Rep. Fortney Stark

Democrat  •  13th District, California  •  19th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 93%
  • Abstains: 25%

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10/11/09
Lobbyists fight efforts to save on health care

...majority of the party — signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing the tax. "It has no legs in the House," said Rep. Pete Stark, the California Democrat who heads the health subcommittee of the commerce panel. And many Democrats would like to se

10/10/09
Lobbyists Fight Last Big Plans to Cut Health Care Costs

“It has no legs in the House,” said Representative Pete Stark, the California Democrat who is chairman of the health subcommittee of the tax-writing panel. ...

Source: New York Times
10/10/09
Top staffer worked for health insurance giant

Y., who formerly chaired the Finance Committee, and Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., often considered one of the most liberal members of Congress. ...

Source: Billings Gazette
10/10/09
Baucus' chief staffer worked for giant health insurer

Y., who formerly chaired the Finance Committee, and Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., often considered one of the most liberal members of Congress. ...

Source: Helena Independent Record
10/08/09
How Soon Is Now?

Also, if Rangel is out, next in line is Pete Stark; not exactly a stranger to controversy. --For Pelosi, keeping liberals happy - whether on health care or ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
10/07/09
Exec, GSC push health in DC

Anna Eshoo, Pete Stark and Zoe Lofgren, as well as California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a State Department official. Gobaud said that two issues were at the ...

Source: The Stanford Daily - Breaking News From The Farm Since 1892
10/07/09
House Democrats Urge Pelosi To Reject Proposed Excise Tax

...“additional and substantial tax burden” on working class families and middle class individuals. Beyond the “cadillac” plans, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) said that he believes this tax will impact a larger number of individuals around the country

10/07/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Beyond the “cadillac” plans, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) said that he believes this tax will impact a larger number of individuals around the country who ...

Source: Talk Radio News Service
10/07/09
US House Dems Grapple With Public Option In Health Bill

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., said he expects a final House bill to be completed by this weekend. That would require decisions to be made on the structure of ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/07/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Second in seniority to Rangel on the panel is Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who Democrats fear is a bit of a loose cannon who has attracted negative media ...

Source: The San Francisco Examiner
10/07/09
Democrats will move to block GOP motion to oust Rangel

Second in seniority to Rangel on the panel is Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who Democrats fear is a bit of a loose cannon who has attracted negative media ...

Source: The San Francisco Examiner
10/07/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Beyond the “cadillac” plans, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) said that he believes this tax will impact a larger number of individuals around the country who ...

Source: Talk Radio News Service
10/06/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Y.) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-Calif.) proposed the Medicare Premium Fairness Act (HR 3631), seeking the application of a consistent ...

Source: IFAwebnews.com
10/05/09
Tracking Your Taxes: Medicare Waste Goes Unchecked

Leavitt blames Congressmen Pete Stark (D-Calif.) and Dave Camp (R-Mich.) for introducing legislation that terminated the contracts and postponed the program ...

Source: FOXNews
10/04/09
Rep. McCollum counters ACORN attacks

Pete Stark (Calif.), Keith Ellison (Minn.), Lynn Woolsey (Calif.), Jim McDermott (Wash.) and Barbara Lee (Calif.) have co-sponsored the bill that would cut ...

Source: The Hill
10/03/09
Focus on Rangel, a Chairman Under Investigation

... care fight by the lawmaker next in line, Representative Pete Stark, a very liberal Californian with a sharp tongue and an occasionally abrasive manner. ...

Source: New York Times
10/03/09
The Saturday Word: Job Loss Reviews

The next in line to succeed Mr. Rangel is Representative Pete Stark, a very liberal Californian who Democrats would like to leapfrog. ...

Source: New York Times
10/03/09
Carroll: Vitriol finally draws ire

It was genuine opinion leaders and members of Congress such as Rep. Pete Stark, who just two years ago said troops were being sent to Iraq "to get their ...

Source: Denver Post
10/02/09
RE: Fortney Stark

The Congressman CStanley is referring to is Pete Stark. A few days later Stark apologized for that comment, saying, "I hope that with this apology, ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
10/02/09
RE: Fortney Stark

The Congressman CStanley is referring to is Pete Stark. A few days later Stark apologized for that comment, saying, "I hope that with this apology, ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
10/02/09
RE: Fortney Stark

... care fight by the lawmaker next in line, Representative Pete Stark, a very liberal Californian with a sharp tongue and an occasionally abrasive manner. ...

Source: New York Times
10/01/09
Grayson: The GOP is a "lie factory"

...Orlando! Its like the spine of a Berserker, but with the mind of a Democrat! Reminds me a lot of my previous Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark -- who is a mensch among mensch! Why not 'notorious" while they're at it...?? Seriously, hearing him slam the Pubs lik

10/01/09
A Few (Better) Ideas Of Their Own

...was replaced by health savings accounts legislation, and roughly 7 million Americans now have them. But Democrats including Rep. Pete Stark of California, who called the accounts "weapons of mass destruction," tried to destroy HSAs through excessive man

10/01/09
Insurers Drop Some Medicare Plans

...pay under traditional Medicare. In addition, Medicare officials said they will better police insurers' marketing practices. Rep. Pete Stark (D., Calif.) , chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's health panel, said in a statement that Medicare's

10/01/09
Insurers Drop Some Medicare Plans As Rules Tighten

Rep. Pete Stark (D., Calif.) , chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's health panel, said in a statement that Medicare's announcement "makes clear ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/01/09
ACORN suspends programs in San Jose and East Bay

US Rep. Mike Honda, D-Campbell, was one of the Democrats who voted against the cut. He was joined by Bay Area Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland, Pete Stark of ...

Source: San Jose Mercury News
09/30/09
Right fails to stop jobless benefits extension

Insisting that the unemployed want to work, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., declared, “Competition for jobs is intense. Fifty percent of unemployed individuals ...

Source: People's Weekly World
09/30/09
East Bay ACORN chapters feel impacts of national brouhaha

Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee, D-Oakland; Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont; Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose; and Congressional Progressive Caucus ...

Source: Contra Costa Times
09/29/09
East Bay ACORN chapters feel impacts of national brouhaha

Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee, D-Oakland; Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont; Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose; and Congressional Progressive Caucus ...

Source: Contra Costa Times
09/28/09
LULAC Wants DOL Secretary Hilda Solis to Stop its Practice Established from ...

Senator Diane Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer and Representatives Barbara Lee, Pete Stark, George Miller, Dennis Cardoza, and Henry Waxman have written ...

Source: TMCnet

Official website: http://www.house.gov/stark/
Address:
239 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5065
Fax: 202-226-3805

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