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The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L. Chandler as its president for the rest of the year.  As powerful political players pressure marijuana regulators to slow down, activists are striking back.  The shutdown was the second government closure in less than a month.  The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L.

The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L. Chandler as its president for the rest of the year.  As powerful political players pressure marijuana regulators to slow down, activists are striking back.  The shutdown was the second government closure in less than a month.  The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to keep Senator Harriette L.

House Minority Leader MORE (D-Calif.) on Wednesday commandeered the House floor to deliver a marathon monologue designed to secure protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.  In a record-breaking eight-hour, seven-minute speech featuring prayers, Bible passages and testimonials from “Dreamers,” Pelosi vowed to oppose a sweeping, two-year budget package — a deal she herself helped to negotiate — unless Speaker MORE is sunsetting in less than a month.  The extraordinary speech was at once a remarkable display

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a two-year budget deal that would substantially increase spending and suspend the debt ceiling for a year. It is intended to avert a second government shutdown this year and gives lawmakers who wanted more money for the military a big win. Senate Majority Leader MORE (N.Y.) hailed it as a breakthrough after months of partisan fighting that stalled spending legislation and caused a three-day shutdown last month. “This bill is the product of extensive negotiations among congressional leaders and the White House.

Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary, announced Wednesday that he would resign after he was accused of abusing two of his ex-wives. The decision came one day after the ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby, told the Daily Mail they experienced physical and emotional abuse during their marriages to Porter. The tabloid published a 2010 protective order obtained by his second wife and photos later surfaced online of his first wife's bruised and battered

House conservatives on Wednesday revolted against a massive bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and bust spending caps, complaining that the GOP could no longer lay claim to being the party of fiscal responsibility. “I’m not only a ‘no.’ I’m a ‘hell no,’ ” quipped Rep. MORE (R-Ala.), one of many members of the Tea Party-aligned Freedom Caucus who left a closed-door meeting of Republicans saying they would vote against the deal. It’s a “Christmas tree on steroids,” lamented one of the Freedom Caucus leaders, Rep.

Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

“[Porto],” which was presented at the Bushwick Starr as part of the 2017 Exponential Festival, reopens at the WP Theater (in a coproduction with the Bushwick Starr and New Georges), 2162 Broadway, Manhattan; 866-811-4111. Here is the original review which appeared in The New York Times on Jan. 16, 2017. The Edison lights are a tipoff, glowing amber above the L-shaped, dark-wood bar. Also the foie gras sausage on the menu, and the snacks for nibbling: fried chickpeas, jerky popcorn.

Most people know: If you got a flu shot this year, next year you’ll need it again. This is because the virus changes, usually rendering the previous year’s vaccine partly or totally useless. And it’s no secret that the flu vaccine’s effectiveness falls well short of what scientists and public health officials would like to see.

Members of Congress had mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s desire for a large-scale parade showing off the might of the U.S. military, with even some Republicans questioning whether a display of tanks and soldiers marching sent the right message or was worth the cost. Sen.