Snowstorms come and go, but agreement among Senate Democrats to pass a health care reform bill may have far more ramifications than a blizzard.
When completed, this will be a milestone in the history of the United States. The bill is not perfect, but after reconciliation with the bill that passed [...]
To say it will be a white Christmas here in the northeast -- well, that's an understatement.
| December 19, 2009
After securing goodies for his home State of Nebraska from Harry Reid, Senator Ben Nelson, the last holdout for the Democrats, has caved in and will now vote YES for cloture on the health care “reform” legislation, clearing it’s way for full passage by Christmas.
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Dick Codey
Senate President Dick Codey has thrown a monkey wrench into attempts to tie Gov.-elect Christie's hands when it comes to replacing a U.S. senator should one leave between elections. “I do believe that whoever replaces the United States senator should be of the same [...]
As a postscript to the earlier posts about New Jersey's economic performance relative to the nation's: Four states had bigger job losses in November than the Garden State.
"In November, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 19 states and decreased in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The largest over-the-month'" [...]
| December 18, 2009
Baristanet (and National Weather Service) is officially on Blizzard Watch, and we expect to see a ton of white this weekend in the tri-state area. Will we have to dig ourselves out through the back door? Maybe not.. A winter storm watch advisory goes into effect [...] 
Jon Corzine
There's a lot of speculation about when Corzine officially jumped the shark. Some think it was that speech he got a lobbyist to write, despite a taxpayer-paid speech-writer on staff, that said pigs would fly over the Statehouse before enough waste could be cut [...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing on the nomination of Essex County prosecutor Paula Dow as the state's next attorney general on Jan. 6th, Senate President Richard Codey and committee chairman Sen. Paul Sarlo announced Wednesday.
Gov.-elect Chris Christie announced Dow's nomination Tuesday but can't formally make it until' [...]
| December 17, 2009
Buried (and for good reason) behind the news that New Jersey's economy shed another 9,400 jobs in November is this, if you're one of those glass-half-full types: Revised numbers show the state added 1,200 jobs in October, the most since January 2008.
The original numbers for October showed a loss of' [...]
