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July 23, 2008 My Congressman

Here's a portrait Representative Rush Holt, NJ 12th district (Democrat) at a townhall meeting in Oceanport on July 21st. The townhall was about global warming and energy, and in the two hours, 7-9PM, amazingly, remained on topic. ...

July 23, 2008 Rush Holt on OTA

Along with the new archive of OTA material, FAS released a video interview with Rep. Rush Holt talking about the importance of OTA. Unfortunately, the video features my voice in the intro. ...

July 23, 2008 New OTA Archive Launched

The site also features a new video interview with Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ), who has been spearheading the effort on Capitol Hill to revive OTA. According to Rep. Holt, “if OTA were here, doing this kind of work, we would have better ...

July 19, 2008 Just a Chip Away From Stealing Your Vote

"Imagine it's Election Day 2004," says US Congressman Rush Holt, also a scientist with a Ph.D. in physics who knows more than a little bit about both politics and computers. "You enter your local polling place and go to cast your vote ..

July 17, 2008 Intelligence bill OK'd by House

... legislation governing next year's intelligence budget that demands ... sensitive intelligence matters," the statement said. The Senate still has to take up its version ... adopted by voice vote an amendment by Rep. Rush Holt, DN. ...

July 15, 2008 Rep. Holt Statement on House Voting Legislation

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) issued the following statement in support of legislation, similar to his own emergency bill introduced earlier...

July 12, 2008 Politicians For Election Fraud: VOTB

sponsored by Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey. The audit requirement described in Section 5 of HR 550 calls for a mandatory hand count of 100% of the ballots in at least 2% of the precincts in each state, for each general election ...

July 12, 2008 Obama’s Man Of Faith

At the same time, he was quickly garnering experience in politics, as an aide to Representative Rush Holt, Democrat of New Jersey, and then as a fellow in the office of Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York. ...

July 12, 2008 Rush Holt--will he assist science?

Rep. Holt earned his BA in Physics from Carleton College in Minnesota and completed his Master’s and Ph.D. at NYU. He has held positions as a teacher, Congressional Science Fellow, and arms control expert at the US State Department ...

July 11, 2008 DoD Has More Than a Thousand Chinese Linguists

There are more than a thousand members of the U.S. military who are qualified Chinese linguists, ... , First Session, 110th Congress” (pdf), Senate Armed Services Committee (at p. 1247). Rep. Rus

July 11, 2008 Capitol Hill's Nerd in Chief

Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey has served in Congress for a decade, but he’s not your average politico. The physicist is a five-time Jeopardy champion, an inventor of a solar collector, an arms-control expert and a former ...

July 11, 2008 Secrecy News for 07/11/08

Rep. Rush Holt, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Panel on Intelligence Oversight, said in a statement released today that his Panel "is once again recommending a robust investment in foreign language training." ...

July 11, 2008 Ledger

Ledger Enquirer Science is not just another subject that has to be studied in school, but rather something that can help turn students into better citizens, US Rep. Rush Holt, D-12th, said this week. Spending time on Digg.com always ...

July 11, 2008 Remember Joshua DuBois?

The Boston Globe has a story this morning on Joshua DuBois, a former aide to Rep. Rush Holt. The 25-year-old DuBois is now the religious affairs director for Barack Obama's campaign for president.

July 10, 2008 Rep. Holt discusses importance of science education in schools

Science is not just another subject that has to be studied in school, but rather something that can help turn students into better citizens, US Rep. Rush Holt, D-12th, said this week.

July 07, 2008 Bucks County Courier Times

On Wednesday, Murphy, along with Allyson Schwartz, D-13, and Congressman Rush Holt, a Democrat from . Bucks County Courier Times Jobs For students who want to catch up, or jump ahead in their studies this summer, Bucks County Community ...

July 07, 2008 Pending FISA Amendment

Representative Rush Holt’s thoughts are worth reading. Senator Chris Dodd gave an impassioned speech about FISA, which includes this gem, pointed out to me by Tim Lee:. This bill does not say, “Trust the American people; ...

July 06, 2008 Zakarias Moussaoui and the CIA's Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations

Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, has been pushing legislation in Congress to have all detainee interrogations videotaped so officials can refer to the tapes multiple times ...

July 06, 2008 VP Rankings New Jersey

Rush Holt: Rep NJ-12, Ranking; 4, Has a phd and is a Quaker. New Jersey Republicans Donald DiFrancesco: Former Gov, Ranking: 4, Was only Governor for about a year. Christine Todd Whitman: Former Gov, Ranking: 5, Helps in NJ, ...

July 05, 2008 Open Thread: Will Senator Obama Suffer Racist Dirty Tricks?

They were working for Dick Zimmer, who was running against Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), the incumbent, and they were pulling out all the stops. They’d already succeeded in getting a Green Party candidate on the ballot to drain liberal votes ...

July 04, 2008 Town Hall Meeting

Franklin Township kicks off a series of 9 townhall meetings in central New Jersey, including two call in sessions with Congressman Rush Holt. This is an excellent opportunity to voice concerns to your local congressional representative. ...

July 01, 2008 Bucks County Courier Times

On Wednesday, Murphy, along with Allyson Schwartz, D-13, and Congressman Rush Holt, a Democrat from . Moreover, I played three varsity seasons of basketball and have numerous school records and was named league MVP my senior year and ...

June 30, 2008 He's "Hat" His "Fill" Of Bushco Screwups

But Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat whose district was the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert S. Mueller III, director of the FBI, for more answers about the status ...

June 29, 2008 26 new messages in 17 topics - digest

Representative Rush Holt, the New Jersey Democrat whose district includes the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert Mueller 3rd, director of the FBI, for more answers about the status ...

June 29, 2008 Bucks County Courier Times

On Wednesday, Murphy, along with Allyson Schwartz, D-13, and Congressman Rush Holt, a Democrat from . Bucks County Courier Times Online Today marked the 52nd annual Bucks County Soap Box Derby, held along Woodbourne Rd just north of the ...

June 29, 2008 If not for the anthrax attacks, would the US have invaded Iraq?

But Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat whose district was the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert S. Mueller III, director of the FBI, for more answers about the status ...

June 28, 2008 That s still a bad Max and ruby game.

Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey is sponsoring Pin prostate to fix voting machine problems before the general election. And no, I have no desire to get anywhere near Paula Abdul s inner circle. From New York, I m Keith Olbermann. ...

June 28, 2008 US to pay millions for anthrax innuendo

But Representative Rush Holt, the New Jersey Democrat whose district includes the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert Mueller 3rd, director of the FBI, for more answers about the ...

June 28, 2008 Scientist Is Paid Millions by US in Anthrax Suit

But Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat whose district was the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert S. Mueller III, director of the FBI, for more answers about the status ...

June 28, 2008 Justice in a sad case--Steven J. Hatfill

But Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat whose district was the site of a postal box believed to have been used in the attacks, said he would press Robert S. Mueller III, director of the FBI, for more answers about the status ...