Scott Garrett

Clinton, Axelrod Take Sides In Bitter Democratic Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bill Pascrell, Bill Clinton, New Jersey Democrats, Scott Garrett, Steven Rothman, Bill Pascrell Steve Rothman, Mark Alexander, 2012 Election, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, New Jersey Politics, Election 2012, Barack Obama, Steve Rothman, Video, Politics News

The New Jersey primary between Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) and Rep. Steve Rothman (D-Englewood) in a newly created district has turned bitter as t...

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Congressman Garrett's Proposal to Eliminate Government Sponsored Entities Falls Short

Dory Rand | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Fannie Mae, Housing Finance Reform, Freddie Mac, Scott Garrett, Mortgage Lending, Business News

Congressman Garrett's plan, The Private Mortgage Market Investment Act, was positively received by legislators on both sides of the aisle but serious concerns remain as to its ability to stabilize the housing market.

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Asserting War Powers, House Moves to End Afghanistan, Libya Wars

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Scott Garrett, Steny Hoyer, Dennis Kucinich, Libya War, John Mica, Jake Tapper, Justin Amash, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Voting on amendments on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, the House of Representatives took action to hasten the end of the wars in Afghanistan and Libya.

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House Democrats Finally Show They Can Play Hardball With Parliamentary Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers, Scott Garrett, Budget Vote, Republican Study Committee, Parliamentary Procedure, David Dreier, Steny Hoyer, Budget, Budget Bill Vote, Paul Ryan, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats showed Friday that they, too, have it in them to pull the kinds of parliamentary tricks on the House floor that Republic...

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GSEs On Deck

Barry Zigas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fannie Mae, Timothy Geithner, Scott Garrett, Freddie Mac, Gses, Barney Frank, Business News

When the House Financial Services Comm. begins the next round of congressional action on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, listen carefully to what Secretary Geithner says, and does not say.

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Geithner: Fannie and Freddie Need To Be Changed... But We Don't Know How

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, Timothy Geithner, Scott Garrett, Housing, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Gse, Michael Capuano, Fannie Mae, Homeownership, Financial Crisis, Maxine Waters, Business News

The Congressional panel tasked with overseeing the nation's financial system and the Treasury Secretary both agree that there's a problem with the nat...

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Taking on Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Practicing on Winston Churchill -- Meet Tod Theise

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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History, both long past and recent, leads me to reject the idea that it is a political virtue for a nation to compromise its highest ideals for the sake of expedience.

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GOP Tried To Block Elizabeth Warren From Heading Agency She Proposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Scott Garrett, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Elizabeth Warren GOP, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Elizabeth Warren CFPA, Barney Frank Elizabeth Warren, Politics News

The person leading a regulatory agency is often more important than the structure and the scope of its powers. Think of Alberto Gonzales or Elliot Spi...

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House Panel Votes To Permanently Exempt Small Firms From Part Of Post-Enron Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worldcom, Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Enron, Obama Administration, Investors, John Adler, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

A House panel voted Wednesday to permanently exempt more than half of all publicly traded companies from a seven-year-old post-Enron measure designed ...

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Obama Administration Helps House Democrat Gut Post-Enron Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Obama Administration, Carolyn Maloney, John Adler, Paul Kanjorski, Consumer Federation of America, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Investor-Protections, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

With the White House's blessing, a House panel voted Tuesday to water down a key post-Enron measure designed to protect investors. In a voice vote, m...

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Rabbi Dennis Shulman: Battling an "Enemy of the Environment"

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Garrett, Genius of Genesis, Dennis Shulman, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Congress, Psychotherapist, Sarah Palin, Jewish, 5th Congressional District, Blind, Religion, Chavurah Beth Shalom, New Jersey, David Patterson, Mining, Martin Luther King Jr., Global Warming, Rabbi, Green News

A portion of this interview first appeared in Heeb. Governor Sarah Palin has demonstrated that anyone can run for office. This is both good and bad...

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Who Wants To Extend And Deepen The Bush Economic Miracle?

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Patrick McHenry, Scott Garrett, Scott Kleeb, Bush Economic Miracle, Dennis Shulman, Virgil Goode, Tom Perriello, Daniel Johnson, McCain's Economic Policies, Tom Allen, Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Politics News

There is no getting around the fact that the Republican Party mania against the federal regulatory agenda protecting consumers and workers has been part of the McCain gestalt.

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2008 New Jersey CD-05 General Election:
Garrett (R-i) vs Shulman (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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NJ-05: Garrett vs Shulman

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