Albio Sires Archives - New Jersey Globe

The year the Assembly had three party switchers

October 19, 2019 4:32 pmOctober 19, 2019 4:35 pm

After Assemblywoman Arline Friscia decided to switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican in August 2003, then-Assembly Speaker Albio Sires removed her as Assembly Labor Committee Chair and replaced her with Joseph Egan, a freshman Democrat from New Brunswick....

Sires has $146k cash-on-hand

October 14, 2019 12:03 amOctober 13, 2019 11:26 pm

Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) raised $22,575 in the 3rd quarter of the year and now has $145,836 cash-on-hand for his 2020 re-election bid in New Jersey’s 8th district. Sires, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere...

Sires backs impeachment inquiry

September 24, 2019 11:23 am

Rep. Albio Sires added his name to the list of Democrats calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. “The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to impeach an official, including the President. In our system of checks and balances,...

Entire NJ congressional delegation seeks apology or resignation for Trenton officials who made anti-Semitic statements

September 18, 2019 9:41 amSeptember 18, 2019 10:31 am

The entire twelve-member New Jersey congressional delegation says Trenton City councilmembers should resign if they refuse to apologize for using and defending anti-Semitic slurs. Council President Kathy McBride used the term “Jew her down” during the discussion of a lawsuit...

NJ Dems owe money to DCCC, but delinquency is no big deal

September 3, 2019 12:35 pmSeptember 4, 2019 1:49 pm

Most of New Jersey’s Democratic House members have not fulfilled their dues and fundraising goals for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which is charged with retaining their majority in the 2020 general election. The numbers come from an internal...

Andy Kim backs extension of ERA ratification deadline

August 7, 2019 9:00 amAugust 7, 2019 11:50 am

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) has become the 9th New Jersey House member to support an extension to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Kim signed on yesterday to co-sponsor a House resolution that would provide another extension to allow one more...

ERA ratification movement adds Gottheimer to co-sponsor list

August 5, 2019 3:16 pmAugust 5, 2019 3:17 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has signed on as a co-sponsor of a move to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Gottheimer on Friday became the 8th member of the New Jersey House delegation to co-sponsor the...