Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Recent News About Bill Pascrell Jr.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Over $18 Million in New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Awards
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $18,919,125 in Nonprofit Security Grant (NSGP) funding to New Jersey, of which $570,000 will go to protect houses of worship and nonprofits throughout New Jersey’s Ninth Congressional District.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Seeks Plan for IRA Funds to Pursue Wealthy Tax Cheats and Improve Taxpayer Services
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chares Rettig requesting details on how the agency will use funding provided by the new Inflation Reduction Act for enforcement of our nation’s tax laws.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell $270 Million Police Funding Bill Signed into Law
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated the signing into law of his legislation, the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 2992).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Inflation Reduction Act
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Once signed into law by President Biden, the IRA will help lower prescription drug prices, combat climate change, reduce health care and energy costs, and increase tax fairness, all while reducing the national deficit.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Appellate Decision Finding Congress Can Finally Get Trump Tax Returns
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, this afternoon praised a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit holding that the House Ways and Means Committee is entitled to a lawful review of Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates New State Law to Boost New Jersey’s Small Businesses
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today joined Governor Phil Murphy at East Rutherford’s Vesta Wood Fired Pizza for the enactment of S-2364, a bill extending permissions for restaurants, bars, distilleries, and breweries to continue utilizing outdoor dining in New Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Police Funding Bill Passes House and Senate
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised passage in the Senate of his legislation, the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 2992).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates War Weapons Ban
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated a vote in the House to ban military style weapons from America’s streets. If enacted, H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 would revive and build on the watershed 1994 ban that lowered the frequency of mass shooting deaths by 70 percent.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Backs Senior Medicare Protections
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, today supported advancing H.R. 8487, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, sending it to the full House for consideration.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Backs Senior Medicare Protections
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, today supported advancing H.R. 8487, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, sending it to the full House for consideration.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands Answers on Latest IRS Scandal
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, has written an urgent inquiry to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig demanding answers on a recent news report identifying rampant fraud by fake charities approved by the IRS.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Held Up Without a Gun: Pascrell Knocks Ticketmaster for Springsteen Tour Price Surprise
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Congress’s foremost critic of the broken live events market, today called on Ticketmaster to adjust its policies to be more fan friendly after fans experienced wildly surprising ticket prices to attend concerts in Bruce Springsteen’s new tour, just the latest scandal from the greedy ticket monopoly.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Wins Over $16 Million for North Jersey Community Projects
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today hailed House passage of government appropriations for FY 2023 that includes $16,815,000 for local projects Pascrell had championed. In sum, the package contains funding for all 11 community projects Pascrell had pursued for North Jersey in these pieces of legislation.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates Government Wide Appropriations Victories
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted for passage in the House of six government funding bills for the upcoming year in the areas of (1) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 2) Agriculture, Rural Development, 3) Energy and Water Development, 4) Financial Services and General Government, 5) Interior, Environment, 6) Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs and highlighted several significant victories for New Jersey and the entire United States.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Votes For Marriage Equality
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted strongly in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, urgent legislation that enshrines into law marriage equality rights to protect them from the rampaging radical Republican Supreme Court.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Helps Save Veterans Clinics
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The House today passed an amendment cosponsored by U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) to eliminate the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission, which recently recommended the shuttering of numerous Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics nationwide.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands Biden Fire IRS Chief Amid Massive Audit Scandal
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to immediately fire Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig in the wake of revelations that, against all odds, both former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe received extensive IRS audits.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Again Demands IRS Chief Rettig Be Fired for Massive Audit Scandal
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today reiterated his calls for IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig be fired in the wake of revelations that, against all odds, both former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe received extensive IRS audits.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates Plan to Save New Jersey Veteran Clinic
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this afternoon hailed an announcement by bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that they will block plans to close several Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, effectively saving from closure the Paterson Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) which serves veterans in northern and central New Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Condemns Republican Supreme Court Destruction of Roe v. Wade
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today assailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule 49 years of established legal precedent in its destruction of Roe v. Wade.
