“While reauthorization of the FAA should be a straightforward affair, I did not vote for this legislation for two main reasons,” said Congressman Pascrell.

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-9) traveled down to Washington to join his Democratic colleagues to pass an emergency bill to end the debt crisis and save the economy from certain collapse. He has been aggressive in warning about the consequences of the debt limit breach that Republicans have been threatening all year.

A pair of New Jersey congressmen have introduced a revamped version of their bill to reform ticket marketplaces in honor of the pop star whose ongoing tour reignited Washington’s fury toward ticketing giant Live Nation.

America is staring down the barrel of economic armageddon. The doomsday device is in the hands of Republican lawmakers. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill political gamesmanship — by next month, we could be grappling with a financial meltdown far worse than 2008.

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and Katie Porter (D-CA-47) today introduced the Ending Wall Street Tax Giveaway Act, legislation to finally close one of the most outrageous loopholes in the entire federal tax code, so-called carried interest.

That question is rhetorical. We endorse Bill Pascrell for a 14th term, because the absence of a serious opponent makes this a choice between courageous governance and a smoldering pile of incoherent talking points.

In a city long plagued by shootings, officials gathered Thursday to announce a $1 million federal grant they said will expand a community-based violence intervention program.

In their first week in power, House Republicans were busy. They voted to gut the Internal Revenue Service — again — to help millionaires cheat on their taxes. They passed a pair of efforts to further restrict women’s freedom and bodily autonomy. They rewarded right-wing extremists with seats on important committees.