Steve Harrison | Democrat for Congress http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/ en Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:32 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Steve Harrison's Statements Regarding Rep. Fossella
"It is unfortunate that Congressman Fossella's indiscretions have now had an impact on so many innocent people and lives. I wish only the best to his family in this time of personal crisis and hope they can see themselves through to a better moment.

The Congressman indicates that politics is the last thing on his mind right now. While I understand that on a human level, the simple fact is that over the next six months, with a looming election, he will have to juggle his congressional duties, the campaign and his personal responsibilities. Only he can decide if he can properly represent the people of this district during this time. He must carefully weigh all his options including resignation or not running again.

If he decides to run, the people will decide in November if his recent behavior and revelations should disqualify him from continuing in office.

There are great issues to be debated in this campaign - the War in Iraq, healthcare, the economy, the environment and energy, just to name a few. It is now my intention to get past this distraction and return to those issues"

- Steve Harrison
 ]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/05/steve_harrisons_statements_regarding_vito_fossella.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/05/steve_harrisons_statements_regarding_vito_fossella.php Statements Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:32 -0500 Endorsement for Harrison Staten Island Advance

Democratic congressional hopeful Steve Harrison has picked up the support of the Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC), a group that looks to elect "progressive" Democrats to office.

]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/05/endorsement_for_harrison.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/05/endorsement_for_harrison.php News Thu, 01 May 2008 22:45:49 -0500 In Council Campaigns, Relatives on the Payroll New York Times

"A review by The New York Times found that more than a dozen of the 51 current members have used campaign funds to pay family members -- or themselves -- at election time..

..In Brooklyn, Domenic M. Recchia Jr. paid his wife $6,600 in rent in 2005 for the use of part of their family home as a campaign headquarters." ]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/in_council_campaigns_relatives_on_the_payroll.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/in_council_campaigns_relatives_on_the_payroll.php News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:44:07 -0500 Remember Dick Cheney The Brooklyn Paper

Rep. Vito Fossella -- the city's lone Republican congressman -- spent considerable time in his 2006 re-election campaign running away from the policies of an unpopular President Bush.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/remember_dick_cheney.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/remember_dick_cheney.php News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:23:45 -0500 Fossella, King Seek to Force Vote on FISA Bill Empire State News

Congressmen Vito Fossella (R-NY13) and Peter King (R-NY3) began circulating a discharge petition Wednesday to force a vote on the bipartisan Senate FISA modernization bill.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/fossella_king_seek_to_force_vote_on_fisa_bill.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/fossella_king_seek_to_force_vote_on_fisa_bill.php News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:24:39 -0500 GOP Makes FISA Bid By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call

In their latest effort to force federal wiretapping legislation favored by the Bush administration onto the House floor, Republicans are pressing conservative Democratic lawmakers to sign onto a discharge petition.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/gop_makes_fisa_bid.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/gop_makes_fisa_bid.php News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:22:18 -0500 Bay Ridge's 'Green Spa' Grand Opening Brooklyn Eagle

It's getting easier being "green" but it sure takes a lot of hard work. On Earth Day on Tuesday evening, over 100 Brooklyn business and civic leaders celebrated its "eco-pioneering" small business, The Spa and Wellness Center/Green Spa New York at 8804 Third Ave.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/bay_ridges_green_spa_grand_opening.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/bay_ridges_green_spa_grand_opening.php News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:53 -0500 Activists Protest Dick And Vito Fundraiser Next Left Notes

Republican congressman Vito Fossella, long derided by progressives as 'Bush's rubber stamp' is running for re-election. According to watchdog group Truth 13 Fossella is low on funds and his campaign is vulnerable. On April 21 billionaire oil baron David H. Koch hosted a fundraiser to help Fossella's faltering campaign. The guest of honor at Koch's upper east side home was another unpopular republican - Vice President Dick Cheney.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/activists_protest_dick_and_vito_fundraiser.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/activists_protest_dick_and_vito_fundraiser.php News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:06:00 -0500 House Republicans Face Tough Sell On FISA Petition The Politico

House Republicans introduced a discharge petition on controversial electronic surveillance legislation Wednesday, hoping to lure enough Democrats to the petition to force the House to take up a Senate-passed version of the bill.

Republican Rep. Vito Fossella of New York and others began circulating the petition, hoping to get the 218 signatures necessary to force the House to take up the bill. Fossella's bill is virtually identical to the Senate version of an update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/house_republicans_face_tough_sell_on_fisa_petition.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/house_republicans_face_tough_sell_on_fisa_petition.php News Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:06:24 -0500 Harrison doth protest Staten Island Advance

Here's some video of Democratic congressional candidate Steve Harrison protesting outside the Upper East Side building where Vice President Dick Cheney attended a fund-raiser for GOP Rep. Vito Fossella on Monday. The event was held in the home of David Koch, billionaire owner of the Koch Industries oil company, which Harrison called one of the biggest polluters around (see here, here and here for details).

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]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/harrison_doth_protest.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/harrison_doth_protest.php News Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:52 -0500 Cheney Attends Fossella Fundraiser To Boost City's Only GOP Congressman Brooklyn Daily Eagle

While Republican Congressman Vito Fossella basked in the praise of Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday at a Manhattan fundraiser, the race between Fossella and erstwhile Democratic challenger Steve Harrison has erupted into a war of words over the tobacco industry lobby and legislation about the Federal Drug Administration.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/cheney_attends_fossella_fundraiser_to_boost_citys.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/cheney_attends_fossella_fundraiser_to_boost_citys.php News Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:30:03 -0500 Harrison Talks Green, Slams Fossella And Cheney Daily News

Here's Democrat Steve Harrison, who's taking another crack at trying to unseat Rep. Vito Fossella, at a protest outside the Staten Island Republican's fundraiser yesterday at which VP Dick Cheney was the special guest.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/harrison_talks_green_slams_fossella_and_cheney.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/harrison_talks_green_slams_fossella_and_cheney.php News Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:44:22 -0500 Fossella entertains Cheney at billionaire's fund-raiser

By Tom Wrobleski
Staten Island Advance

While one of his Democratic challengers joined dozens of protesters on the sidewalk below, GOP Rep. Vito Fossella entertained Vice President Dick Cheney at a Fossella fund-raiser hosted by billionaire oil executive David Koch yesterday at Koch's Upper East Side home.

]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/fossella_entertains_cheney_at_billionaires_fundrai.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/fossella_entertains_cheney_at_billionaires_fundrai.php News Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:18:38 -0500 Cheney to Support New York Lawmaker at Fund-Raiser New York Times

Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to attend a fund-raising luncheon on Monday in Manhattan on behalf of United States Representative Vito J. Fossella Jr., who is running for a sixth full term.
]]> http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/cheney_to_support_new_york_lawmaker_at_fundraiser.php http://www.steveharrisonforcongress.com/2008/04/cheney_to_support_new_york_lawmaker_at_fundraiser.php News Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:47:03 -0500 Fossella Challenger Harrison Speaks At Manhattan Democratic Forum Brooklyn Eagle

The race by two Democrats to unseat Congressman Vito Fossella, the only Republican in the city's congressional delegation, has caught the attention of Manhattan Democrats, wanting to say "farewell" in November to the Staten Island-Brooklyn Republican after 10 years in office.
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