Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]

Obama's campaign manager huddles with Senate Democrats ...

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said there were mutual expressions of support during the meeting. “There was a declaration of brotherhood there,” Lautenberg said. “You know, what happens here happens there.” Begich said ...

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Maine mom heads to DC to demand safer products for her ...

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

The “Stroller Brigade” was inspiring, made even more so by Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, sponsor of the Safe Chemicals Act. He said we have to reform TSCA because “the status quo is dangerous and unacceptable ...

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The Senate is Safer for Women

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

In direct opposition to House action, the Senate Committee included a provision to prohibit a future President from unilaterally imposing the Global Gag Rule. The amendment was offered by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) ...

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Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Senate Democrats, RINOs Pass ...

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

The amendment to the $52.1 billion foreign aid and operations bill was introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). It permanently repeals the so-called “global gag rule,” which bars federal funding for nonprofit groups that ...

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Sen. Lautenberg Pushes for Safe Chemicals Bill

2012-05-23T01:00:00Z

Frank Lautenberg Senator Frank Lautenberg says the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 he's sponsoring gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the tools it needs to require health and safety testing of toxic chemicals, and ...

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Daily Kos: NJ Sen. Lautenberg: "Mitt Romney's corporate raiding on ...

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

Current New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank Lutenberg, whose senate seat Cory Booker apparently lusts after (it's up in 2014 and Lautenberg is 88 years old), shows Booker what a Democrat sounds like. Let's be clear about something: Mitt Romney

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Uh, Oh! More talk of Dems pulling a Vermicelli in Mass Senate race

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

Democrats didn't let issues like filing deadlines and state law prevent them from dumping Senator Robert Torricelli in 2002, when they fought to replace him with Frank Lautenberg when a campaign-finance scandal ...

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2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was joined today by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and members of the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Coalition at a news conference to called for Senate passage ...

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Sen. Lautenberg Pushes for Safe Chemicals Bill

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

BioNJ Headlines – May 2012 » BioNJ - Advancing the state of ...

2012-05-21T01:00:00Z

The delegation also held meetings with the staffs of Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressmen Rodney Frelinghuysen, Scott Garrett, Frank LoBiondo, Steven Rothman, John Runyan, and Albio Sires. Congressman Holt and Frank Pallone ...

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Menendez launches his re-election campaign in Union City ...

2012-05-21T01:00:00Z

The front-row dignitaries included U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman, U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, Assembly ...

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Daily Kos: NJ Sen. Lautenberg: "Mitt Romney's corporate raiding on ...

2012-05-21T01:00:00Z

Protecting Military Retirees From Insurance Fee Hikes

2012-05-19T01:00:00Z

New Jersey's senior U.S. Senator, Frank Lautenberg is joining forces with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio from Florida. They've introduced a bill that would place reasonable and affordable caps on health insurance enrollment fees ...

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Protecting Military Retirees From Insurance Fee Hikes

2012-05-18T01:00:00Z

TSA does not have understanding of security breaches Report: TSA ...

2012-05-17T01:00:00Z

The report, published earlier this month, was requested by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg after a series of breaches at Newark Airport, including a knife bypassing TSA screening, passengers walking around ...

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The impact of Gill's CD 10 run on LD 34 2013 and the potential ...

2012-05-17T01:00:00Z

Then there's Brendan Gill, state director for U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and the local Democratic Party chairman in Montclair. As one of the architects of Lautenberg's forays against the Rutgers-Rowan merger and the ...

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Many Lawmakers Personally Invested in JPMorgan Chase Mutiny ...

2012-05-17T01:00:00Z

The single biggest congressional shareholder in the company at that point was Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who reported owning at least $1000001 in JPMorgan Chase stock. Of course, for Lautenberg, who is listed as ...

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NY/NJ Senators bet on Devils-Rangers series « SNY Devils Blog

2012-05-16T01:00:00Z

New York Senator's Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have made a bet with New Jersey Senator's Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez about the Devils-Rangers series. If the Rangers with the series, the New Jersey ...

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FCC Commissioners Hang On the Sidelines At Senate Hearing ...

2012-05-16T01:00:00Z

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) took up his major pet peeve, what he sees as News Corp's mismanagement of WWOR, a New York station that is licensed to New Jersey. “What does it take for FCC to investigate News Corp., ...

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Maine Mothers Rally Against Chemicals in Children's Products

2012-05-16T01:00:00Z

Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., that would modernize the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. Lautenberg's Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 is expected to go before a Senate environmental committee later this month. The bill ...

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