Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]

Bill Action: Introduced: HR 7128: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of ...

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 7128: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the ...

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Bill Action: Introduced: HR 6950: To establish the Stephanie Tubbs ...

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 6950: To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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Harming Our Children, and Making it Legal...

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to HR 4472, the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act. Once again, this Congress is attempting to address very serious and complicated problems with a law that ...

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Bill Action: Introduced: HR 6649: To amend part E of title IV of ...

2008-07-28T00:00:00Z

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 6649: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief, and for other ...

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Bright Line Rule Creates Trap for Unwary

2008-07-18T08:45:00Z

In his introductory remarks to the Comprehensive Physician Ownership and Referral Act of 1993 (commonly known as the "Stark Law"), Congressman Fortney Stark
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Bill Action: Introduced: HR 6479: To provide for the establishment ...

2008-07-09T00:00:00Z
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 6479: To provide for the establishment of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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Bill Action: Introduced: HR 6375: To provide assistance to ...

2008-06-24T00:00:00Z
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 6375: To provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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Stark Introduces Bill to Delay Competitive Bidding

2008-06-13T00:00:00Z
Rep Pete Fortney Stark (D-Calif) introduced a bill in the House yesterday that seeks to delay rounds one and two of DMEPOS competitive bidding.

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Bill Action: Introduced: HR 5873: To provide for a paid family and ...

2008-04-21T00:00:00Z
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA] introduced HR 5873: To provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program, and for other purposes. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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Our growing Islamic Congress

2007-12-31T00:00:00Z
Fortney Stark and Lynn Woolsey have decided that Christian discrimination should be the rule of law. By their vote, Christmas is not worthy of recognition by the United States government and should be shunned at all costs. ...

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War on Christmas: The 2007 Grinch-o-Meter Awards, Part 1

2007-12-24T00:00:00Z
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Fortney Stark (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). Those who voted â€œpresentâ€ on Christianity and â€œyesâ€ on ...

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More attacks on Christmas by the Left Dems: Amen to Ramadan, but ...

2007-12-13T00:00:00Z
Other Democrats who supported the acknowledgment of Islam's Ramadan but refused a similar recognition for Christianity's Christmas included Gary Ackerman and Yvette Clarke of NY, Alcee Hastings, Fla., Barbara Lee, Fortney Stark and Lynn ...

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Fortney Stark - An Asshole With A History Of AssHoliness

2007-10-24T00:00:00Z
During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in 1995, he called then Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) a "whore" for the insurance industry and said she learned about health care through "pillow talk" with her doctor husband. ...

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And so it starts

2007-10-24T00:00:00Z
Shut up, idiots. That link notes how Bush was vilified for not visiting New Orleans until four days after Hurricane Katrina. Rep. Pete "Fortney" Stark said "These houses are being burned up for the President's amusement." ...

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Treason in Congress

2007-10-21T00:00:00Z
My wife, son and I are all outraged at the evil and disgraceful comments by Rep. Fortney Stark from San Francisco. He has greatly insulted our men and women in uniform and it's disgraceful how he could say something so evil and ...

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Reasoned Discourse on Capitol Hill

2007-10-20T00:00:00Z
Rep. Pete (Fortney) Stark Raving Mad, D-Calif. employs congressional eloquence during reasoned discourse on the house floor. In front of running TV cameras, God and everybody. Choice cuts:. But you're going to spend it to blow up ...

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Pete Stark even embarrasses the San Francisco Chronicle

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Congressman Fortney Stark, also known as Pete (because who wants to be called Fortney?) demonstrated again today why he should retire, or be retired, by the voters of his district for incompetence (we could say itâ€™s because heâ€™sa ...

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Fortney Stark - Big Liberal Idiot

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Stark has also accused former Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-Conn., of being a â€œwhore for the insurance industryâ€ and suggested that her knowledge of health care came solely from â€œpillow talkâ€ with her husband, who is a physician. ...

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I blame this guy's parents...

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
...for naming him Fortney Stark. (h/t Baseball Crank) Update (Kevin): Boehner responds: House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement regarding remarks made on the House floor by Rep. ...

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Stark co-sponsored the Teacher Excellence for All Children Act

2007-10-15T00:00:00Z
He co-sponsored the following bill, which includes a pilot merit-pay component: S. 2204: Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007 Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]Here's the relevant section: `SEC. 2502. CAREER LADDERS FOR TEACHERS ...

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