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The House passed legislation today to try to address the housing crisis. It included a provision from Rep RushHolt which "would allow homeowners who currently do not itemize on their Federal tax returns to take an additional standard deduction for the state and local property taxes that they pay." The deduction is $350 for single filers and $700 for joint filers for state and local property...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Presidential primary New Jersey superdelegate June Fisher may be reconsidering her endorsement of Hillary Clinton , following Obama's "amazing night". Senator Frank Lautenberg is still undecided and Congressman RushHolt is keeping his choice to himself . Governor Corzine is still backing Clinton , but concedes that she needs an "exceptional run" to stand any chance of winning the nomination....
Dear Friends The PCRF needs your help in getting the sick and injured children who are scheduled for surgery in the US out of Gaza. Congressman RushHolt is willing to help, as he has in the past,...
Rep. RushHolt's (D-N.J.) Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act seemed like the kind of bill that should sail through Congress. The legislation would help local governments pay for paper trails and audits for electronic voting machines, adding safeguards to potential recounts and a layer of integrity to the election process. Indeed, Holt's bill was so [...]
A bill proposed by Rep. RushHolt (D-NJ) to mandate “a paper trail for voting machines so that voters could verify their vote and a recount could be performed” was stonewalled by conservatives in the House yesterday. Politico writes that when the bill “came up for a vote in the House Administration Committee on April [...]
... democracy abroad would be equally committed to strengthening democracy here at home." - Rep. RushHolt (D-NJ), in a statement regarding Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act ( H.R. 5036 ), which was blocked by U.S. House Republicans. More here .
... a House committee this week, but its prime sponsor said he is not giving up the fight. U.S. Rep. RushHolt (D-N.J.) said the bill he sponsored, House Bill 5036, the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act, would help make the nation's elections more accurate and secure by helping states move to paper ballots over touch-screen electronic machines. On Tuesday, the bill, which...
U.S. Rep. RushHolt said he won't give up the fight to have his paper-ballot voting bill pushed through Congress before the November elections, despite a defeat in the House this week.
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Today the House GOP members managed to block Congressman RushHolt’s emergency voting bill with a 239 – 178 vote; 2/3 majority was required for passage. It is unknown at this time what the next move will be. Maybe an all-out ban on DREs? The bill would get no [...]
"Emergency" Bill Tries to Make Electronic Voting More Accurate, But Will It? By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Posted on April 3, 2008, Printed on April 3, 2008 Efforts to improve the machinery that will count the 2008 presidential vote fell prey to a classic Washington compromise on Wednesday, when a House committee approved a bill giving money to both opponents and supporters of controversial paperless...
The Somerset County Democratic party tonight decided to award the county line to Frank Lautenberg over Rob Andrews. Also getting the line were Rep Frank Pallone and RushHolt and challengers Tom Wyka and Linda Stender.
House Concurring resolution 317 was introduced by Representatives RushHolt (D-NJ), Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 14, 2008. The res...
The House will vote today to try to override Bush's pro-torture veto, though it's unlikely they'll have the 2/3 votes needed ( Update : the override failed). Congressman RushHolt spoke on the issue: "Let's be clear: American personnel ? civilian or military ? should never engage in interrogation practices that amount to torture. The provision the President objects to would simply put...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
For the past several years legislators like Nia Gill (in NJ) and RushHolt (in Congress) have worked tirelessly to ensure voter integrity. Hopefully one day we can realize the fruit of those efforts. Today unfortunately is NOT the day. We're not talking rocket science here, just an audit-able paper trail. So until then say a few Hail Marys on the way to the polls and if you're living...
