Michael Grimm

Obama meets with House Republicans in effort to rebuild trust

2013-03-13 17:00:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a pitch for cooperation, and even word of a new pope, as he met with House Republicans on Wednesday, the latest of a series of meetings in his attempt to reboot his relationship with Congress. The afternoon...

John Boehner reelected as speaker of the House

2013-01-03 11:13:00

WASHINGTON -- John A. Boehner will keep his job as House speaker for a second term, as Republicans rallied behind their leader despite speculation that hard-line conservatives would abandon him. With 426 votes cast in a roll call of the new 113th...

House Ethics Committee investigating New York congressman

2012-11-26 11:30:00

The House Ethics Committee said Monday that it would begin an inquiry into whether Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) violated campaign finance laws. First though, the committee will defer to a separate investigation from the Justice Department, which is also...

Weekly remarks: Obama repeats jobs are Job #1; GOP's Grimm says stimulus plan just not working

2011-08-06 04:36:43

Top Republican on financial crisis panel slams it for partisanship

2011-02-16 16:35:16

Schiff introduces Genocide resolution, again

2013-05-17 17:11:00

In what has become an annual exercise, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) this week introduced a House resolution calling on the U.S. to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, in which roughly 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks from 1915...

Insuring against terror

2013-04-25 00:00:00

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Congress put taxpayers on the hook for almost $100 billion in insurance claims in the event of another major terror attack. The fear then was that companies wouldn't dare construct skyscrapers, hotels or other...

Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters

2013-01-12 07:55:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their...

Defined by a Sandy sidestep

2013-01-03 08:55:00

WASHINGTON -- The end-of-term reviews of John Boehner's House speakership are in, and they aren't pretty. "The conduct of the Republican leadership was disgraceful, it was indefensible and it was immoral." "There was a betrayal." "Disappointing...

S.I. Congressman's Office Vandalized: Politics? Or Something Else?

2012-09-23 17:59:00

Police on Staten Island are trying to unravel something of a mystery. Who broke into the campaign office of GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, and why? Carol Danko -- Grimm's spokeswoman -- says his campaign headquarters at 2582 Hyland Blvd., between the New Dorp...

Pols' Urgent Warning: Do Not Rebuild From Sandy Too Quickly

2012-11-13 18:17:00

Rebuilding quickly after a major storm like Sandy may sound good conceptually, but doing so too quickly could spread illness among people and cause irreparable structural damage in buildings. That's the message that elected officials tried to convey to...

30 House Republicans scolded for swimming naked in Israel last year

2012-08-20 08:07:00

A group of House Republicans were scolded last year for their behavior during a fact-finding trip to Israel, including skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee, a spokesman for GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor said late Sunday after reports of the incidents...

Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) seen earlier this year on Capitol Hill. The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that Grimm is under investigation for possible campaign finance violations.

2012-05-09 00:00:00