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Rep. Leonard Lance "walked into the lion's den Wednesday night - the third town hall he's held in his bucolic congressional district since President Trump took office," The Hill reports. "Flanked on stage by two police officers, Lance was greeted with boos, jeers and hisses.
Leonard Lance, the mild-mannered Republican congressman from New Jersey's 7th congressional district, on Wednesday faced another crowd of constituents to answer questions, his third town hall event since President Trump was inaugurated. Lance has diverged from Trump on several issues - he was a 'no' on the president's biggest legislative initiative so far, a failed effort to replace the Affordable Care Act with a vastly different Republican plan - but constituents at Wednesday's event at a high school in Morris County nonetheless gave Lance some flak for his party ties.
House Speaker Paul Ryan sensationally pulled his Obamacare repeal bill from the floor on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump had threatened to walk away from health care reform if he didn't get a vote. After a dramatic day on Capitol Hill, Ryan rushed from the White House to Capitol Hill to tell Trump he did not have the votes to pass the measure, the culmination of seven years of Republican efforts to eradicate President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the most powerful member of the New Jersey congressional delegation, said he would vote against the Republican health care legislation that would leave an additional 500,000 state residents without coverage. "Unfortunately, the legislation before the House today is currently unacceptable as it would place significant new costs and barriers to care on my constituents in New Jersey," Frelinghuysen said in a statement.
Our country has elected to provide health care to our fellow countrymen in need: to seniors through the Medicare program, to the indigent through Medicaid, to needy children through the Child Health Insurance Program, and to indigent women of childbearing years through Title X. The Affordable Care Act extended this tradition by allowing states to expand Medicaid eligibility to families with income up to 1.38 times the poverty line while providing subsidies to others to enable them to purchase insurance on regulated health exchanges The actual health care is delivered by thousands of providers who are reimbursed for the care they provide through these programs.
People chant outside of The Stonewall Inn during a protest against the Trump administration's move to rescind guidance allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 23, 2017. People listen during a protest against the Trump administration's move to rescind guidance allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 23, 2017.
But the day after Trump pulled off a stunning upset over Democrat Hillary Clinton , Dominguez made a decision: He would travel to Washington D.C. to watch the brazen, often controversial Republican get inaugurated. "I thought his style was dismissive," Dominguez said about an hour after seeing Trump get sworn in as America's 45th president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
Worried about a company retaliating against you when you post a negative review on Yelp or TripAdvisor? Worry no longer because Congress has your back. Last week, Congress passed a law that will make it illegal for companies to retaliate against U.S. consumers who post negative reviews online.
WASHINGTON - Didn't get the product you ordered from a retailer? Found the restaurant's food inedible? Experienced terrible service at the hotel? Consumers increasingly are relying on online reviews to decide where to shop, eat or stay. But businesses are trying to quash negative reports, demanding that customers agree to non-disparagement clauses and then threatening legal action if they report an unfavorable experience.
The four- to eight-page tabloid newspapers have Rep. Chris Smith's name in the banner and his picture on just about every page as he meets with constituents, leads hearings or delivers speeches. Topics for stories include legislation sponsored by the Republican from Mercer County, local public works projects he got funded, his ongoing drive for global human rights and how high school students can apply for a chance to attend a military academy or get their art shown in the Capitol.
Bill Killion, the campaign manager for Congressman Leonard Lance, is leaving New Jersey to work for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. "This should tell you everything you need to know about the race in the 7th district," said Joshua Levin, campaign manager for Lance's Democratic challenger.
As expected, U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance fended off two challengers Tuesday to win the Republican nomination to seek a fifth term representing north-central New Jersey's 7th District. Collecting 15,780 votes with 52 percent counted, he defeated businessman David Larsen of Oldwick, Hunterdon County, for the fourth time in a primary contest and first-time candidate Craig Heard of Succasunna, Morris County, another businessman.
Presidential, Congressional races highlight Tuesday's primary The action in Central Jersey's primary election will be in the GOP race for the 7th Congressional District Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1sY3mpS General Manager/Editor Paul Grzella previews the stories we're working on for the weekend's editions of the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com. U.S. Representative Leonard Lance worked at the QuickChek store location in West Amwell, NJ on Wednesday, June 1 as part of a National Association of Convenience Stores In Store event that enables elected officials to experience first-hand the community experience at their local convenience store.