WHIP COUNT: DEMS LACK THE VOTES... Sep 10, 2009
Eliot Engel (D-NY): "I'd have to think long and hard, I'd have to see if it moved health care forward," New York Rep. Eliot Engel told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. (The Drudge Report)
Cantor: Obama Speech Offered 'Nothing New' Sep 10, 2009
Eliot Engel, D., N.Y. "We have been on defensive in August; today, in September, we go on offensive.". Obama devoted time in his address to dispelling one of the biggest bogymen of his healthcare reform the public option. (Newsmax)
Health care to top lawmakers' lists Sep 6, 2009
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said of the testy town-hall sessions. "Now we have to go on the offensive.". (AZCentral -- News)
ACLU Sues Homeland Security over Laptop Searches... Aug 27, 2009
Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat, introduced a bill in January that would impose stricter rules on border laptop searches. Sen. (The Drudge Report)
Summer of the Lobbyist: Heather Podesta, The It Girl... Aug 25, 2009
Eliot Engel, even Teddy Kennedy). When the whole gang is back in town, there's reconnoitering to do at the Capitol. (The Drudge Report)
Talk of health care reform has seniors anxious Aug 17, 2009
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said his offices had received "hundreds of calls" from older people eager to understand how they might be affected. Other members of Congress report a similar outpouring of concern. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
The war on drugs needs a timeout Aug 13, 2009
Congressman Eliot Engel. demand reduction. (Yahoo News)
Soprano family values Aug 12, 2009
Eliot Engel is the la. The number of U.S. and NATO soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan was six times. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Progressives Rail Against Blue Dog Deal, But Is Their Bark Worse Than Their Bite? Aug 1, 2009
"What the Blue Dogs have done is water down this bill severely," said Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. "We need to peg the public plan to Medicare rates to keep costs down.". Page. (Investors Business Daily)
A look at the deal worked out on health care Jul 30, 2009
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Presuming Waxman gets the bill through his committee, all sides will have the summer to rethink their positions and plan for September. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Dems vs. Dems in Health Care Battle Jul 29, 2009
Eliot Engel and others gave the two Blue Dogs in attendance - Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross and Ohio Rep. (CBS News -- Politics)
Republicans lambast Obama for backing Zelaya... Jul 12, 2009
Democratic Representative Eliot Engel, who chairs the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, countered that "our hemisphere cannot tolerate what is essentially a military coup.". Zelaya, he admitted, "needed to listen. He did not," when the Honduran political establishment expressed its concern over the proposed referendum, which was suspected as an attempt by the beleaguered leader to lift the one-term presidential term limit to seek re-election. (The Drudge Report)
Mexican Standoff On Second Amendment Jul 8, 2009
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., confirms what Mexico's attorney general, Eduardo Medina-Mora, told Cooper: "Two thousand two hundred grenades, missile and rocket launchers!". Cue Cooper as a video of machine guns, hand grenades and other weaponry fill the screen: "It turns out 90% of them are purchased in the U.S.". (Investors Business Daily)
US gun-smuggling curbs 'failing' Jun 19, 2009
Congressman Eliot Engel, who chairs the subcommittee holding the hearing, said the GAO report was troubling. "It is simply unacceptable that the United States not only consumes the majority of the drugs flowing from Mexico, but also arms the very cartels that contribute to the daily violence that is devastating Mexico," he said. (BBC News -- Americas)
Agencies Criticized over Gunrunning Crime Jun 19, 2009
Eliot Engel, who chairs the subcommittee, said there should have been an anti-gunrunning strategy in place since October 2007, when the U.S. and Mexico agreed to the joint cartel-fighting Merida initiative. "It is mind-boggling that for a year and a half, we have had no interagency strategy to address this major problem, but instead have relied on uncoordinated efforts by a variety of agencies," Engel, D-N.Y., said in a statement. (Time.com)
For Obama, the hardest part is yet to come Jun 6, 2009
"Take Israel.In his speech to the Muslim world from Cairo this week, Obama again pressed Israel in blunt language to stop adding to settlements in the disputed West Bank. "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," he said.That tough talk, arguably the strongest stand against the Israeli settlements since President George H.W. Bush, drew applause from the largely Muslim audience in Cairo.However, it sparked angry protests outside the U.S. Consulate in... (Anchorage Daily News)
US, Cuba ties in spotlight as Clinton visits Central America Jun 1, 2009
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Detroit Automakers Spurn Ethanol Mandate May 22, 2009
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) that would strengthen the requirements. The existing provision, which found its way into the energy and climate effort as part of a [pdf] introduced this week, would give the administration the ability to the required percentages of flex-fuel vehicles in an automaker's fleet, assuming the needed alternative fuel and infrastructure are available. (Scientific American)
Stark Says He'll Pay Higher Taxes Mar 23, 2009
Eliot Engel of New York, already has been declared ineligible for a similar tax break he received from a different Maryland county, and a number of other representatives who claim the credit also are being investigated. The report on the tax break hasn't brought much criticism from Stark's heavily Democratic district, where he typically wins re-election by landslide margins. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Calif. Lawmaker Appears Ineligible for Tax Break Mar 21, 2009
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., was not entitled to the credit. Stark said he owns rental properties in California and is registered to vote at his in-laws' home there, which ensured that he would not miss mail. (ABC News -- Wire)
New York Special Awash in Cash Mar 21, 2009
Eliot Engel (N.Y.), Barney Frank (Mass. Jane Harman (Calif. (Roll Call)
Pelosi Statement on Reintroduction of the Early Treatment for HIV Act Mar 21, 2009
Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), reintroduced the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA) this week with a bipartisan group of 44 original co-sponsors. Speaker Pelosi released the following statement. (PR Newswire)
Engel Loses Tax Break on Home Mar 16, 2009
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is losing a tax break on his home in Potomac, Md. after state tax officials determined late last month the lawmaker s primary residence is in the Bronx, the Associated Press reported. (Roll Call)
Engel's angle Mar 7, 2009
Eliot Engel staking out an aisle seat at the Feb. 24 speech by President Barack Obama to a joint session of Congress so that he could receive some nationally televised face time with the president. Mr. Engel, who has been doing this for 21 years, evidently secured his seat at 8:30 a.m., and except for bathroom and snack breaks, simply sat there for the next 12-and-a-half hours waiting for the speech to begin. (NJ.com -- Times)
N.Y. House members defend Citigroup, Mets Feb 12, 2009
That letter was signed by Democrats Eliot Engel, Joseph Crowley, Yvette Clarke, Gregory Meeks, Anthony Weiner and Steve Israel. The Treasury Department was staying out of the dispute. (ESPN -- Baseball)
