Monday, January 28, 2013
U.S. Senate approved the measure 62-36.
A $51.7 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package was approved by the U.S. Senate Monday evening, two weeks after narrowly gaining approval in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was approved easily by a 62-36 margin and will proceed to President Barack Obama's desk to be adopted into law. The disaster funding joins a separate bill of more than $9 billion approved by Congress to fund the National Flood Insurance Program, a necessary step in paying insurance claims of the east coast's flood victims. In all, $60.4 billion in Sandy-related aid is expected to be signed into law by the President. Rep. Chris Smith, R-4, lauded the Senate's passage of the aid bill in a statement released Monday night. "This …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
The $60.4 billion aid package needs to pass in Congress before it reaches the President's desk.
A $60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill was approved by the U.S. Senate Friday, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg's office announced, putting it a House of Representatives passage away from reaching President Barack Obama's desk for certain signing. The bill was crafted in part by Lautenberg, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, and would primarily benefit New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The aid package, requested by Obama and championed by state officials, including Gov. Chris Christie, passed with bipartisan support in the Senate, 62-32. Congress has yet to vote on the bill, though the Republican-controlled House has raised significant opposition to the aid package. At a recent town hall, Christie urged …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Political news website PolitickerNJ reported the state Senate president could be headed to a federal race in 2014.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney could be poised for a United States Senate run after opening a federal Political Action Committee (PAC), PolitickerNJ reported Friday afternoon. Sweeney confirmed the news at Gloucester County's freeholder reorganization meeting, saying he's keeping his options open in looking at a potential bid for the seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, whose term is up in 2014. The 87-year-old Lautenberg is the oldest serving member in the Senate, and has not said what his plans are after his current term expires. In an interview with the Star-Ledger, Sweeney said it was a matter of prep work, and that others have asked him to consider a run for federal office. “It’s to keep my options open, to explore …
Dame Bridgid
8:36 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
I think the entire lot of them should be voted out. The Republicans for whining ineffectively without forming an alternative bill. The Democrats for voting in the pork. They both should have been able to compromise by going line by line to offer justification for these questionable expenses. I can see the benefit from satellites for advance weather warnings now that they have gutted NASA.... but … more ›