Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]

Rothman gets a positive response in Fort Lee

2012-06-03T17:44:06Z

Running against U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-9) in the redistricted 9 th, Rothman complemented his late network television ad buy with aggressive retail politics. “Did you get a pen?” the congressman asked people on the street in Fort Lee.

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Secaucus weighs in on the Democratic congressional primary

2012-06-03T14:52:18Z

and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson). Both men have gone head to head in a contentious primary battle for the 9th district that has mostly been fought outside of the town’s borders in Bergen and Passaic counties. While most local voters are familiar

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Incumbent Congressmen Rub Shoulders With Presidents Days Before N.J. Primary

2012-06-03T13:40:43Z

NY1 VIDEO: Days before the June 5 primaries, former President Bill Clinton came to Congressman Bill Pascrell's hometown of Paterson, N.J. to support the representative's re-election campaign against fellow Democrat Steve Rothman in the 9th district on Frid

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NJ Primary Pits Democratic Presidents Against Each Other

2012-06-02T21:27:11Z

Democrats Rep. Steve Rothman and Rep. Bill Pascrell, who have both served eight terms in the House of Representatives are battling it out for the nomination for the ninth district seat in the Garden State. Obama on Friday signaled support for ...

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Bill Clinton Walks Back Romney Compliment: ‘He Is Wrong On The Economy’

2012-06-02T14:03:23Z

Clinton blamed the “tea party” for a climate where civil discourse was unacceptable. Clinton, speaking at a rally to support Rep. Bill Pascrell in New Jersey, explained that he was not endorsing Romney at all, but merely not “attack[ing] him personal

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Bill Clinton: Praising Romney's business record doesn't connote endorsement

2012-06-02T05:35:08Z

But at a rally in Paterson to support Rep. Bill Pascrell, Clinton said his remarks got "twisted around." "I said, you know, Governor Romney had a good career in business and he was a governor, so he crosses the qualification threshold for him ...

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The friends of Bill Pascrell

2012-06-02T01:00:00Z

...same. Only difference is the name.” That night, he was at an Arab-American fundraiser attended by over 250 people for Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). El Filali has donated thousands of dollars to Pascrell over the years, including $1,500 in the past year a

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The friends of Bill Pascrell

2012-06-02T01:00:00Z

SO Democratic Committee Primary Election

2012-06-02T00:41:39Z

Donald Payne, Sr. in March, and the 2010 census redistricting, which forced Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. into a different district. Therefore, the winner of our Congressional primary race on June 5 will represent South Orange for the next two years ...

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Bitter N.J. Primary Pits President Obama Against Bill Clinton

2012-06-02T00:13:01Z

The contest, in northern New Jersey, between Rep. Steven Rothman and Rep. Bill Pascrell has exposed old wounds in the Democratic Party dating to the bitter 2008 primary contest between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama is backing Rothman ...

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Clinton on Romney record praise: My words were twisted

2012-06-01T19:19:32Z

CBS News reports on Bill Clinton's follow-up on his comments on Bain and Mitt Romney on CNN last night: But at a rally in Paterson to support Rep. Bill Pascrell, Clinton said his remarks got "twisted around." "I said, you know, Governor Romney had a good .

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Bill Clinton, Media Critic

2012-06-01T19:19:32Z

PATERSON, NJ — At a re-election rally for Congressman Bill Pascrell this afternoon, Bill Clinton blamed the current media landscape for controversy over comments he made on Piers Morgan Tonight yesterday defending Mitt Romney’s business background.

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Clinton on Pascrell: 'Every day he has been in public life, Bill Pascrell has done what he thought was right for you'

2012-06-01T18:22:16Z

PATERSON – Kicking off GOTV efforts for U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-9) on the Friday before Election Day, President Bill Clinton this afternoon embraced Pascrell as the district’s unabashed fighter for the middle class and the working poor ...

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Live updates: Bill Clinton stumping for Pascrell at Paterson rally

2012-06-01T17:17:50Z

This is John Ensslin of The Record coming to you live from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson where former President Bill Clinton will be speaking at a rally for Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, later this afternoon. At the moment everyone is ...

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Competing NJ reps look to Obama, Clinton for help

2012-06-01T16:56:22Z

(AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton has arrived at a get-out-the-vote rally on behalf of Rep. Bill Pascrell Friday in Paterson, as the eight-term congressman battles to win the Democratic primary in a redrawn 9th District. Earlier Friday ...

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House Jewish Projection: Candidate Elimination Week

2012-06-01T14:26:02Z

Polls show ‎that the Democratic race – to be decided June 6 – is tight. “A new poll ‎commissioned by U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell shows the 9th Congressional ‎District primary a virtual dead heat. An outline of the poll, obtained ‎by ...

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Competing NJ reps look to Obama, Clinton for help

2012-06-01T13:00:08Z

Clinton has endorsed Rep. Bill Pascrell and is attending a rally with him Friday in Paterson. Not to be outdone, Rep. Steve Rothman met with Obama this morning in the Oval Office and then walked with him down the White House colonnade in front of cameras.

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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Joe Walsh: Dems want minorities 'to be dependent on government'

2012-06-01T07:59:29Z

NJ-09: Just ahead of Tuesday's primary, Dem Rep. Steve Rothman attacks fellow Dem Rep. Bill Pascrell for opposing a lawsuit to force polluters to pay to clean up the Passaic River. (The ad cites this article in the Bergen Record.) Rothman's ...

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Bill Clinton rallies support for Pascrell in Paterson visit

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...fellow Rep. Steve Rothman of Englewood in the redrawn 9th Congressional District. “Don’t let that happen,” he said. “Send Bill Pascrell back to Congress.” Clinton said Pascrell was the kind of fighter who worked to achieve “creative cooperat

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Live updates: Bill Clinton stumping for Pascrell at Paterson rally

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...live from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson where former President Bill Clinton will be speaking at a rally for Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, later this afternoon. At the moment everyone is standing outside the school gymnasium after a fire

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