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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09/23/09
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
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
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
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
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)
09/19/09
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
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
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
09/18/09
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

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
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: Reuters
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
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
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
09/17/09
Fremont man basks in attention after exchange with Stark

17, 2009. Reinke, 74, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after his back and forth with Rep. Pete Stark at a local town meeting. Clips of the "pissing match" ...

Source: The Argus
09/17/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Gore, John Glenn, Robert Byrd, Harry Reid, Pete Stark, etc.). True, shouting "you lie" is more serious than booing the President (cf. 2005), but whereas Rep ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
09/17/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Hoyer was also caught on the horns of a dilemma, manufactured by California Representative Pete Stark on 18 October 2007, when in a speech in the House he ...

Source: Post Chronicle
09/17/09
Anatomy of the "Racist" Charge—or, How to Turn a Setback into a ...

Gore, John Glenn, Robert Byrd, Harry Reid, Pete Stark, etc.). True, shouting "you lie" is more serious than booing the President (cf. 2005), but whereas Rep ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
09/17/09
California congress members get most money far from home

... provided by the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics (See the full report at http://maplight.org/remotecontrol08). n Fortney (Pete) Stark, ...

Source: Gilroy Dispatch
09/16/09
Boehner blasts House resolution against Wilson

Two years ago, the House voted 196-173 to table Boehner's resolution to censure Rep. Pete Stark after the California Democrat suggested that Bush enjoyed US ...

Source: Lancaster Eagle Gazette
09/16/09
Editorial: We can disagree without a spectacle

Two years ago another congressman, US Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., insulted the president, although not to his face. During a hearing about funding the Iraq ...

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette
09/16/09
Chastising Wilson, House Democrats Cite Precedents And Say Apology To Chamber ...

Clyburn was referring to Rep. Pete Stark's (D-CA) apology for saying during a heated floor debate, "Republicans sure don't care about finding $200 billion ...

Source: Gant Daily
09/16/09
Three points about Wilsonstock '09

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) was getting the tea party treatment at a meeting with seniors in Fremont when a 65-plus guy in the audience launched into a ...

Source: Politico
09/16/09
The Right's Media Bias Hypocrisy

Now some blogs have pulled out the transcript of Pete Stark calling Bush a liar on the floor of Congress in 2007. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air said, ...

Source: The DC Writeup
09/16/09
Will intolerance be applied equally?

So, for another example, would Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., qualify for censure when on two occasions he called Bush a "liar" despite being admonished not to ...

Source: Arizona Republic

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