House panel blocks Dem effort on Trump’s potential business conflicts

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday rejected a Democratic attempt to request information on President Trump's possible conflicts of interest and potential ties to Russia. The panel voted on party lines to send a resolution from Rep. Jerrold Nadler to the House with an unfavorable recommendation, making it unlikely to get a vote by the full House.

House Democrats escalate effort to obtain Trump tax returns

Congressional Democrats on Tuesday tried but failed to pressure Republicans into seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns, saying the scandal over Michael Flynn made it imperative to find out whether the president has business ties to Russia. A day after the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee dismissed the idea, the panel's Democrats proposed an amendment demanding that the committee ask the Treasury Department for copies of Trump's returns by March 1. "Unless this amendment is adopted, we will never see the president's tax returns while he's in office," Representative Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, told committee Chairman Kevin Brady at a public hearing.

Demonstrators rally for unity at Bergen County Courthouse 7 minutes | Bergen

Demonstrators rally for unity at Bergen County Courthouse They came despite a winter assault of rain, snow and sleet, toting signs and chanting boisterously. Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2kAyRCX Organizer David Parano on the importance of events like Sunday's March for Unity at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack.

Law Could Force Trump’s Tax Returns to Be Made Public

In theory , that is. As long as the GOP remains in control of the House, it will remain a theory: A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump's tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations.

17 years after Seton Hall fire, feds to announce campus safety bill

SOUTH ORANGE -- Seventeen years after a fire set in a Seton Hall University dorm killed three students, federal lawmakers from New Jersey will announce legislation intended to improve fire safety on college campuses nationwide. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez will join Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. and Rep. Donald Payne Jr. on the university's South Orange campus to unveil a competitive grant program to enhance awareness among students, faculty and staff of campus evacuation and response plans.

Booker: Trump ban on admitting refugees ‘fundamentally un-American’

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker , who has called for admitting more Syrians , blasted President Donald Trump's suspension of the refugee admittance program as "fundamentally un-American" and promised to "fight it every step of the way." Booker returned from visiting a refugee camp in the Middle East last August and called on the U.S. to address "a humanitarian crisis of a scale rarely witnessed in the last 50 years."

Will Trump era make Cory Booker a Democratic star?

WASHINGTON -- There was a speech before a group of Democratic state legislators, an appearance on a Sunday talk show, and then a break with tradition by testifying against Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions. After a presidential campaign where he often spoke for Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is emerging as a leading voice of dissent in the Democratic Party as the Donald Trump era begins.

Two council newcomers sworn in Englewood Cliffs

Two council newcomers sworn in Englewood Cliffs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS--Ellen Park and William Woo were sworn to council terms on Sunday Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2hIg2i7 Ellen Park is sworn in by Congressman Bill Pascrell to the Englewood Cliffs Council at their Sine Die and Reorganization Meeting on Jan. 1, 2017. Holding the bible is Park's husband, Richard.

Hoboken train crash: N.J. lawmakers seek $10M for NJ Transit to install speed control

WASHINGTON - New Jersey's congressional delegation on Friday urged the U.S. Transportation Department to provide NJ Transit with the $10 million it requested to help install an automatic speed control system . All 14 members signed the letter at the behest of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez , the top Democrat on the Senate subcommittee that oversees public transportation.

Paterson’s First Hospital Celebrates 150 Years

PATERSON, NJ [September 19, 2016] - St. Joseph's Healthcare System, New Jersey's premier Catholic healthcare system, launched a year-long series of 150th Anniversary celebrations on Thursday, September 8th with the unveiling of a historic marker to commemorate the humble beginnings of St. Joseph's Hospital. Paterson's first hospital, now known as St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, a member of the Healthcare System, was established by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth on September 8, 1867, in response to the industrialized City's dire need for carea body, mind and spirit.