Cryan on Lance: 'Independent my ass!'

I guess he is right, Mr. Lance has been twiddling his thumbs. Come on Democrats, at least be honest when you are critical of an opponent. Leonard Lance is a hard working, thoughtful and trusted legistlator with a strong track record of working toward fiscal responsibility and government transparency in a state controlled by Democrats that fear these things with every ounce of their being.

Leonard Lance as Primary Sponsor 2008-2009 Legislative Session:

S395 Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.

S396 Reconstitutes Executive Commission on Ethical Standards with public members; requires certain public officers and employees to file financial disclosure statements and dispose of certain prohibited interests.

S397 Prohibits: solicitation or acceptance of political contributions on public property; certain uses of campaign contributor information; and certain uses of information about persons doing business with public entities.

S398 Requires greater disclosure by lobbyists engaged in certain types of lobbying; appropriates $150,000.

S399 Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission to provide a revenue forecast for annual State budget purposes.

S400 Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.

S402 Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."

S403 Requires ballot question on approval of State bond issue to disclose total amount of debt of State or other entity, debt service on which is funded through annual State appropriation.

S404 Repeals law expediting certain State permits.

S405 Limits certain campaign contributions by certain business entities and by political party committees and legislative leadership committees.

S406 Regulates the participation of issuers of State bonds in derivatives agreements and requires the adoption of certain standards and disclosure policies for State financial advisors, brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers.

S407 Exempts construction, expansion or renovation of buildings or other structures for police departments, fire departments, and volunteer first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squads from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."

S408 Makes certain revisions to Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act.

S445 "Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.

S467 "Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.

S701 Requires affordable housing be built to green building standards; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to issue standards.

S745 Authorizes the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services to accept proper and sufficient service of process on behalf of the State Legislature when either or both Houses are named defendants in any legal proceeding.

S788 Provides for State constitutional convention to reduce government spending and to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.

S789 Eliminates awards of punitive damages against public entities, and against public officers, employees and servants acting within the scope or under color of their office, employment or agency.

S790 Repeals gross receipts and use taxes on retail sales of fur clothing.

S791 Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.

S792 Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.

S793 Appropriates $400,000 to the Department of Agriculture for honeybee resources support.

S794 Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.

S808 Requires municipal prosecutors to review and transmit driver abstract to judge prior to recommending plea agreements for unsafe driving.

S857 Moves school, fire district and certain municipal elections to date of nonpartisan municipal elections.

S858 Prohibits use of equipment and facilities to produce obscene materials in public school districts and public institutions of higher education.

S859 Provides procedure for approving airport expansion; provides assistance to affected property owners.

S860 Regulates involvement of candidates and officeholders with issue advocacy organizations.

S861 Requires DOT to provide for removal of deer carcasses from county and municipal roads; appropriates $730,000.

S862 Prohibits filling of vacancy among candidates nominated at primaries after 48th and before 14th day before general election, except due to death; prohibits filling subsequent vacancies before elections.

S863 Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.

S890 Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.

S891 Directs State public issuer of obligations to use competitive bidding process when investing proceeds from such obligations.

S941 Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military duty; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is not sufficient to justify modification of a child custody or visitation order.

S1045 Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.

S1046 Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles for pupils residing in Cumberland, Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Salem and Gloucester Counties who attend schools both within and outside the State.

S1047 Prohibits contributions by administrator of Type II school district to candidates for member of district's school board; restricts employment by Type II school district of contributors to election campaign of member of district's school board.

S1048 Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Route 31 Purple Heart Memorial Highway"; appropriates $2,500.

S1050 Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.

S1051 Authorizes temporary handicapped parking permits for certain relatives of nursing home residents.

S1052 Prohibits political contributions by out-of-State casinos and certain individuals and business entities associated therewith.

S1078 Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.

S1188 Requires licensed professional engineer on construction board of appeals to possess a certified municipal engineer certificate.

S1189 Requires health benefits coverage for expenses incurred in purchase and administration of flu vaccine.

S1190 Limits annual license fees for radon businesses to $1,000.

S1191 Concerns debarment of contractors for conviction of certain computer-related crimes.

S1192 Requires foreign corporations providing electronic communication services or remote computing services to comply with New Jersey subpoenas, court orders and search warrants.

S1193 Revises child pornography law.

S1194 Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.

S1200 Removes investigation and security services from sales and use tax.

S1309 Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.

S1310 Appropriates $7 million in 1992 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.

S1338 Authorizes creation of memorial license plates for immediate family members of September 11 victims.

S1358 Requires disclosure of appraisals conducted on land to be included in farmland preservation program.

S1411 Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.

S1417 Regulates the level of State debt service payments on bonds issued by the State or State entities and prohibits the use of bond proceeds to pay interest on bonds.

S1493 Expands State law enforcement powers of United States Park Police.

S1748 Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.

S1749 Provides temporary period for making certain estate tax refund claims and directs notice be given to certain affected parties.

S1877 Authorizes DHSS to recover monies from certain charity care claims through contracted entity.

S1893 Requires certain condition affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.

S1903 Expands parity between certain State-chartered financial institutions, and permits interstate banking by such institutions through de novo branching or expanded authority to acquire existing branches or institutions.

S2110 Requires savings from recent changes in PERS and TPAF to ease unfunded liability of those systems.

S2128 Allows membership of Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to include certain full-time State college and university faculty members.

S2219 Adds additional judge in Warren County.

S2221 "Uniform Trust Code."

S2222 Prohibits legislators serving after January 12, 2010 from receiving any public compensation other than legislative salary.
S2230 Allows pet owners to keep pets overnight at campgrounds in State parks and forests.

S2336 Repeals bidding requirement for local public contracts to allow bidders to avoid unresponsive bid if they inadvertently omit business registration from bid proposal provided that bidder was registered before bid submission deadline.

SCR19 Proposes constitutional amendment to establish an annual State appropriations cap based on inflation plus State population growth, a reserve of one-half of revenues collected above State appropriations and directs one-half for direct property tax relief.

SCR38 Proposes constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of State bond refundings that increase principal amount of total State bonded indebtedness.

SCR39 Proposes constitutional amendment to require voter approval when the State borrows money by issuing State independent authority bonds backed by annual appropriations.

SCR40 Amends the State Constitution to require the Legislature include as part of laws making an appropriation a statement of the revenue available to meet the appropriation.

SCR41 Proposes constitutional amendment to provide for enactment of laws concerning campaign finance, lobbying, government ethics, and elections procedure by Statewide initiative and referendum.

SCR42 Proposes constitutional amendment requiring State revenue estimates for purposes of a balanced State budget be determined by Governor in accordance with State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission.

SCR43 Amends Constitution to prohibit constitutionally dedicated open space, farmland, and historic preservation funds from being used to pay for associated State agency administrative costs.

SCR44 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to describe the manner in which the Legislature shall provide for and fund a thorough and efficient system of free public schools.

SCR45 Proposes constitutional amendment to allow property tax reform constitutional convention held in 2005 to propose statutory changes.

SCR46 Amends State Constitution to prohibit State from using bonds to balance State budget.

SCR47 Amends Constitution to dedicate up to $150 million annually from FY2010 to FY2039 from sales and use tax revenue for open space, farmland and historic preservation.

SCR48 Proposes constitutional amendment to require voter approval for sale or lease of certain State assets.

SCR58 Establishes temporary joint legislative committees to develop property tax reforms.

SCR59 Proposes constitutional amendment to increase mandatory retirement age for judges and justices from 70 to 75.

SCR64 Adopts permanent Legislative Code of Ethics for 2008 and 2009 and amends and supplements the temporarily adopted code to conform to statutory and recommended changes.

SCR80 Recognizes and honors contributions and achievements of Thomas Paine.

SCR123 Finds that NJTA proposal to increase tolls on NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway to, in part, finance a new trans-Hudson River rail tunnel is inconsistent with legislative intent of P.L.2003, c.79, s.9.

SR38 Applauds New Jersey's Taiwanese-American community and supports Taiwan in role of observer status in World Health Organization.

SR70 Protesting China's treatment of Tibetans and condemning Chinese government for atrocities against Tibetan people.

SR71 Memorializes Congress and President to enact legislation to ensure that convicted sex offenders in court-ordered treatment centers are ineligible to receive federal Pell grants.

With the vast majority of Lance’s support coming from the 25% of voters that still approve of Bush/Cheney and supporters of Mike Ferguson, a Tom Delay clone, can undecided NJ-7 voters expect Lance to be a “stay-the-course” Congressmen? Supported by ads of Freedom Watch, financed with carpetbagger money from Las Vegas and personal fund raising by Bush, how can Lance be trusted to be any different than Ferguson? America’s other deficit: Leadership can only be addressed with common senses governing, the remedy to Bush’s absurdities.