The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerSenator Robert Menendez and N.J. Gov. Jon Corzine attend the Democratic National Convention. Here are live headlines from Day 3 in Denver, where Star-Ledger reporters and columnists are following the New Jersey delegation at the Democratic National...
The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Artlandmark.com Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)’s selection of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) should have come as no surprise, particularly since on February 13, 2008, it was Biden who rushed the passage of Obama’s bill, The Global Poverty Act (S.2433), also referred to as the “Global Poverty Tax,” through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The bill, introduced [...]
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) today announced details of its 2008 Public Policy Conference, part of its annual Hispanic Heritage Month events....
ClearysNoteBook (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
NJPP Alerts August 20, 2008 Advancing progressive policy change since 1997 Good News for Kids' Health Feds back down on bad policy Restrictive new rules that would have limited New Jersey's ability to provide health...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
MONROE, N.J. - Relief is on the way for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey taxpayers. Gov. Corzine, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt visited the Middlesex County home of two taxpayers yesterday to promote a little-known provision in a new federal law that could put $500 or $1,000 in property taxpayers' pockets.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Last week, legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) to provide students and families with crucial fire safety records of the nation's colleges and universities was signed into law by the President. The Lautenberg-Pascrell bill was included as part of a larger higher education package.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey will receive more than $700,000 in federal funds to complete an assessment of the storm vulnerability of New Jersey's shoreline, officials announced this week.
Welcome to (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-Hoboken, is supporting diversity in media ownership with new legislation to restore the tax certificate policy for sales of telecommunications properties to socially disadvantaged businesses, or SDBs. The tax certificates policy will mean newfound opportunities for America’s socially disadvantaged broadcasters and encourage investment in their companies. It would encourage...
Turkish Armenians (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
3- A courageous young Dutchman Michael van der Galien has posted a very interesting research in his above website (also annexed for your ease). [One commentator slanders that Galien was paid by the Turkish Government! He does not know that Turkish government seldom follow such web sites, and have no dime to pay for something they don’t even notice].4- This research gives a list of all the donators...
Afgha.com (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is visiting Afghanistan as part of a weeklong anti-terrorism trip.
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is visiting Afghanistan as part of a weeklong anti-terrorism trip. The Democratic Foreign Relations Committee member is part of a delegation hoping to get a handle on rising violence, a resurgent Taliban and regrouped al Qaeda along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is visiting Afghanistan as part of a weeklong anti-terrorism trip. The Democratic Foreign Relations Committee member is part of a delegation hoping to get a handle on rising violence, a resurgent Taliban and...
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is supporting diversity in media ownership with new legislation to restore the tax certificate policy for sales of telecommunications properties to socially disadvantaged businesses, or SDBs. The tax certificates policy will mean newfound opportunities for America’s socially disadvantaged broadcasters and encourage investment in their companies. It would encourage...
Nudge blog (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Rep. Robert Menendez of New Jersey has an idea that he thinks is the ticket to encouraging saving and investment among low-income workers: His proposed bill would match dollar-for-dollar (up to $500) any money that Earned Income Tax Credit eligible workers put into eligible savings accounts like retirement accounts, educational savings accounts, or even Treasury [...]
Guarino (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
In the past, I have compared the voting record of various political figures to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The reason this provides an excellent illustration is because Sanders openly admits that he is a socialist. An article written by...
