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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09/28/09
RE: Fortney Stark

The next ranking Democrat on the committee is Pete Stark of California, the only professed atheist in Congress. (You can hear the shrieks of hysteria rising ...

Source: The Week Magazine
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
09/27/09
Lingua publica

--Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) to TV documentarian Jan Helfeld, who asked him about the national debt and the economy "This is my town hall meeting for you. ...

Source: Enter Stage Right
09/24/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), ...

Source: eNews Park Forest
09/24/09
Medicare premium hikes may be nixed

...would threaten the pocketbooks of new enrollees and retirees, as well as state budgets, which cover premiums for low-income seniors,” said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Ca., chairman of a House subcommittee on health. House to vote on bill to eliminate increases

09/24/09
House to vote to eliminate Medicare premium hikes

...premiums, if Congress does not act. "These hikes would threaten the pocketbooks of new enrollees and retirees, as well as state budgets, which cover premiums for low-income seniors," said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Ca., chairman of a House subcommittee on healt

09/24/09
House to vote to eliminate Medicare premium hikes

...pocketbooks of new enrollees and retirees, as well as state budgets, which cover premiums for low-income seniors," said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Ca., chairman of a House sunbcommittee on health. Reader Reaction We welcome your feedback on this story, or a

09/24/09
House tovote to eliminate Medicare premium hikes

...pocketbooks of new enrollees and retirees, as well as state budgets, which cover premiums for low-income seniors," said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the House Ways and Means health subcommittee. One Republican lawmaker complained about the sho

Source: KIVITV.com
09/24/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), ...

Source: eNews Park Forest
09/24/09
$625000 GRANT TO HELP ALAMEDA COMMUNITY FOR HOMELESS

by California RealEstateRama WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) today announced that the Alameda Point ...

Source: RealEstateRama
09/24/09
House tovote to eliminate Medicare premium hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) - With no Social Security cost-of-living increase expected in January, House Democrats want to cancel all of next year's premium increases for Medicare Part B recipients. Most seniors won't face a premium increase anyway, but Democrats

Source: KLTV
09/24/09
It’s time for OFCCP to reflect the 21st century (Rep. Rosa DeLauro)

Earlier this week, I, Congressman Pete Stark, and 24 of our colleagues signed a letter urging Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to modernize the affirmative action goals set by the Office of Federal Contracts and Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in 1980 to

Source: The Hill
09/23/09
Fair Elections Coalition Praises California Senator and ...

and Pete Stark (D-Calif.) for their leadership in tackling the issue of special-interest money in Washington, DC by cosponsoring the bipartisan Fair ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
09/23/09
Hastings Introduces Legislation to Address Chronic Homelessness Nationwide

... Raul Grijalva, Danny Davis, Bob Filner, Al Green, Pete Stark, Ed Towns, Robert Wexler, Kendrick Meek, Jan Schakowsky, and Rush Holt.

Source: RealEstateRama
09/23/09
From Bismarck to Obama

But their thoughts suggest why many Americans would resist the pull of what Congressman Pete Stark has called "Medicare for all." For liberals, ObamaCare is ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
09/22/09
A call for civility in politics: Where have you been?

And Congressman Fortney “Pete” Stark of California was not censured for naming Bush a liar on the House floor on Oct. 18, 2007, and further accusing the ...

Source: Columbia Missourian
09/21/09
Curb the Socialism, I'll Curb My “Enthusiasm”

When a concerned citizen admonished California's Pete Stark not to “pee down his leg and tell him it was raining”, a popular expression among older military ...

Source: Canada Free Press
09/20/09
Considered Forthwith: Joint Committe on Taxation

House: Charlie Rangel, chair; Fortney Pete Stark; Sander M. Levin; Dave Camp; and Wally Herger Senate: Max Baucus, vice chair; John D. Rockefeller IV; ...

Source: Congress Matters (blog)
09/20/09
RE: Fortney Stark

One reason: California is home to some of the House's top leaders, including Pelosi and committee chairs, including Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, and Rep. ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
09/19/09
Conference to focus on the impact of healthcare proposals on diagnostic testing

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chairman, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. ...

Source: News-Medical.net
09/19/09
Let's move past Joe Wilson

While George Bush was president, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., said on the floor of the House that he had called President Bush a liar the year before and that ...

Source: The Patriot-News - PennLive.com
09/19/09
Columnist is a hypocrite when it comes to respect

How many times has Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark called Bush a liar with complete, silent, impunity from self-righteous Joe Bell? Or Sen. ...

Source: Daily Pilot
09/19/09
Romney says liberals think profits are wrong

... amtrak, post office, your health and lives will be in the very best of hands as our economy becomes richer with more debt (utube pete stark). ...

Source: The Hill
09/19/09
RE: Fortney Stark

One reason: California is home to some of the House's top leaders, including Pelosi and committee chairs, including Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, and Rep. ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
09/19/09
Health reform's 'gang of 6' reaps political cash

One reason: California is home to some of the House's top leaders, including Pelosi and committee chairs, including Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, and Rep. ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
09/19/09
Dr. Kevin Krenitsky, President of Enzo Clinical Labs, to Present ...

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chairman, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. ...

Source: PharmaLive.com (press release)
09/18/09
Pelosi on Name Calling and Divisive Rhetoric

And a few years back, maybe Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) should have gotten in trouble for claiming on the House floor that George W. Bush and the Republicans ...

Source: Reason Online
09/18/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Another more colorful version of the Wilson's cry was uttered by a patriotic senior citizen at a town hall meeting in California to Congressman Pete Stark, ...

Source: Examiner.com
09/18/09
RE: Fortney Stark

And a few years back, maybe Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) should have gotten in trouble for claiming on the House floor that George W. Bush and the Republicans ...

Source: Reason Online
09/18/09
Resolution of disapproval: Liar, liar, Congress' pants on fire

In 2007, the House voted 196-173 to table a resolution to censure Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., after he suggested that then-president George W. Bush enjoyed ...

Source: Beckley Register-Herald

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