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As Pledged, Faso Votes Nay On Republican Tax-Cut Bill As he signaled Wednesday afternoon that he would do, U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, today joined 12 Republicans and 192 Democrats – 205 in all – in voting against his party’s $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill. Enough members of the Republican majority – 227 – voted aye to pass the bill. The U.S. Senate is preparing its own version of tax reform, and the versions will have to be reconciled before becoming…
Cuomo’s ‘New York Fights Back’ Targets John Faso ALBANY – Governor Cuomo plans to target five Republican Congressman, including John Faso, R-19, who represents Otsego County, in a “New York Fights Back” campaign to be announced today, according to reporter Ken Lovett, New York Daily News’ Albany correspondent.…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On ‘Dynamic’ Democrats At Forum In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on the six “dynamic” Democrats who are interested in challenging U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, next year. They appeared Sunday at Oneonta’s Sixth Ward Athletic Club. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
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Faso, Healthcare Advocates Differ On Course Of Reform By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, heard concerns of key local players in the national healthcare debate this afternoon, and the two sides appeared to politely disagree on a future course of action. “We have fundamental concerns that it” – the Obamacare revision being revived in Congress – “will not be an improvement over the current ACA.” said Bill Streck, retired Bassett Healthcare president,…
OBAMACARE REFORM SPURRED RALLIES Congressman In Oneonta Discussing ACA’s Future By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Congressman John Faso, R-19, is in Oneonta today, meeting with key players in the medical community on the future of the Affordable Care Act. The meeting has been sought for several weeks by Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould, director of Bassett Healthcare’s Fox Hospital Susquehanna Family Practice and The Gender Wellness Clinic, and county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta.…
In ‘Teletown Hall,’ Faso Reaches 20,000 Citizens…
BILL STRECK’S MESSAGE HOME: Repeal Of Obamacare Would Hit Here Hard The repeal of the Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – would leave 5,700 Otsego County people uninsured, retired Bassett President/CEO Bill Streck, now chief medical and health systems innovation officer at HANYS (the state’s hospital association), told a mostly medical-sector crowd of 75 at Templeton Hall in Cooperstown this evening. Shifting Medicaid from an entitlement to block grants might raise county government’s costs by $700,000, he said. He also said U.S. Rep.…
2018 RACE ALREADY JOINED Anti-Trump Activists Divert Anger At Faso Grass-Roots Organizations Form, Collaborate Around 19th District By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM With the 2016 campaign just over, the 2018 campaign in Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District is already starting. Multiple grass-roots groups in Otsego County that have sprung up since Donald Trump’s election as president Nov. 8 are planning to rally with perhaps “several thousand” of like-minded people at Congressman John Faso’s Kinderhook office this weekend. Shortterm,…