Congressman Frank Pallone's Blog
5/6/2008
Job Losses Continue in April, Democrats Continue to Work to Stimulate the Economy
As the first quarter of 2008 ended last week, it was clear that things are not getting any better for American families struggling to make ends meet. Americans continue to face higher costs for basic necessities, millions of families have lost their homes due to the troubled real estate market and 7 million more Americans are uninsured.
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Feedback 4/16/2008
Middle Class Families Hurt by Bush Economic Policies
With bleak news about the economy continuing to mount, it is no surprise that 25 percent of Americans say their economic situation has not improved in the last five years and 31 percent say they have fallen backward. These represent the highest numbers for the Pew Research Center survey since the question was first asked in 1964.
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Feedback 4/1/2008
Bush Administration's Answer to Credit Crisis is too Little, too Late
Last Friday President Bush traveled to New Jersey to encourage residents to seek free credit counseling if they face the threat of losing their homes. While the credit counseling is good advice, the president's actions are simply too little, too late.
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Feedback 3/13/2008
Washington Republicans are Still Playing Political Games with our National Security
The White House and Congressional Republicans continue to play games with our nation's national security. Rather than working with us to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Republicans insist that this House simply rubberstamp a bill that passed the Senate earlier this year.
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Feedback 2/13/2008
President and Republicans are Playing Politics with National Security
President Bush and Congressional Republicans are playing politics with our national security.
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Feedback 2/7/2008
Congress Works to Expand Prosperity by Passing the College Opportunity and Affordability Act
One of the best ways to expand prosperity to more Americans is to make college more affordable.
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Feedback 12/18/2007
Omnibus Bill is a Significant Improvement Over the President's Budget Request
At the beginning of this year the new Democratic Congress proposed a 2008 budget that was both fiscally responsible and reinvested in long forgotten domestic priorities.
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Feedback 11/15/2007
Democratic Congress Had to Fight Bush All the Way on the Veterans Funding Bill
Last week this House passed a final veterans funding bill that provides the largest investment in veterans health care in the 77-year history of the V-A. Congress initially passed this legislation over the opposition of President Bush and his administration.
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Feedback 11/14/2007
Democrats Continue to Fight for a Change of Direction in Iraq
2007 has been the deadliest year for American troops in Iraq. There is no doubt that a change of direction is needed, but President Bush refuses to change course. He envisions a world where our troops will still be on the ground in Iraq ten years from now.
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Feedback 11/9/2007
Fighting for Clean Water and Protecting Appalachia
For many years, I have been proud to stand with the people of Appalachia in opposing mountaintop removal, though like many people, I have seen mountaintop removal mostly from photos and satellite imagery in GoogleEarth. I’ve also sat with the people of Appalachia and heard firsthand their horror stories about how their health, water, communities and very way of life are immediately endangered by mountaintop removal mining.
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Feedback 10/31/2007
President Bush Blocking the Agenda Americans Demanded Last Novemeber
Last November Democrats listened to the American people. Unfortunately, President Bush continues to ignore them.
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Feedback 10/30/2007
Approaching One-Year Anniversary of November Elections When Americans Demanded Change
We are fast approaching the one-year anniversary of the November elections, when the American people went to the polls demanding to take our nation in a new direction. Over the last ten months, the new Democratic Congress has produced real results that are now making a real difference in millions of Americans' lives.
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Feedback 9/28/2007
Where's the Outrage From Republicans After Limbaugh's Comments About "Phony Soldiers"?
This week, House Republicans offered a motion to recommit condemning MoveOn.org for its advertisement stating that General Petraeus had "betrayed us."
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Feedback 9/19/2007
President Bush Continues to Be Overly Optimistic on Situation in Iraq
President Bush says progress is being made in Iraq, but many of the examples he pointed to in a nationally televised speech last week were overestimated or overly optimistic.
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Feedback 9/6/2007
In Light of Recent Census Report Bush Should Reconsider His Veto Threat of Champ Act
For a decade now the Children's Health Insurance Program has provided six million children access to private health insurance. Thanks to CHIP, every year over the last decade the number of uninsured children fell. That is until the last two years.
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