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Tag: William Widnall

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 6, 2021   12:07 amSeptember 6, 2021   12:14 am
Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher.  The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...
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Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021   9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021   1:14 am
Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...
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Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 7, 2020   12:08 amSeptember 7, 2020   12:20 am
Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher.  The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...
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How Norcross gets replaced in Congress if Biden makes him Secretary of Labor

August 26, 2020   7:42 pmAugust 26, 2020   7:48 pm
An influential labor leader launched a trial balloon by mentioning Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) as a possible candidate for U.S. Secretary of Labor if Joe Biden wins the presidency. The (Bergen) Record reported that United Brotherhood of Carpenters president Douglas...
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Flashback: New Jerseyans on Nixon resignation in 1974

August 9, 2020   8:21 pmAugust 9, 2020   8:26 pm
Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States 46 years ago today, just as the U.S. House of Representatives was about to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal: “I have never been a quitter. To...
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78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020   3:16 pmMay 14, 2020   10:25 am
In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...
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Trump names GOP donor as postmaster general. Could that mean the return of local postmasters as congressional picks?

May 8, 2020   1:50 pmJuly 21, 2020   10:39 am
President Donald Trump named a top Republican contributor as the new Postmaster General, returning the post to a political appointee for the first time in 48 years. Post offices were once the ultimate patronage pits for political organizations, some of...
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