By Christine Todd Whitman Politico July 27, 2011 Time for Compromise The tea party Republicans do not represent a majority of the members of the House of Representatives, yet they control the House as surely as if they were the only party. Unfortunately, their mantra seems to be “no”: no new taxes, no more spending, no votes before the passage of a balanced budget amendment, and most damaging, no compromise. [...]
By Tom Hester Sr. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 23 June, 2011 Senate committee reviewing NJN TV takeover plan. [...]
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post June 22, 2011 A group of more than a dozen moderate Republicans, including four former Environmental Protection Agency administrators, urged President Obama in a letter Wednesday to set tough new standards to curb carbon emissions from cars and light trucks. [...]
Star-Telegram (TX) June 22, 2011 U.S. average fuel-economy improvement of 6 percent a year is “achievable and cost- effective” for U.S. automakers, former Republican U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrators, governors and members of Congress said in a letter to President Barack Obama, according to a Bloomberg News report. [...]
The New Republic Mark Schmitt June 2, 2011 In a normal world, Republicans would look at Mitt Romney, who is announcing his second run for their party’s presidential nomination today, as a sterling example of one of their party’s greatest success stories since the Reagan era. Unfortunately, it’s that very success that his party seems to have willfully forgotten—and the thing that’s most likely to doom Romney’s candidacy. [...]
By Pamela Tsai Epoch Times Staff May 24, 2011 PHILADELPHIA— Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell presented an award to Mr. Jeffrey Koo last week. It was the first time a person from Taiwan had won the Eisenhower Fellowships Distinguished Alumni Award. [...]
By John Celock Westfield Patch May 20, 2011 Governor makes nominations to number of state boards. [...]
Courier Post May 18, 2011 Ex-governor keynotes leadership summit. UNION (HUNTERDON) — New Jersey’s first woman governor told a conference of county businesswomen that to get more women in leadership positions, they needed to get more involved in their world. [...]
By Barbara S. Rothschild Courier Post May 17, 2011 Somerdale native Sophia Nelson is not the same woman she was when she ran for Camden County freeholder at age 28 and won the GOP primary to run against Democrat incumbent Rob Andrews in the 1st Congressional District when she was 29. [...]
By Mark J. Magyar Star Ledger May 17, 2011 Chris Christie is never mentioned in the New Jersey Network documentary, “The Power of the Governor.” But anyone who wants to understand how a governor whose party does not control either house of the Legislature can force his will should watch this well-crafted — and timely — documentary. [...]