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With time running out, ACA subsidy issue continues to vex Congress

December 12, 2025 12:29 pm

Another week has gone by with no fix for a looming expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits that could impact hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans, frustrating New Jersey members of Congress from both parties. Sticking to a promise...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 15, 2024 5:08 pm

Will TikTok be banned? Will a judicial nominee from New Jersey make it through the Senate? Will House members force a vote on a foreign aid bill that Republican leaders oppose? All of these questions and more were confronted by...

New bill would cover up to 50% of costs for students seeking graduate degrees in school psychology

July 15, 2021 10:32 amJuly 15, 2021 10:54 am

A new federal bill would subsidize up to 50% of graduate school costs for students seeking degrees in school psychology in a bid to bridge a shortage of mental health professionals in schools. “As our communities begin to rebound, this...

Lawmakers reintroduce federal Daniel’s Law

July 14, 2021 5:14 pm

New Jersey’s federal representatives restarted a push to bolster privacy protections for federal judges first undertaken in response to the attempted assassination of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas. “No federal judge should ever have to live fearing that their...

Giffords endorses Chris Smith re-election

July 17, 2020 11:36 amJuly 17, 2020 11:37 am

Giffords, one of the nation’s leading gun safety advocacy groups, has endorsed Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton), for re-election to a 21st term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The group’s co-founder, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, said that Smith has “ shown...

Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison is considering running against Jeff Van Drew.

Van Drew will face primary challenge if he votes against Trump impeachment; Brigid Harrison mulls House bid

November 25, 2019 9:22 pmNovember 27, 2019 12:04 pm

Freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) will almost certainly face a Democratic primary challenge if he votes against impeaching President Donald Trump and could lose contests for organization lines at county conventions early next year, six Democratic leaders told the...