http://www.lautenbergfornj.com Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 en http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=417 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=417 Washington, DC (NorthJersey.com) - President Obama and congressional leaders from both parties touted the caps and triggers in the federal debt limit law he signed Tuesday, with all promising more than $2 trillion in deficit savings over the next 10 years. But no one can say for sure where the cuts will come, even for the 2012 fiscal year that starts at the end of next month. There's even some dispute about whether the deal raises or lowers spending for next year. New Jersey's two senators [...] http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=416 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=416 Washington, DC (NorthJersey.com) - Congress needs to ban ammunition clips of more than 10 bullets, the fiancee and father of a congressional aide killed in January said today. "Ten bullets are enough for self-defense," Kelly O'Brien, who was engaged to Gabe Zimmerman, one of six people killed by a gunman who opened fire while Rep. Gabrielle Giffords met with constituents outside a Tucson, Ariz. supermarket in January. "Extended magazines clearly are easily accessible for troubled individuals [...] http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=415 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=415 TRENTON, N.J. (Daily Journal) - U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg plans to fight New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's proposed changes to a health care program for low-income residents. Lautenberg says Christie must not be allowed to reverse the progress the state has made in ensuring access to health care for those in need. Lautenberg will urge the Obama administration to reject a reduction in eligibility levels Christie has put forward for NJ FamilyCare, an expansion of Medicaid. State health [...] http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=414 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=414 WASHINGTON, DC (NJ.com) - Police in Woodbury and Camden could have a stake in efforts by a number of U.S. Senators to preserve funds from two federal grant programs. U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and colleagues on Capitol Hill want to provide $600 million to the federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. In addition to helping acquire officers and equipment, COPS grants also chip in for new technologies and crime-solving innovations. They also seek to maintain moneys [...] http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=413 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=413 TRENTON (NorthJersey.com) - New Jersey's U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has introduced in Congress a measure calling for a nationwide moment of remembrance on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Fellow senators from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Virginia joined the Democrat as co-sponsors of the resolution. The resolution was introduced Thursday in Washington, D.C. It calls on Americans to come together at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 11 for "a [...] http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=411 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.lautenbergfornj.com/news-article.php?i=411 Washington, DC (CNN) -- The FBI has launched an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. amid allegations that employees or associates may have hacked into phone conversations and voicemail of September 11 survivors, victims and their families, a federal law enforcement source told CNN. "We are aware of the allegations and are looking into them," said the source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the investigation. "We'll be looking at anyone acting for or on behalf of [...]