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Congressman Joe Wilson may be number one in South Carolina’s 2nd district, but Wednesday he clearly stepped in Number Two. If you heckle the president during a speech and you’re not a Congressman, you’ll usually be removed by Capitol Building police. However, if you are a member of the House, your behavior will only help your opponent raise money.

On a hot, sunny Saturday 60 years ago we arrived in America.  My parents decided months earlier to come to the land of opportunity from war torn Europe to make a new life for themselves and their sons, my older brother, aged six, and me, aged two. 

My parents, who were the only ones in their respective families to survive the evils of National Socialism (Nazism), did not come to America expecting the government to pay-or help pay--for their needs.  Instead, they worked hard, paid their taxes and became citizens in 1954. 

Senator Joe Pennacchio is counting down the days until Governor Corzine actually keeps his promise of transparency in the spending of $17 billion in federal stimulus aid. Is this aid going to generate the maximum amount of jobs for New Jersey, or is it being used as an election-year goody bag for the governor's supporters? It's impossible to know if the governor won't keep create a Web site that shows where the $17 billion is really going. 

One of the major collectivist goals of the Democrats is nearly complete.  With President Obama calling for a so-called public option in his health care reform package, the Democrats' goal of a single payer, universal health care system is on the horizon.

Although President Obama it is not advocating a government run, single-payer system at this time, the Democrats' long-term goal has always been to establish health care as a "right" with the federal government as the only insurer in the nation. Team Obama realizes it cannot achieve its universal healthcare goal in one fell swoop, that's why its strategy is to get to the "Promised Land" incrementally.

TRENTON – New Jersey Republican Party Chairman Jay Webber today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s visit to New Jersey to campaign with Governor Jon Corzine: “The people of New Jersey don't have to look any further than today's unemployment numbers - now at 9.2% - to know Governor Corzine's record of failure has led to 17 consecutive months of job losses and the highest unemployment in the state in 32 years. No amount of campaigning by the President or any of Governor Corzine's Washington friends can change this fact. New Jerseyans are hungry for a candidate that represents positive change in Trenton and throughout our state - it's clear they have found that in Chris Christie."

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Senators Say Governor Isn't Telling Taxpayers Where He's Spending $17.5 Billion in Federal Stimulus Funds

The shocking failure to notify the public of a Manhattan flyover of Air Force One and an F-16 fighter plane sadly shows New Jersey has every reason to question the Corzine administration's ability to disseminate vital homeland security information.

Democratic Legislators and Education Advocates Praise Early Successes of the Obama Administration

After only three months in office, President’s policies are providing real, immediate results in New Jersey

HAMILTON – Gathered in front of Hamilton High School West on Wednesday afternoon, Democratic State Chairman and Assemblyman Joe Cryan, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo and Barbara Keshishian, NJEA vice president, highlighted the importance of more than $609 million in stimulus funds that will go towards funding education for at-risk and special needs students. 

In his first 100 days, President Obama signed an economic stimulus package that through public works spending and targeted tax cuts, our nation’s economy should get moving again.  With thousands upon thousands of Americans who have lost their jobs to downsizing, at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure, or have seen their retirement accounts shrink, this bill will be the lifesaver for many.

CHIVUKULA WELCOMES EPA'S MOVE TO FAST-TRACK CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
 
(SOMERSET) - Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula today welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency's move to fast-track climate change legislation.

The Obama administration today declared carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases as linked to climate change a danger to human health and welfare, setting the stage for regulation of  the emissions under federal clean air laws.