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Lance Demands Ammo Answer

Mar. 25 Janet Napolitano, Leonard Lance, Second Amendment, U.S. House of Representatives 4 comments

North Jersey Congressman Asks Napolitano for Hearing

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Janet Napolitano Holding GunYou’ve probably heard about the large-scale federal government ammunition purchases in recent months, Save Jerseyans.

Apparently it’s not just another “right wing” conspiracy theory. At least one moderate Republican Congressman is suspicious, or at least thinks his concerned constituents deserve answers. So GOP Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-07) sent a letter to Sec. Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week requesting a formal congressional briefing.

“I believe this briefing will provide DHS with an opportunity to educate members of Congress and their staff on the Department’s procedures and protocols for its procurement of ammunition and to dispel any potential misinformation currently in the public domain.”

Click here to read a pdf of Lance’s letter.

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Ethics Committee Moves Forward

Mar. 19 Ethics, Rob Andrews, U.S. House of Representatives 2 comments

House Announces Plan to Establish Investigative Subcommittee to Probe Andrews Campaign Expenditures

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Rob AndrewsOver six months after announcing that it needed more time to probe the matter, the House Ethics Committee announced on Tuesday afternoon that it would launch a full investigation into whether Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ01) used campaign funds for personal expenses.

Here’s the release:

In accordance with House Rule XI, clause 3, and Committee Rules 10(a)(2) and 18, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) unanimously voted on February 26, 2013, to establish an Investigative Subcommittee. Pursuant to the Committee’s action, the Investigative Subcommittee shall have jurisdiction to determine whether Representative Robert Andrews violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation,

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Mr. Smith Goes to Rome

Mar. 15 Catholicism, Chris Smith, Religion, U.S. House of Representatives 2 comments

Speaker Tasks Smith to Lead Congressional Delegation to Pope Francis Inauguration

By Art Gallagher | MoreMonmouthMusings.com

Chris SmithWASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaker of the House John Boehner has tasked Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and leader on many international human rights efforts, to lead the bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation to attend the investiture of former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis.

“It is an honor to lead this bipartisan group of House members to this international event,” said Smith, who chairs the House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee. “The world is a challenging place, in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a major role to play in global affairs. I wish him well as he begins his pontificate and am honored to be a part of this historic occasion. The Pope is more than a spiritual leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, he is an inspiration of holiness and goodness, and above all, the faithful proclamation of the Gospel.”

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Apocalypse Now. Reform Never?

Mar. 05 Big Government, Economics, sequester, Sequestration, Spending, Taxes 6 comments

Every “Crisis” – Real or Invented – Brings Us No Closer to Addressing the Real Problem

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Four HorsemenThe Sun did rise last Friday notwithstanding apocalyptic sequestration predictions from the Left, Save Jerseyans. I saw it. You did too, I suspect! Unless you work the graveyard shift.

That said, the obvious nonoccurrence of a dire doomsday-like event hasn’t stopped the Left’s mouthpieces from stubbornly sticking with their narrative.

Look no further than our home state for egregious examples. The N.J. Sierra Club is predicting the potential for ecological disaster. Customs agents forecast a costly inspection pile up at ports. Health care industry folks screaming about the potential for reduced services.

But just to be clear, my qualm with this bunk isn’t restricted to the hysteria itself. I won’t even argue about the worth of each federal expenditure for which the Left is presently shedding tears. And I certainly won’t accuse the President and his men of targeting certain services unnecessarily to create the appearance of crisis when none need exist! Perish the thought.

This is a simple question of mismanagement and a failure of big government ideology.

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Sequester Happens, Sun Rises

Mar. 01 Big Government, sequester, Sequestration, Spending 5 comments

Will Obama’s Latest “Cry Wolf” Routine Awaken Any Deluded Voters? It’s Possible.

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

SunriseOur contributor Dale Glading certainly wasn’t wrong yesterday when he observed “[i]t now seems that the only way to prevent Congress from spending our tax dollars like drunken sailors and borrowing from China at an alarming rate is to force its hand.”

Dale was referring, of course, to sequestration. It’s just the latest manmade, Obama-manufactured crisis designed to discredit the GOP House. There’s some debate as to when sequestration actually transpires; the consensus is that it’ll go down sometime today when Obama decides to pull the trigger.

Don’t forget for a second how we arrived at this sad pass. Back on November 21, 2011, the President had pledged to “veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending.” The White House had celebrated sequestration as a bipartisan “win for the economy and budget discipline.”

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A Little Healthy Outrage

Feb. 22 Big Government, Economics, Second Amendment 9 comments

Your Representatives Are Stripping Away Your Rights. So What Are You Doing About It?

By Synnove Bakke | The Save Jersey Blog

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our childrens children say of us, we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”

– Ronald Reagan

The State House in Trenton, New Jersey.

The State House in Trenton, New Jersey.

Well, well, well, the Democrat controlled legislature disappointed us again. All twenty-five gun law bills passed Thursday. I wrote an opinionated article on this yesterday.

Being that NJ already has the strictest Gun laws in the nation, lets look at why the twenty-five gun bills passed. Read my not so humble opinion, on why we now have to deal with them passing. I’m seriously grumpy today. As a political junkie with a burning desire to make a difference in today’s political world, and make sense of it, I tend to burn out now and then. I’m getting there now, but after a break I’ll bounce back shortly.

I know too many of the voting, and (sadly) non-voting public care more about what the Kardashians are wearing, and where the next celebrity party is at, but in case one or two of you happen here on accident, read this, and try to think a little.

I have walked door to door all over as Republican committee woman, and also for candidates. I must have knocked on thousands of doors the last few years, and have been floored by the clueless answers I get at times. Most people do not know who represents them, let alone the identity of anyone in our President’s cabinet.

I moved back to the US from having been born here, but lived out of the country for 20 years, and I feel at times that I love this country with a stronger passion than many Americans who have lived here all their lives. That makes me sad on our amazing country’s behalf.

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Shame On YOU, Sir

Feb. 21 Barack Obama, Big Government, sequester, Spending, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate no comments

Major Party Leaders Fail the American People in Sequester Slap Fight and Obama Sure Isn’t Helping Matters…

By Kristen Luciani | The Save Jersey Blog

Capitol Hill BuildingThe caustic interactions among Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats are becoming more and more characteristic of a dysfunctional marriage, Save Jerseyans. Even though today it seems to be so easy to walk away from a strained relationship, to just shut down, take your losses and part ways; this is not the reality for our elected officials.

And boy oh boy, do they need counseling!

One of the greatest contributors to a failed relationship is a lack of compromise. What happens to a unit when both parties shut down and stop trying? The system stops working. Communications break down. Both parties dig their heels in, stop listening to one another, and fail to work together as a team. The relationship quickly deteriorates because the key components of a fully functional relationship are entirely missing. This is where we are in Washington, and where we are all across the country, among states and districts and municipalities.

With regard to the sequester, we have distinct units at play against one another. There is a general unwillingness to compromise, to understand each side of the coin, and to come to consensus about how to proceed with the best option for the country.

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Irony: Sandy Bill Eats Tax Hike

Jan. 28 Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy, Spending, Taxes 3 comments

REPORT: Revenue From Obama’s Tax Hike On Wealthy Taxpayers Consumed by Sandy Aid Package

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Capitol Building StaticRemember when I told you that the fiscal cliff “compromise” was really a detour because President Obama’s tax hikes wouldn’t raise enough revenue? And explained why the federal Sandy aid package was a bloated disgrace?

I hate to say “I told you so,” but I will anyway…

This one speaks for itself, Save Jerseyans (h/t Washington Times):

The tax deal that Congress and Mr. Obama reached in early January cut taxes overall but let them rise on individuals making more than $250,000 a year and families with income of more than $300,000. Those increases brought the government somewhere on the order of about $40 billion for fiscal year 2013.

The spending bill for storm recovery costs $50 billion and, coupled with an additional $9.7 billion in flood insurance money Congress passed this month, brings the total tab for Sandy to $60 billion.”

Oops!

Let this be a lesson to the sheeple of New Jersey and New York who’ve abandoned federalism and carry 15-20% of the total federal tax burden… ignorance is only bliss until the invoice arrives!

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