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Tom Reed It has been an emotional and trying start to this spring for U.S. Rep. Tom Reed. Less than one month ago, the Corning Republican, his family and staff were in shock after a report surfaced from The Washington Post on March 19 that linked the representative to sexual misconduct with a 25-year-old woman in a Minneapolis pub in 2017. “This was nothing we were anticipating,” Reed said in a telephone interview with The Post-Journal and OBSERVER on Friday morning. Within the next 48 hours, the congressman did something many other politicians do not: he took full responsibility. On the ...

Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Bill Allison (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill. As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Sm...

Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Bill Allison (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill. As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Sm...

Apr 07 2021, 10:24 PM April 07 2021, 11:30 AM April 07 2021, 10:24 PM (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill. (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill. As part o...

jdagostino@observertoday.com U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is pictured on the House floor in January. During a conference call Thursday, Reed hinted at a possible run for governor. AP Photo U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is definitely testing the waters when it comes to a run for New York state governor. While wading through topics that included a controversial Congressional Georgia Republican and New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Corning Republican began simmering in a conference call with area media on Thursday. His emotions, while in check, appeared to signal a potential future battle with the three-term Emp...