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Sires batters McConnell over opposition to ‘blue state bailout’

April 23, 2020 1:21 pm

Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) added his name to the list of New Jersey Democrats battering Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the Republican’s suggestion that states go bankrupt to deal with financial strain caused by the COVID-19...

Hudson GOP chair: Don’t let states go bankrupt

April 23, 2020 12:18 pmApril 27, 2020 6:29 am

Some New Jersey Republicans aren’t buying into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states be allowed to declare bankruptcy. Hudson County Republican Chairman Jose Arango on Thursday dismissed the McConnell’s proposal, adding that future federal aid should be linked...

Pascrell slams McConnell over opposition to ‘blue state bailout’

April 22, 2020 5:07 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the senator’s preference that states facing financial hardships as a result of the COVID-19 crisis go bankrupt over a “blue state bailout.” “These wretched remarks by Mitch McConnell are...

Murphy beats the crap out of McConnell

April 22, 2020 4:24 pmApril 22, 2020 4:48 pm

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy pummeled U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today for suggesting that states might be better off declaring bankruptcies as way of dealing with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “Come on, man, that is...

Palatucci firm was being paid by Kean campaign when he tried to muscle Becchi

March 1, 2020 6:00 amMarch 1, 2020 5:10 pm

Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci leveraged his party post to pressure a candidate to drop her primary challenge to Tom Kean, Jr., while being paid $21,128 by the Kean for Congress campaign in 2019, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

No real coattails for Nixon, Reagan in landslide re-election victories

February 27, 2020 12:01 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:39 pm

Presidential re-election landslides don’t have the kind of coattails people think, although there hasn’t been one since 1972 and comparing seemingly ancient election results like these are admittedly apples and oranges. Richard Nixon carried everywhere but Massachusetts and the District...

Christie gives to McConnell, Graham. Nothing to Trump or New Jersey

February 12, 2020 9:35 am

Is a former governor investing in a future U.S. Senate confirmation hearing? Former Gov. Chris Christie wrote just two personal checks to candidates in 2019: he sent $5,600 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and $5,600 to Senate Judiciary Committee...