Arcuri, Maffei and Murphy: The Fate of a New York Liberal And 2 Blue Dogs
Following three Upstate New York Democrats: Arcuri, Maffei and Murphy, on Election Night.
Following three Upstate New York Democrats: Arcuri, Maffei and Murphy, on Election Night.
Mike Arcuri didn’t need to support the effort to ban the new Muslim building in Manhattan. Richard Hanna had removed it as a campaign issue – before Arcuri re-introduced it.
Mike Arcuri may not have taken money from Paul Magliocchetti, but he has taken plenty from other lobbyists.
A summary of first quarter 2010 lobbyist contributions to Michael Arcuri’s re-election campaign.
Mike Arcuri sounds like a PR hack working for a gas drilling company, promising protection while actually defending plans to go right ahead with the environmentally risky plans that were already in place. He won’t take a stand
Nita Lowey has gone back 8 separate times over the last three years for more lobbyist-arranged money, courtesy of the Twenty-First Century Group.
Sam Johnson, who represents the 3rd congressional district in Texas, has been coordinating a campaign of phone calls from his constituents to members of the Blue Dog Coalition, telling them that voters want them to “stay strong” in opposition to health care reform.
What did Congressman Arcuri have to say on the anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention today? Zilch. Representative Arcuri said nothing at all about the anniversary of this milestone in women’s rights. He made no speeches. He issued no statements. He did nothing.
The head-in-the-sand resistance of politicians like Michael Arcuri to action on climate change is only helping out-of-date industries that gain their profits through the preservation of dirty, inefficient energy technologies that were invented a century ago.
Representative Arcuri has joined his Republican neighbor in opposing or neglecting much of the strong progressive legislation that’s been offered so far in this session of Congress. If voters in the 24th congressional district want to see a departure from the Bush-era record of regressive politics, Congressman Arcuri won’t be the leader to get them there.