WASHINGTON - A provision within the proposed America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 includes a provision impacting Chautauqua Lake. That’s according to Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who say they are seeking funding to … [Read more...]
[WATCH] Reed One of 67 House Republicans Voting Against Long-Term Federal Budget Bill
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WASHINGTON - Congress has approved a major budget deal, ending a brief government shutdown overnight and sending the measure to the President for his signature. The House of Representatives voted 240-186 early Friday morning following approval in … [Read more...]
Government Shutdown Looms as Lawmakers Fail to Address DACA
WASHINGTON - A bitterly-divided Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported. Democrats in the Senate – … [Read more...]
Residents Gather in Downtown Rally to Voice Opposition to GOP Tax Plan
JAMESTOWN - A group of local residents gathered in downtown Jamestown Wednesday afternoon in front of Congressman Tom Reed’s (R-Corning, NY 23) Jamestown office to share their feelings about the GOP tax reform plan. About two dozen residents … [Read more...]
Reed, House Republicans Prepare to Act on Tax Reform Plan that Guts Historic Structures Tax Credit
WASHINGTON - Republicans will try to muscle their massive tax bill through the House on Thursday. The plan, which was approved in the House Ways and Means committee last week, has garnered support from most of the GOP in the house including Rep. … [Read more...]
Reed Will Oppose Any Health Care Bill that Doesn’t Include Faso-Collins Amendment
WASHINGTON - Republican leaders are steering the Senate toward a crucial vote on their bill eviscerating much of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's health care law. The pending vote has been buoyed by the near theatrical return to the … [Read more...]
Senate Health Care Bill Doesn’t Have Support Necessary to Pass
WASHINGTON - 2017 was supposed to be the year that Republicans in Washington would finally be able to repeal and replace Obamacare – the federal healthcare legislation approved by the Democratic controlled Congress and signed by President Barack … [Read more...]
Congressman Reed Not Willing to Predict Outcome of Senate Majority’s Healthcare Proposal
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leaders are trotting out their new, but reeling, health care bill and angling toward a showdown vote next week amid signs that they have lots of work ahead to win over GOP lawmakers or face a resounding … [Read more...]
Governor Says Cutting Medicaid Will Hinder Battle Against Opioid Epidemic
ALBANY - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is continuing his criticism of Republican Lawmakers' effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act with their own health care plan called the American Health Care Act. The governor wrote an op-ed piece that … [Read more...]
Reed Calls Cuomo a Liar and a Bully in Response to Criticism Over GOP Healthcare Plan
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's campaign promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare" is now in the hands of a key group of GOP senators who are opposing -or not yet supporting - legislation Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing to … [Read more...]
