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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
It's all a tale of money and power. Roll call is out with a new tally of the wealthiest and most senior members of the Congress. Here's what they had to say about their compilation of data: The table below lists the minimum value of the assets and liabilities of Members of the House of Representatives as reported on their 2009 financial disclosure forms (covering calendar year 2008). Assets include...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Here's an interesting November 19, 2009 press release from Frank LoBiondo saying "LoBiondo Supports Protecting Local Doctors from Cuts to Medicare Payments": "For the past seven years, I've supported efforts to protect our doctors and their staffs from scheduled Medicare reimbursement cuts, which in the end would affect the care they are able to give their patients. Today, I voted for...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
DNC is keeping up the pressure on Leonard Lance and Frank LoBiondo, two of the 32 GOP congressmen in America whose District voted for Obama - and his health care reform platform - but who betrayed the interests of their constituents by voting against reform 9 days ago in the House. Full list here. The 1-minute radio ads (that's the Lance one up top, with LoBiondo's below it) will be running this week...
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Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Thirty-two Republican House members who represent districts President Obama won in 2008, voted against health insurance reform last weekend. Mitch Stewart sent an email OFA volunteers and supporters in those 32 districts this morning, asking them to visit their GOP member’s office and express their support for reform in person. That effort is gaining wide notice: From the St. Pete Times : U.S....
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Organizing for America (OFA), the DNC-ruled "grassroots" organization formed from the massive Obama '08 email list, is asking people in NJ-2 & NJ-7 to drop what they're doing and call Frank LoBiondo and Leonard Lance and ask them to vote Yes on the public option. The debate has been going on all day on the floor of the House. Watch LIVE. Obama voters in 31 other districts got the same...
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Brain Injury Lawyer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
On October 13, 2009, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC) introduced the Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) Act of 2009. The bill states that Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury is the leading cause of death and disability for children and young adults under the age of 25 in the United States. The PABI Act also endorses the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan, which is designed to develop...
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The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Staff photo by Britney LillyaU.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, right, delivers a copy of the House Democrat health care bill to coordinator of the Salem County Library/Bookmobile Maggie Masserini Monday afternoon. MANNINGTON TWP. — His arms full of a colossal manuscript...
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Earlier this year, both the House and Senate adopted their versions of the FY 2010 foreign aid bill, with the House adopting higher figures for Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.
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FamousDC (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
But they keep it on the down-low… Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) meets "every few months" to make "home-made sausage" with an "exclusive club of men," including Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), "a connoisseur of Italian sausage" (Newark Star-Ledger). h/t Wake Up Call Share on Facebook Related posts:Famously Quoteworthy: D-SchwinnFamously QuoteworthyFamously Quoteworthy:...
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The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The sign over the bulletin board is prominent, the first thing a visitor to his office sees. It reads: “Congressman LoBiondo welcomes …” On the erasable board is written the name of a person or a family, people Frank LoBiondo...
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TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Tomorrow evening, Participant Media is co-sponsoring a Congressional event inspired by Pressure Cooker . We are heading to DC along with BET, Viacom and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) to help raise awareness and increase funds for career and technical education. The primary federal funding stream for career and technical education is the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical...
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The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Ben FoglettoA May photo of beachgoers in Atlantic City enjoying Memorial Day weekend.WASHINGTON -- Congress has approved funding for four major beach replenishment projects in southern New Jersey. South Jersey Congressman Frank LoBiondo said...
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Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Photo Credit: Oddsock Democrats aren't the only ones worried about the 2010 midterms. Conservatives have been watching RINO's from on high and don't like what they have seen. Cross-hairs have been brought to bear. From CQ Politics The passions of conservative activists could be reshaping the Republican Party and complicating some 2010 re-election campaigns. . . . Republican pollster Whit Ayres said...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Representative Frank LoBiondo wisely has saved a million dollars in his campaign fund and broken his 1994 term limits pledge so that he could grant us the benefits of his wisdom without fear of the consequences. Years of fighting in Congress, with his special role in the overseeing the Coast Guard's Deepwater Project , has brought him the hard-earned experience to know what to do when faced with corruption...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Promoted from the diaries by Rosi, who is represented in Congress by Leonard Lance, damn it. This is an embarrassment. Last week Congressman Joe Wilson (Rude-SC) heckled the President of the United States while Mr. Obama was speaking in front of the United States Congress at the invitation of the United States Congress. Today the United States House of Representatives was presented with a vote that...
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