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SNIP Chobani yogurt, which is based in the upstate town of Norwich, has planted branded refrigerators filled with its Greek yogurt in the DC offices of New York Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Richard Hanna.

Rep. Richard Hanna on Tuesday became the first GOP member of Congress to say he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president instead of Republican candidate Donald Trump, castigating the business mogul as "unfit to serve our party." . . . A member of the LGBT Equality Caucus, Hanna has supported same-sex marriage since 2013. He’s voted against cuts to Planned Parenthood, and told a crowd of mostly women in 2012 to "contribute your money" to Democrats because they "speak out on your behalf."

* House Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy said on Face the Nation that he's been telling members of his own party to 'shut up' * Gowdy was responding to two GOP congressmen who claimed the panel had become partisan and an ex-employee who said the same thing * Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said she hoped Hillary Clinton would be held accountable for the murder of four Americans in Benghazi * Gowdy is distancing himself from all these remarks - noting how none of these people actually serve on the committee House Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy has a message for Republicans: shut....

New York state Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney announced a primary challenge to Republican Rep. Richard Hanna Wednesday morning, hitting her opponent from the right. Tenney, a second-term conservative Republican and “lifelong resident of New Hartford,” launched the challenge to the two-term congressman at 9 a.m.

Assembly member Claudia Tenney said Wednesday she may challenge U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna in a GOP primary, but quickly toned down the talk after sharply criticizing him on a radio interview here. “I’m doing my due diligence and I will be coming out with a decision in a few days,” she said in a brief interview during a break in the Assembly session. She declined further comment. But speaking on an Albany radio station one hour earlier, Tenney, R-101, sounded like a candidate and was sharply critical of Hanna, a Barneveld business owner who is seeking a third term representing...

The following Republicans voted Tuesday to raise the government's borrowing limit: John Boehner, R-Ohio. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy,R-Calif. Chief Deputy Whip Pete Roskam, R-Ill. Ken Calvert, R-Calif. Dave Camp, R-Mich. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y. Richard Hanna, R-N.Y. Doc Hastings, R-Wash. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Hal Rogers, R-Ky. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. Howard Coble, R-N.C. Charlie Dent, R-Pa. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. Pete King, R-N.Y. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J. Buck McKeon, R-Calif. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa. Gary Miller, R-Calif. Ed Royce, R-Calif. John Runyan, R-N.J. John Shimkus, R-Ill. Chris Smith, R-N.J. David Valadao, R-Calif. Frank Wolf,...

A Republican congressman disenchanted with his party's stance on women's issues urged attendees at a rally to give money to Democrats to send a message to the GOP. "I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault," Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) told a crowd at a rally in Washington, D.C., for the Equal Rights Amendment, according to the Huffington Post. "I'll tell you this: Contribute your money to people who speak out on your behalf, because the other side — my side — has a lot of it. And you...