Month: June 2011

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>Impeach President Obama, Linker Says

(Ridgewood, NJ): Last night on the Susan Settenbrino radio show, conservative, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey Ian Linker called on the U.S. House of Representatives to issue articles of impeachment for President Barack Obama.  This morning, he issued the following statement:

“President Obama should be impeached for his willful violation of the War Powers Act keeping American military forces involved in the ongoing war in Libya. He has failed the American people and has failed to carry out his legal duties as Commander-in-Chief because he has deliberately avoided requesting, and has not received, Congressional authorization for American military involvement in the Libyan war as required under the War Powers Act. The Constitution and the War Powers Act are the law of the land.  As Commander-in-Chief the President has a sworn legal duty to not only uphold, but also to abide by, the law.

“When Presidents can willfully violate the law, as the President has done, our beloved democratic system of government cannot survive. This is a nation of laws, not of men – President Obama should be removed from office.

“Once again, the President is ignoring the will of the Congress and the will of the American people as he has on the economy throughout his presidency.  But now he is willfully defying the law as well, and has failed to uphold his oath of office.  I urge the House of Representatives to issue and approve articles of impeachment when they return to Washington next week.”

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Doherty Announces Three Colleagues Join “Fair School Funding Act” As Co-Sponsors

Senator Michael Doherty, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriation Committee, announced today that three of his colleagues on the Committee have agreed to sponsor SCR-162, “The Fair School Funding Act.” Senate Republican Budget Officer Tony Bucco and Senators Oroho and Pennacchio, also members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, signed onto the bill yesterday.“I am pleased that three of my colleagues on the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee have agreed to join me in seeking a more equitable school funding formula by co-sponsoring the ‘Fair School Funding Act.

“‘The Fair School Funding Act’ is a proposed constitutional amendment that will forever remove the State Supreme Court from decisions on how we fund our schools. The proposed constitutional amendment will provide equal school aid for each student, regardless of where the student resides. New Jersey needs to establish a fair, simple, transparent, and straightforward educational funding formula that takes the income tax fund and distributes the fund equally to each student.“I look forward to receiving more support for this common-sense education reform from those who care about New Jersey and the education that our children are receiving.”

>Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

On February 21, 1787, the Continental Congress resolved that:

…it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philladelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation…

The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock.

In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair.

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html

>Garrett Introduces Bill to Ensure SEC Regulation are More Effective and Less Burdensome 

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 -Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, today introduced H.R. 2308, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act.

Introduced in the House with 15 original cosponsors, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to abide by President Obama’s executive order that government agencies conduct robust cost-benefit analysis to ensure that the benefits of any rulemaking outweigh the costs, and that both new and existing regulations are accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to understand.  As an independent agency, the SEC is not required to follow the executive order.  While SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro has indicated that she intends for the SEC to abide by the order, this legislation will codify that executive order and require her and future SEC Chairmen to abide by it.

Specifically, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act requires the SEC to clearly identify the nature of the problem that a proposed regulation is designed to address, as well as assess the significance of that problem, before issuing a new rule. Additionally, the bill requires the SEC to utilize the Office of the Chief Economist to conduct the cost-benefit analysis of potential rules to ensure that the regulatory consequences on economic growth and job-creation are properly accounted for.

Garrett issued the following statement after introducing the bill in the House:

“In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Washington undertook a reexamination of how Wall Street operates and is regulated, which resulted in the unprecedented, over-reaching Dodd-Frank bill and its 300 new rules.  While certain regulation is necessary, it’s important to ensure that the cumulative amount of this rulemaking does not turn into a massive and unnecessary drag on economic growth.

“My bill would simply require the SEC to abide by President Obama’s executive order that government agencies conduct a thorough analysis of the economic effects of both new and existing regulations to avoid creating unnecessary, burdensome rules that affect economic growth and job-creation.  Because we need sound data and economic analysis underpinning our rulemaking, this legislation requires that the SEC utilize the Office of the Chief Economist to identify the nature and significance of the problem that the proposed rule seeks to address.

“This is a common-sense, pragmatic approach to our rulemaking process that should have been in place all along.  With our economy still struggling through 28 consecutive months of unemployment above 8%, we need to ensure that we’re making it easier, not harder, for businesses to begin hiring again.”

>Teacher evaluation pilot program prepares for takeoff

>State orders NJ counties to cut welfare

>Gov. Chris Christie moving to abolish the Council on Affordable Housing

>New N.J. bills could halt growth of charter schools in suburbs, expand in unwelcome areas

>Celebrate the Constitution : George Mason

In 1725 George Mason was born to George and Ann Thomson Mason. When the boy was 10 years old his father died, and young George’s upbringing was left in the care of his uncle, John Mercer. The future jurist’s education was profoundly shaped by the contents of his uncle’s 1500-volume library, one-third of which concerned the law.

Mason established himself as an important figure in his community. As owner of Gunston Hall he was one of the richest planters in Virginia. In 1750 he married Anne Eilbeck, and in 23 years of marriage they had five sons and four daughters. In 1752 he acquired an interest in the Ohio Company, an organization that speculated in western lands. When the crown revoked the company’s rights in 1773, Mason, the company’s treasurer, wrote his first major state paper, Extracts from the Virginia Charters, with Some Remarks upon Them.

During these years Mason also pursued his political interests. He was a justice of the Fairfax County court, and between 1754 and 1779 Mason was a trustee of the city of Alexandria. In 1759 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. When the Stamp Act of 1765 aroused outrage in the colonies, George Mason wrote an open letter explaining the colonists’ position to a committee of London merchants to enlist their support.

In 1774 Mason again was in the forefront of political events when he assisted in drawing up the Fairfax Resolves, a document that outlined the colonists’ constitutional grounds for their objections to the Boston Port Act. Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, framed by Mason in 1776, was widely copied in other colonies, served as a model for Jefferson in the first part of the Declaration of Independence, and was the basis for the federal Constitution’s Bill of Rights.

The years between 1776 and 1780 were filled with great legislative activity. The establishment of a government independent of Great Britain required the abilities of persons such as George Mason. He supported the disestablishment of the church and was active in the organization of military affairs, especially in the West. The influence of his early work, Extracts from the Virginia Charters, is seen in the 1783 peace treaty with Great Britain, which fixed the Anglo-American boundary at the Great Lakes instead of the Ohio River. After independence, Mason drew up the plan for Virginia’s cession of its western lands to the United States.

By the early 1780s, however, Mason grew disgusted with the conduct of public affairs and retired. He married his second wife, Sarah Brent, in 1780. In 1785 he attended the Mount Vernon meeting that was a prelude to the Annapolis convention of 1786, but, though appointed, he did not go to Annapolis.

At Philadelphia in 1787 Mason was one of the five most frequent speakers at the Constitutional Convention. He exerted great influence, but during the last 2 weeks of the convention he decided not to sign the document.

Mason’s refusal prompts some surprise, especially since his name is so closely linked with constitutionalism. He explained his reasons at length, citing the absence of a declaration of rights as his primary concern. He then discussed the provisions of the Constitution point by point, beginning with the House of Representatives. The House he criticized as not truly representative of the nation, the Senate as too powerful. He also claimed that the power of the federal judiciary would destroy the state judiciaries, render justice unattainable, and enable the rich to oppress and ruin the poor. These fears led Mason to conclude that the new government was destined to either become a monarchy or fall into the hands of a corrupt, oppressive aristocracy.

Two of Mason’s greatest concerns were incorporated into the Constitution. The Bill of Rights answered his primary objection, and the 11th amendment addressed his call for strictures on the judiciary.

Throughout his career Mason was guided by his belief in the rule of reason and in the centrality of the natural rights of man. He approached problems coolly, rationally, and impersonally. In recognition of his accomplishments and dedication to the principles of the Age of Reason, Mason has been called the American manifestation of the Enlightenment. Mason died on October 7, 1792, and was buried on the grounds of Gunston Hall.

>LINKER: BOB MENENDEZ LIED ABOUT DEBT TALKS

(Ridgewood, NJ): Conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey Ian Linker issued the following statement criticizing Senator Bob Menendez’s recent lie regarding bipartisan debt talks.

“Rather than tell the truth about why the debt talks have stalled, Bob Menendez would rather lie and demagogue in an effort to score political points with an American public he gives no credit to understanding the facts. Make no mistakes, Bob Menendez has no interest in solving our nation’s fiscal problems and has no idea how to solve them. Here are the facts: Republicans have no plans to end Medicare and, unlike Bob Menendez and his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, Republicans refuse to raise taxes in a fragile economy, because doing so would put a further strain on jobs and further dampen economic growth. Menendez can’t call a punitive tax increase on oil companies a subsidy cut, wave his magic wand, and make it true. While Republicans support ending the ethanol subsidy, they will not support a measure that raises taxes – period. Let’s be clear about this, we do not have a revenue problem in this country, we have a spending problem. Until Democrats get serious about ending Washington’s profligate spending, balancing the budget, and paying down the debt, there is nothing to talk about.”

>State Senate to vote today on bill winemakers say will boost the industry 

 The state Senate expects to vote today on a bill that would allow local and out-of-state wineries to deliver directly to consumers and let winemakers from other states open retail outlets in New Jersey. (Procida, Press of Atlantic City)

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/state-senate-to-vote-today-on-a-bill-winemakers-say/article_c02b1ae0-a1f9-11e0-a06a-001cc4c002e0.html

>Christie: N.J. homeowners will begin to see property tax relief due to benefits overhaul in late 2012