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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09/10/09
Liberal, Moderate Dems Still at Odds on Health Care

For instance, liberal Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) called Blue Dogs "brain dead." Waters reportedly said she would not tone down her rhetoric. ...

Source: CBS News
09/09/09
RE: Fortney Stark

In 2007, they also attempted to censure Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) after he claimed President Bush sent children to Iraq “to get their heads blown off for (his) ...

Source: FOXNews
09/09/09
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). o Fortney (Pete) Stark, ...

Source: Redwood Times
09/09/09
Liberals press hard for public option as Congress awaits Obama

Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.), a liberal and senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, recently criticized Blue Dogs in a conference call as ...

Source: The Hill
09/09/09
Blue Dog seeking truce with liberals

...shouldn’t be questioning each other’s motives,” said one lawmaker. Blue Dogs are particularly incensed by the remarks of Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), a liberal and senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. On an August conference ca

Source: The Hill
09/09/09
Liberals press hard for public option as Congress awaits Obama

...to stop publicly insulting Blue Dogs. “She said we shouldn't be questioning each other's motives,” said one lawmaker. Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.), a liberal and senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, recently criticized Blue Dogs in

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

Blue Dogs are particularly incensed by the remarks of Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), a liberal and senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. ...

Source: The Hill
09/09/09
Blue Dog seeking truce with House liberals

Blue Dogs are particularly incensed by the remarks of Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), a liberal and senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. ...

Source: The Hill
09/08/09
Roubini Interview with Financial Times' Martin Wolf

Welcome in Pete Stark's universe, where debt equals to wealth? Penultimate, or second thereto. Remember, you're in an inverse universe. ...

Source: RGE Monitor
09/07/09
Dems Divided Along Regional, Ideological Boundaries

Last week, for example, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., spoke about health care co-ops: " 'Well, the only co-op I know about is when I used to milk cows and we ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release)
09/07/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Under the House bill, a "health choices commissioner" will have the final say, no doubt with Democrats Henry Waxman and Pete Stark at his elbow, ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
09/07/09
Whoa, Trigger

Under the House bill, a "health choices commissioner" will have the final say, no doubt with Democrats Henry Waxman and Pete Stark at his elbow, ...

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

Last week, for example, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., spoke about health care co-ops: " 'Well, the only co-op I know about is when I used to milk cows and we ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release)
09/06/09
Lingua publica

--Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-CA) "It was just mentioned to me by our esteemed speaker, 'Did anyone say anything about the Cuban health system? ...

Source: Enter Stage Right
09/05/09
Dems divided along regional, ideological boundaries

...divide is particularly apparent regarding issues such as the co-op proposal and the public option. Last week, for example, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., spoke about health care co-ops: " 'Well, the only co-op I know about is when I used to milk cows and w

09/05/09
RE: Fortney Stark

The next Democrat in line would be Pete Stark, an outspoken 77-year-old liberal with a firebrand reputation and a penchant for intemperate cracks – like ...

Source: Politico
09/04/09
RE: Fortney Stark

If Mr. Rangel were to give up the gavel, Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat, would be next in line to take over, though seniority doesn't always control ...

Source: Washington Times
09/04/09
Dems Divided Along Regional, Ideological Boundaries

Last week, for example, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., spoke about health care co-ops: " 'Well, the only co-op I know about is when I used to milk cows and we ...

Source: Kaiser Health News
09/04/09
RE: Fortney Stark

If Mr. Rangel were to give up the gavel, Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat, would be next in line to take over, though seniority doesn't always control ...

Source: Washington Times
09/03/09
Classics from Congress Deep Economic Thoughts etc...

In a clip that has to be seen to be believed, California Congressman Pete Stark displays the most unbelievable combination of economic incomprehension, ...

Source: Motley Fool
09/03/09
Profanity laced Stark interview circulating on the blogosphere

... 09/03/09 02:34 PM ET A video is circulating on the blogosphere today of a 2008 interview between documentarian Jan Helfeld and Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif. ...

Source: The Hill
09/03/09
Health care debate exposes regional rift for Democrats

...west coast vs. the heartland schism in the Democratic Party. The divide is constantly evident. Last week, for instance, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, offered a glimpse of the tension when asked abou

09/03/09
Pete Stark: Health Care Co-ops a 'Medical Unicorn'

...Pete Stark, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Sub Committee, takes a dim view of the idea of health care co-ops as an alternative for a "public option." Pete Stark considers the idea something of a political nonstarter in the House. Accord

09/03/09
Alinskyian Health Care Push, Part III

Jackie Speier, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Pete Stark, and Rep. Jerry McNerney. In Colorado, the PICO local, Metro Organizations for People, ...

Source: Spero News
09/03/09
Too many Democratic congressmen behaving like jackasses for ...

And finally, from the boss comes an all-time classic of Pete Stark explaining how national debt is a sign of wealth before threatening to throw the ...

Source: Hot Air
09/03/09
Doctors aren't being overcompensated

I wonder what Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) would say to a low medical school admission rate, thus, a lower standard for medical school attendees? ...

Source: ModernHealthcare.com
09/03/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Currently there is only one federal representative who has come out of the closet as an atheist. In 2007, California Congressman Pete Stark acknowledged to ...

Source: Examiner.com
09/02/09
Two camps debate claim on Medicare reimbursement

Latham, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told the town-hall audience that Ways and Means health subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark, D-Calif., ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com
09/02/09
RE: Fortney Stark

The second-ranking Democrat, Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.), has a history of controversial statements. Stark suggested last week that Democratic centrists who ...

Source: The Hill
09/02/09
RE: Fortney Stark

A big factor working in Rangel's favor, though: The next in line for the chairmanship of Ways and Means is Pete Stark, who is, shall we say, ...

Source: msnbc.com

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Washington, DC 20515
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