NEW YORK - State Sen. Hiram Monserrate's fiance is asking a judge to lift an order of protection, despite his misdemeanor ass...
Washington, DC -- "Opt-out" is in. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a proposed Democratic hea...
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg is calling for a federal investigation into allegations that Chris Christie...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A Latino Democratic senator says white lawmakers are racist and unfairly targeting state Sen. Hiram Monserrat...
A special bi-partisan committee is being formed to investigate Queens state Senator Hiram Monserrate.
Senat...
Here is the latest...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says Hiram Monserra...
Democrats in New York are calling on State Senator Hiram Monserrate to resign.
According to the New York Post, Dem...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Financial companies that were shored up by taxpayer money are now paying their employees bug bucks in comp...
(Rockville Centre, NY) -- Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos is critical of Governor Paterson's plans to tackle N...
WASHINGTON -- When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate - and perhaps more than one Republican - will support ...
Jim Smith reporting...
NEW YORK -- State Sen. Hiram Monserrate has been aquitted on a felony charge of secon...
Queens, NY -- A judge will issue a ruling this afternoon in the assault trial of a Queens state lawmaker.
State ...
A judge is expected to rule later this week on the fate of a Queens lawmaker.
State Senator Hiram Monserrate is accused o...
WASHINGTON -- A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this y...
Queens, NY -- Closing arguments are underway in the domestic assault trial of State Senator Hiram Monserrate.&nbs...
NEW YORK - The domestic abuse trial of a New York politician is moving into the final stages.
Closing arguments start...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and the junior senator he appointed i...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion and Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gilli...
UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's first Latino U.S. senator has written a book that takes on anti-immigration pundits.
...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former Governor George Pataki is staying mum about a possible run for the U.S. Senate. The three-term Re...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Historic health care legislation could be on the floor of both houses of Congress as early as mid-October ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They call her "President Snowe" in the blogosphere.
Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is the only Republ...
(Washington, DC) -- Montana Senator Max Baucus' bill seeking to overhaul healthcare remains untouched after a wee...
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts judge on Friday rejected a Republican request to delay the swearing in of Sen. Edward M. Kenned...
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday named former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. to temporarily fill the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan, insisting that the longer it takes to se...
The Latest...
(Queens, NY) -- Testimony at the assault trial of State Senator Hiram Monserrate continued Wednesd...
NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor says a domestic abuse case against a New York state senator is about &q...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was revising his sweeping health care...
NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor says a domestic abuse case against a New York state senator is about &q...
BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Senate is expected to take up a bill that would allow the governor to appoint an interim rep...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats see plenty of room for improvement in a sweeping health care overhaul bill, starting with...
(Weston, CT) -- Peter Schiff has announced that he is officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for th...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama doesn't believe he's being criticized because of his race.
T...
Here's WOR Reporter Dara Wells...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon has never been shy a...
BOSTON (AP) - The campaign to succeed Sen. Edward Kennedy is becoming notable for who's not running,...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote in a memoir being published this month that he made terrible decisions after th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress should investigate whether a lucrative oil contract might have played a role in the relea...
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New York State Senator from the Bronx, Ruben Diaz Sr. tells WOR that he has invited Alaska's former Governor Sarah Palin...
(Albany, NY) -- Speculation continues to swirl around former Governor Eliot Spitzer floating a trial balloon for ...
Decorated firefighter Vincent Forras has announced he will challenge Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd in the general election.
...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, laid to rest alongside his slain brothers John and Robert, was remembered as a &qu...
BOSTON (AP) -- Edward M. Kennedy is getting a final tribute befitting his huge profile on the American political scene, his l...
Ed Klein, famed Kennedy Biographer, joined the Steve Malzberg Show to discuss the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy and th...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A spokesman for Alec Baldwin says the actor has no plans to challenge Connect...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a message for actor Alec Baldwin, who is reportedly considering a m...
NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court Thursday struck down Gov. David Paterson's appointment of a lieutenant governor, upholding a...
BANGKOK (AP) -- An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Ky...
HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) -- The Special Olympics torch led a procession for Eunice Kennedy Shriver past thousands of onlookers as ...
Gov. Paterson: We Are In A Recession, We Need To Wake Up!
It's been a busy week for Governor Paterson: 175 million bucks i...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whose appointment to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton angered some New York ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida said Friday he will step down from the Senate as soon as possib...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate ethics committee cleared Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad of breaking rules by accepting V...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Sen. Charles Schumer is warning drivers to beware of cash for clunkers scams.
The Democrat says t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's Senate is expected to give final approval of legislation that will continue to give Ma...
NEW YORK (AP) - A funeral is being held Monday for former New York state Sen. Olga Mendez. She was the first Puerto Rican wom...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is back on the job pushing health care reform, three days after announcing...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prost...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and intends to ha...
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has denied a motion by embattled New York Sen. Hiram Monserrate to dismiss his assault ca...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor appears headed to quick confirmation as the first Hispanic justice i...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start the...
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An East Hartford state senator will announce Tuesday he is forming an exploratory committee to de...
6:40: Joel Rose, Chair of Human Resources for the Dept of Education on the School of One
Will discuss a MS 131, a middle s...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gun rights advocates sought to show their political muscle again Wednesday with a Senate vote giving peopl...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has put off its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for one week ...
6:40: Grace-Marie Turner, President: The Galen Institute
Will discuss President Obama's Health Care Reform Bill - and acco...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Se...
(New York, NY) -- A new poll out on the potential Democratic Senate primary next fall places Manhattan Congresswo...
Mayor Bloomberg on "The John Gambling Show"
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Senate has rejected an al...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York state Democratic senator has gone home after a scheduled session to deal with crucial local go...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spend...
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Sen Skelos: Appointing Ravitch as Lt. Governor Is 100% Unconstitutional
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) said that a l...
6:40: Richard Dorment. Features Editor at Esquire Magazine
Will discuss his article: Help Wanted. Esquire asked: How hard ...
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New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says his office will begin processing Senators' paychecks, vouchers, and per diems...
Mayor Bloomberg tells "The John Gambling Show" how it will effect the city:
A judge won't de...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - After 31 days of parliamentary plotting, name-calling, frat-house stunts and trickery, New York...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A dissident Democratic senator is back with his party after helping lead the Republican-dominated coup th...
Governor David Paterson on "The John Gambling Show"
(Albany, NY) -- Governor ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson plans to take to the TV airwaves to speak to New Yorkers about the monthlong standoff...
BREAKING NEWS...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson is naming Richard Ravitch as New York's li...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - All sides in a monthlong standoff in New York's Senate say they've agreed to work out a powe...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed progress on health care overhaul as top Senate Democrats and th...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The self-described "amigos" who've threatened the Democrats shaky majority in New York'...
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(Carmel, NY) -- Outraged leaders in the Hudson Valley are calling on the deadlocked State Senate to get back to t...
Hear Governor David Paterson on "The John Gambling Show":
ALBANY, N...
State Senate Stalemate Drags Into Weekend
The stalemate in the state Senate is dragging into the holiday weekend...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - After a closed-door meeting for an hour, both sides of an embattled New York Senate say they are closing ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Since New York's senators stopped passing legislation and started passing insults, they've cost...
Governor Paterson plans to keep state lawmakers in Albany through the long Fourth of July holiday weekend.
...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's hastily appointed seven-member Board of Education has voted to reappoint Schools Chan...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney will challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary, a ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Senate Democrats have begun voting on a host of bills and declaring them passed after claiming t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Still fighting over who's in control, New York senators adjourned only minutes after a Republican...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A judge is ordering New York's split Senate into a working session together, for the first time in more t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson is calling for a rare Sunday session of New York's Senate after the fractured house a...
Senator Skelos: The Governor Needs TO Lead
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) joined The John Gambling Show to this extr...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Senate has approved a $29 billion budget that raises taxes on businesses and some residen...
Mayor Bloomberg on "The John Gambling Show"
The Latest From Albany...
ALBANY, N.Y. (A...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York senator angry at being lectured and ordered to stay in Albany by Gov. David Paterson called hi...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's senators are expected to quickly gavel in and out of separate sessions to try to satisfy Gov. ...
6:40: Leroy Chapman, The State News Paper, State Government Politics Editor
Will discuss South Carolina Governor Mark Sanf...
Republican Senate Leader Dean Skelos on "The John Gambling Show"
Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. on "The J...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Senate Democrats are taking turns filling the leadership chairs on the Senate floor as t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Senate is returning for a special session ordered by Gov. David Paterson to end the ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Unsatisfied with New York senators' efforts to resolve their paralyzing power dispute, Gov. Da...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Unsatisfied with New York senators' effort to resolve their paralyzing power dispute, Gov. David Paterson...
(Washington, DC) -- Key U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle aren't confident President Obama should or wil...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- By any measure, New York's new Democratic U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, got off to a rocky s...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- By any measure, New York's new Democratic U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, got off to a rocky start. Sh...
(New York, NY) -- Governor David Paterson plans to take matters into his own hands to resolve the power struggle ...
Mayor Bloomberg on "The John Gambling Show"
Source: Paterson will force Senate session
A ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats have lots of potential targets for higher taxes as they aim to expand health care coverage...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A coalition of Republicans and a dissident Democrat say they can take control of New York's Senate despit...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Wednesday made its first stab at overhauling the nation's health care system in the Obama er...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eye-popping new cost estimates for President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system a...
A judge refused to rule Tuesday on the power struggle in the New York State Senate, telling both sides essentially to...
Senator Skelos: Democrats Need To Show Up And Get To Work!
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) joined The John Gambling S...
Hear NY Post columnist Fred Dicker on "The John Gambling Show"
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The ...
If state Senators can't resolve their differences today, a judge in Albany will do it for them.
Last week, a State ...
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The wife of a senator playing a lead role on a national health care overhaul sits on the boards of four health care companies...
Hear NY Post columnist Fred Dicker on "The John Gambling Show"
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The strug...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smoking foes see a turning point in their long battle against the tobacco industry as Congress prepares to...
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6:40: Brian M. Riedl, Budget Analyst: The Heritage Foundation
Will discuss President Obama’s legislatio...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Obama administration takes a half-step toward taming executive pay, Congress might consider a fulle...
Hear Governor David Paterson on "The John Gambling Show"
(Albany, NY) -- A sta...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - One result of the power struggle in New
York's Senate may be a vote on a bill t...
NEW YORK (AP) - If the coup in Albany sticks, the person next in
line to be governor is a man with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The task for President Barack Obama's auto task force Wednesday is to answer senators' questions about the...
Senator Golden: More Democrats May Vote Alongside the GOP
Marty Golden, Senator (R-Brooklyn NY) joined The John Gambling ...
6:40: Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies, The Cato Institute
Will discuss President Obama’s Hea...
WOR Exclusive: Sen. Skelos: The Senate Will Be back To Work Today
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) Majority or the Min...
WOR Exclusive: Sen. Skelos: The Senate Will Be back To Work Today
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) Majority or the Min...
WOR Exclusive: Sen. Skelos: The Senate Will Be back To Work Today
Dean Skelos, Senator (R-Long Island) Majority or the Min...
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Hear Senator Dean Skelos on "The John Gambling Show"
ALBANY, N.Y. (...
Albany, N.Y.-- State Senate Democratic leader Malcolm Smith of Queens is denouncing reports that billionaire Tom Golisano may...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Republicans and two dissident Democrats
appear to have taken control of...
6:40: Bert Ely, Banking Consultant Ely and Company
Will discuss the Obama Administration’s ...
Senator Gillibrand: Renewable Energy Will Create New Jobs
Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator (D-NY) joined The John Gambling Show...
7:40: Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator (D-NY)
Will discuss Judge Sotomayor, NY State Budget, Gun Control Plus: top headlines ma...
6:40: E.J. McMahon, Director: The Empire Center for New York State Policy, The Manhattan Institute.
Will discuss the Stimu...
6:40: Colonel David Hunt, FOX News War and Terrorism Expert
Will discuss the escalating fighting happening between the Swa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party has cost him his seniority on Senate committees.
The Senat...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wanted: Supreme Court justice. Judicial experience not required.
Not only is experience as a judge not a ...
Senator DeMint: Arlen Specter Was Not What The Republican Party Needed.
Jim DeMint, Senator (R-South Carolina) joined The ...
6:10: Joseph Bresse, Medical Officer at The Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Will provide the latest news and information ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter is a Democrat again following a decades-long turn among Republicans, a def...
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and his wife are expecting their second child in October.
Thei...
The First 100 Days Of President Obama
The Michael Goodwin, NY Daily News Columnist joined The John Gambling Show to discus...
Senator Malcolm Smith: We Must Fix This MTA Mess Now
Malcolm Smith, Senate Majority Leader (D-NY) joined The John Gambling...
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) joined the Steve Malzberg show to discuss the right wing extremist report by Homeland Security an...
