New Jersey Senate Supports Bill Funding Planned Parenthood

Poll shows NJ voters continue strong medical marijuana support
New Jersey residents continued to resoundingly support legal access to Medical Marijuana according to data released by The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute yesterday. The extensive poll largely concerned opinions held about Governor Chris Christie, the Legislature and other politicians. But some issues were also put to 1, 276 registered NJ voters, including medical marijuana. Regardless of age, Ethnicity, gender or political affiliation the people of New Jersey support the rights of serio...

Breaking, Planned Parenthoods new rule: All affiliates must commit abortions
Clients shouldn’t notice any changes in prices or services other than the office changing its name to Family Planning of the Coastal Bend , CEO Amanda Stukenberg said. Planned Parenthood wanted to standardize its operations at all of its agencies nationwide, Stukenberg said. That included a new requirement for all affiliates to perform Abortions, something the Coastal Bend office didn’t see as necessary because of abortion services offered by local doctors, Stukenberg said. “We...

NJ Voters: Governor More Scrooge Than Santa
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - They could call him Gov. Scrooge. A new poll from Quinnipiac University finds New Jersey voters think Gov. Chris Christie is more like Scrooge than Santa by a 54 to 28 margin. Republicans saw him as Santa-like, 47 to 36. Democrats and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly found the Republican Governor to resemble Charles Dickens’ bah-humbugging character. Not everyone seems to mind that the Governor is a bit Scrooge-like. In another Quinnipiac Poll released Tuesday,...

Pence: We must deny funding to Planned Parenthood
- Jennifer of Cubachi Representative Mike Pence, calls for a cut to funds for Planned Parenthood. Should the American People, in times of economic strife, pay millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood to fund Abortions? Pence is definitely uniting social and fiscal Conservatives with this issue. ...

Pence: We must deny funding to Planned Parenthood
Posted by Jennifer Caballero on Dec 20 2010 Filed under Culture, News & Opinion, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Representative Mike Pence, calls for a cut to funds for Planned Parenthood. Should the American People, in times of economic strife, pay millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood to fund Abortions? Pence is definitely uniting social and fiscal Conservatives with this issue. ...

Chris Christie: The Scourge of Trenton
The administration is confident they have the best man to shape that discussion, and the ubiquity in the right-of-center blogosphere of YouTube videos showing Christie speaking eloquently, and extemporaneously, about his vision suggests they have it right. “I don’t think you can underestimate the political capital the Governor has accumulated in his first six months in office,” says Webber. “The first six months were crucial for him to establish himself as somebody who&rs...;

The Chris Christie Magic
I was just reminiscing about the halcyon era of a popular New Jersey Governor whose brash style and Reaganite agenda took the Garden State by storm, proving that true conservative principles can win the day even in deep Blue States. Come on the nostalgia tour with me, won't you? Here's Jennifer Rubin at Commentary: The good news for Christie fans is that there are a few scraps suggesting that he hasn’t entirely closed the door on a 2012 run. (”Christie’s actions aren’t t...

(Prolifer)ations 12-22-10
National Catholic Register has just broken the news that Bishop Olmstead has stripped St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix (affiliated with Catholic Healthcare West ) of its Catholic status, due to its refusal to adhere to Catholic doctrine by participating in an Abortion. Judie Brown has stated the St. Joseph’s case may not be an isolated one, according to an American Life League investigation of CHW’s hospitals. ProLifeBlogs draws attention to a U of Toronto Students for Life pie...

Letters to the Editor: Dec. 22, 2010
The president and like-minded members of Congress are using labels and political talk to disguise reality. For example: A "Budget Cut" does not mean getting less than the previous year, but merely less than the expected increase. It's an increase nonetheless. Extending the same Tax Rates is referred to as a "Tax Cut" that will cost $700 billion and add to the Deficit. But leaving money in the hands of those who earn it doesn't add one penny to the Deficit. Government s...

State Facts About Abortion: The District of Columbia
Abortion is a common experience: At current rates, about one in three American women will have had an Abortion by the time she reaches age 45. Moreover, a broad cross section of U.S. women have abortions. 57% of women having abortions are in their 20s; 60% have one or more Children; 86% are unmarried; 57% are economically disadvantaged; 88% live in a metropolitan area; and 78% report a religious affiliation. No racial or Ethnic Group makes up a majority: 41% of women obtaining abortions are whit...

Pence: Congress Should Defund Planned Parenthood Because of High Unemployment
Empowered by Republican gains and the recent selection of Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) to Chair the Subcommittee on Health, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence is again speaking about ending what he calls “Taxpayer funding of Abortion.” Pence is the sponsor of the “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act,” which would cut-off federal finances to health services groups such as Planned Parenthood. However, the title of Pence’s bill is deceiving, as under current law “Titl...

N.J. gov frees man convicted on gun charge
TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A man sent to Prison in New Jersey for transporting three Handguns while he was moving was freed Tuesday when the Governor commuted his sentence. Brian Aitken, 27, served four months of a seven-year sentence, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Gov. Chris Christie, a former U.S. attorney, did not go into details on his reason for releasing Aitken, saying only that he believed "justice required a commutation." Aitken bought the weapons legally in Colorado before mo...

Chris Christie Signs First Responder Salary Cap
Many Newspapers in New Jersey have outlined the problems that pensions for First Responders like police and Firefighters receive based on Salary, and now Governor Chris Christie is capping that. Basically, a substantial amount of many municipalities' budgets in the state go to police and Firefighter salaries and their pensions, according to BusinessWeek. But now when mediators step in with the unions, the maximum Increase will be capped at two percent. Revenue issues in the state are a large problem,

New York and New Jersey Lose Congressional Seats
WASHINGTON — New York will lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House, while New Jersey will lose 1 of its 13 seats, because of population shifts reported by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says redistricting will be very partisan “because someone’s going to lose a seat.” Upstate New York districts held by Brian Higgins and Louise M. Slaughter, both Democrats, had big population losses, but seats that will be under Republican control also had de...

The New York State Tax-Cap Illusion
At a time when Americans are feeling overburdened, capping property taxes can sound like a great idea. It certainly does to Andrew Cuomo, the Governor-elect of New York. But a tax cap sounds a lot more helpful than it is. It is a blunt instrument that ends up punishing many of the Taxpayers and communities in need of relief. History shows, painfully, that caps can do more harm than good. California’s Proposition 13 led to the deterioration of universities, schools and other public facilit...

Is access to the internet a civil right?
Well, of course anything can be declared a “civil right”.  All it takes is using the force of government via law or bureaucratic fiat (FCC imposes new rules on Internet) to make something into that.  But any basic understanding of the word “right” does not include something which depends on the labor, money, services or assets of a 2nd party for its fulfillment.  Health Care is not a “right”, civil or otherwise, because in order to fulfill it, one must coer

Sweeney Talks Impeachment, New Laws For New Year
N.J. Sen. Stephen Sweeney (credit: NJLegDistrict3.com) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney says he’ll push for new laws to force towns to share services and to change some Gun Laws in the new year. In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday on Radio Station New Jersey 101.5, Sweeney also reiterated Impeachment proceedings are being talked about concerning Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto. The justice is refusing to participate in court decisions as long as a ...

Obama takes steps to cap health insurance rate hikes
WASHINGTON — Health Insurers that are seeking a rate increase of 10 percent or more in 2011 must detail publicly why the increase is needed, under proposed rules that the Obama administration released Tuesday. Under the proposal, the flagged premium increases would be subject to review by the states — or the Federal Government, in some cases — to determine whether they're unreasonable. In future years, the Department of Health and Human Services will adjust the percentage...

Senior Safety Nets at Risk in 2011
When Texas Governor Rick Perry recently threatened to pull his state out of Medicaid, he was hardly alone. Across the country, state Budgets continue to be strapped. Federal stimulus dollars are running out. And the latest Federal Tax and stimulus package will not provide much relief at the state and local levels. Meanwhile, looming provisions of health reform will add a projected 16 million to the Medicaid rolls. Where are the facilities to take care of these folks? Where is the money? [See 1...

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK ASLEEP: Heh: Yesterday Department of Homeland Security Secretary said th
YOUR Tax Dollars AT WORK ASLEEP: Heh: “Yesterday Department of Homeland Security Secretary said that her department was working hard to protect American Citizens 24 hours/day, 7/days a week, 364 days a/year (yes she said 364). She did not, however, say whether they were protecting us in all 57 states.” ...

Research shows biennial budgeting has few benefits
Conservative pundit Sam Clovis on Monday called for state lawmakers to put together a biennial Budget when they return to the statehouse next month. To give agency heads the opportunity to find savings that preserve services, the longer they can see into the future, the better. The biennial Budget is a step in the right direction. Republican Gov.-elect Terry Branstad repeatedly said during the campaign that he would develop a five-year Budget plan so the legislature and state agencies could plan...

Atlantic City will change under new laws approved by the New Jersey Senate
New Jersey's State Senate approved two new laws today that Governor Chris Christie and the State Senate hope will reinvigorate Atlantic City as a premier American tourist destination. Republican Governor Christie and Democratic State Senator Jim Whelan of Atlantic City were the primary advocates for the Legislation which will both create a "Tourism District" within Atlantic City's casino dominated oceanfront and will diminish the Casino Control Commission's ability to regulate the casinos. Democ...

Rell, Democrats battle over budget to the end
The dysfunctional relationship between Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly regarding their Joint Custody of the state Budget is ending the way it began two years ago - with mutual charges of irresponsibility. The Governor's Budget office used it's the final monthly Budget projection of the administration this week to blast new legislative recommendations to streamline state spending, calling the savings target "unrealistic" and charging that it regurgitates ideas her...

Senate approves defense bill, sends it to House
Source: The Boston Globe WASHINGTON—The Senate passed Legislation on Wednesday that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The voice vote on the defense authorization bill came after House and Senate Democrats agreed to strip several provisions, including one that would have allowed gays to serve openly in the Military. "The Controversial aspects of this Legislation have be...

Senate approves defense bill, sends it to House
WASHINGTON – The Senate has passed Legislation that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The voice vote on the defense authorization bill came after House and Senate Democrats agreed to strip several provisions, including one that would have allowed gays to serve openly in the Military. The provision that would have overturned the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell...