WattHead (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The United States is quickly falling behind Asian rivals in the race to corner the burgeoning global clean energy market, according to a report released last week by the Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Information Foundation . The new report, " Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant ," is the first to thoroughly benchmark the clean energy competitiveness in four nations:...
Breakthrough Generation (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), were joined by university leaders and researchers to launch a new initiative, ScienceWorksForUS, as part of a press conference discussing ARRA-backed funding for research, recovery, and reinvestment opportunities. The science initiative, whose new website went live on Tuesday as well, is being sponsored [...]
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
MoreMonmouthMusings (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Photo: Mike Dill/For The Times of Trenton House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gerard A. Compito, MD, Princeton Radiology Associates, Representative Rush Holt and David C. Youmans, MD, Chairman UMCP Department of Radiology take a tour of the University Medical Center at Princeton where Pelosi spoke about healthcare reform. Congressman Rush Holt brought Speaker Nancy Pelosi to New Jersey yesterday. They went...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Rush Holt will tour the University Medical Center at Princeton, a 308-bed acute care hospital tomorrow. Following their tour, they will hold a press conference to discuss healthcare reform. PolitickerNJ says the Speaker will also lend the Congressman a financial hand attending a private fundraiser for the congressman.
WattHead (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A new report by the Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation , "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant," is the first to thoroughly benchmark clean energy competitiveness in four nations: China, Japan, South Korea and the United States. Developing better and cheaper clean energy technologies will be central to addressing climate change, securing U.S. energy independence,...
MoreMonmouthMusings (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
OUT OF TOUCH HOLT CONTINUES TO DEFEND ACORN Halfacre:”172 Democratic Congressman voted for something that was unconstitutional'?” Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre, a Republican Congressional candidate in NJ-12 in 2010, today took Representative Rush Holt to task for his continued support of controversial community-action group ACORN, calling the Congressman’s comments at a townhall...
WattHead (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Thanks to Senator Brown's staff for providing this video of the September briefing on the Hill releasing a paper I co-authored with Avi Zevin and Josh Freed of Third Way's clean energy program, "Jumpstarting a Clean Energy Revolution with a National Institutes of Energy" (pdf) . Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey joins Matt Bennett and Josh Freed of Third...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I guess the saying " Never get involved in a land war in Asia " is not as well known as I thought. CBS news is reporting the Presidential decision is 40,000 more troops : Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
House Party! Pelosi crying, DeLauro fist-pumping, Kucinich unmoved. The shouts, the cheers and GOP staring down the one Republican who made public option bi-partisan. A moment-by-moment account, plus video. "I felt both lonely and courageous." Freshman Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao was pressured by both his GOP superiors and the White House. In the end, despite the fact he had two...
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Moments after Congress seized control of the apparatus of American health care, I received a celebratory email from my feckless Congressman, Rush Holt (D-NJ12). I'm going to reprint it below with some comments; never have I seen such shameless, blatantly false propagandizing come out of the mouth of an American representative - and yes, I realize that's saying a lot: I just now voted for the Affordable...
popular logistics (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
In an e-mail to supporters, Rush Holt, D, NJ-12 said, I just now voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I want you to know about this development and what the bill means for you. This bill would provide secure and stable health coverage regardless of whether you change jobs or are between jobs, ensure [...]
MoreMonmouthMusings (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
For better than a decade, the GOP has given Frank Pallone a free pass back to Congress because he couldn't be beat. Now, despite his $4 million war chest, he can be beat. As one of the prime sponsors of Obamacare, Pallone has made it known that he sides with Nancy Pelosi over the will of the people he has been elected to represent. His town hall meetings this summer made that very clear. His popularity...
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...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Here in New Jersey, politics is a contact sport and the participants are not shy about drawing blood. It's been this way throughout my adult lifetime and I don't expect it will ever change. It's just the way politics is done around here. Despite that, there are some places where Republicans fear to tread in this state. We have elected Republican Governors in this state several times these last few...
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