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Schumer: Lawmakers Must Act To Prevent Massive Potential Increase Of Milk Prices September 30, 2012 11:37 AM NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The price of a gallon of milk could skyrocket if the Farm Bill is not renewed by the end of the year, according to Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. Schumer held a news conference Sunday to urge his fellow lawmakers to act quickly on the bill, which expires today. If the measure is not renewed, Schumer said economists estimate milk prices could double in New York by January 1st. A gallon of milk could surpass $6 if no action is...

Climate deniers are on the offensive, even here. Check out the press release to see the way these guys operate. In the advisory, they call themselves the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and they are inviting the press to an International Climate Eco-Summit (ICE 2009). Sounds so smooth. Meanwhile tomorrow's event comes after another one organized by the Americans for Prosperity just yesterday where a group of fifty U.S. clean energy youth activists stormed the stage in Copenhagen during a live webcast also featuring endless climate crisis denier Christopher Monckton. He goes buck. Here's the video (Monckton spills the...

OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that while he thinks highly of former President Clinton, voters weary of Washington-style political wrangling want to avoid "the same old thing" as Campaign 2008 unfolds. "I admire Bill Clinton, I think he did a lot of fine things as president and he's a terrific political strategist," the Illinois senator said in an interview with The Associated Press. "What we're more interested in is in looking forward, not looking backward. I think the American people feel the same way. They are looking for a way to break out of the harsh partisanship...

A new report raises questions about Rahm Emanuel’s assertion that he and his staff knew nothing about disgraced Rep. Mark Foley’s e-mails to former House pages. In an October 8 interview with ABC News, the Illinois Democrat said "no – never saw them” when asked if he knew about the e-mails or instant messages between Foley and former pages before news of the messages broke. Asked if he was "aware” of them, Emanuel repeated, "We never saw them.” But the new House Ethics Committee report on the scandal, released on December 8, discloses that a senior member of Emanuel’s staff...

Because I want to be a truly informed and well-rounded individual, I subscribe to an e-newsletter of the Democratic National Committee – called Democratic News. Now, I usually don't mind when Republicans bash Democrats or when Democrats trash Republicans. I'm an independent, so I don't take any of it personally. And, frankly, most of the time, I try to be a plague on both their houses. But the latest issue of this e-rag from the Democratic National Committee is amazingly deceitful – transparently so, deliberately so, shamefully so. Maybe it's a joke – a parody? "It's almost too ridiculous to...