Representative John Adler News

Jersey Shore towns where beachfront-property owners deny public access to bathers may have difficulty obtaining federal funds to repair damage caused by a severe nor'easter this month.

As pundits and party leaders look to next year's Congressional elections in NJ, it appears that freshman Democrat John Adler is the most vulnerable incumbent.A Despite actually calling himself a "conservative" Democrat, his vote for ultra-liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Leadership will render that innoculation strategy suspect, ...

Susan McLaughlin and Jerry Batten of Avalon venture out on the Avalon sea wall to take photos of the nor'easter that has battered the Jersey Shore.

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - NFL player Jon Runyan says he'll retire at the end of the season and launch a campaign for Congress in New Jersey's 3rd District.

Officials for the Army Corps of Engineers said this afternoon that thay can press ahead with beach replenishment on storm-battered reaches of Long Beach Island - if Congress provides the money, and if island towns can obtain access easements from oceanside property owners.

Union-backed groups are pressuring a handful of renegade House Democrats from New York and New Jersey to back the party's efforts to overhaul the health care system.

The decision of Assemblyman Herbert Conaway to run for Burlington County Democratic Chairman could complicate a 2010 special election for State Senator if Diane Allen were to leave the Legislature.A Allen is battling an aggressive form of cancer and recently had surgery.A She has a tough road ahead.A If Allen were to resign, the Republican County ...

A group of 20 township residents sat close together around a pair of cellular phones Wednesday night and listened quietly as national activists spoke on conference call about their plans to get a national immigration reform bill passed next year.

It's time to make some phone calls. It will take less than 10 minutes. Here are the Democrats who support the auditing of the fed.

After months of debate over reforming the health-care system, I decided to vote against the bill that the House of Representatives passed a little more than a week ago.

But some accounting experts despair over a resulting lack of checks on management's assessment of internal controls of financial reporting.

Richard Bagger first showed a penchant for making a reasonable argument as an eighteen-year-old Princeton University sophomore when he testified ... > Bob Torricelli Torricelli on Chris Christie and New Jersey's future Everybody needs to start a new job with a list of priorities and Chris Christie is no exception.

New Jersey Democrat John Adler was one of the only Democrats to vote against President Obama's Health Care Reform plan.

NPR profiles retired General Eric Shinseki, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and his efforts to measure the scope of veterans' mental health issues.

Rush Holt toured a Princeton hospital yesterday while stumping for health care reform legislation now before Congress.

Going into Election Year 2010, the outlook is hopeful for Republicans nationally.

U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo can expect some visitors over his decision to vote against the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Congressman John Adler may have voted against a House health care reform bill, but the freshman Democrat says he's confident he'll have the opportunity to vote again on a much improved version of reform legislation later after the Senate votes.

Between votes, Rep. John Adler, center, talks with Pamela Whyte, right, of Toms River and her daughter Hillary Whyte, left, and Courtney Whyte during their visit to Washington, D.C. In the close House vote on health reform last week, only 39 Democrats defected, the bulk of them from the South.

Monmouth and Ocean counties delivered more votes for Gov.-elect Chris Christie than Hudson and Essex counties did for Gov.