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  • A true upstart: Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Alieta Eck takes on Obamacare in first-ever race

    08/11/2013 11:12:09 AM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 7 replies
    Star Ledger ^ | Aug 11, 2013 | By Brent Johnston
    FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -- The day U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg died, Alieta Eck was treating a patient at the free health clinic for the poor and uninsured she operates with her husband in Somerset County. The patient, she said, had just learned her minimum-wage job was being cut from 37 to 29 hours a week, with her employer blaming the costs associated with President ObamaÂ’s health care overhaul. "She didnÂ’t know what she was going to do," Eck said. "I realized: Obamacare is going to hurt people. How are we going to stop it?" Eck paused. "Then," she said, "I got...
  • Requesting an "Apostolic" caucus (Catholic / Orthodox Caucus)

    01/13/2010 3:29:54 AM PST · by Cronos · 64 replies · 1,045+ views
    www.cronos.com ^ | 13-Jan-2010 | Cronos
    We have a free-for-all fight post that started out over the naming of a caucus. I feel that unless we debate this between Catholics and Orthodox, we're liable to "interruptions" (bad and good) from other groups. Please can we use THIS thread to debate this coolly, calmly and more level-headedly?