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Payne Votes to Pass Broad Economic Plan for Growth - Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne voted in favor of a budget that serves as a long term economic plan that will get our economy working again and put us on a path towards renewed prosperity. [1]
Before being elected to Congress in 1988, Payne served in the Newark Municipal Council, was on the Essex County Board of Freeholders, was an executive at Prudential Financial, was Vice President of Urban Data Systems Inc., and was a teacher in the Newark public school system. [2]
The budget the US House of Representatives passed today makes those tough decisions and invests in the areas that will spur growth and lead to prosperity for decades to come. [...] Payne Announces New Jersey Schools to Receive $566 MillionRecovery Act funds will help New Jersey’s Students, Teachers, and Families - Congressman Donald M. Payne, senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced today that $566,267,349 in emergency education funding has been released for schools in New Jersey to help save education-related jobs and maintain programs for low-income students and students with disabilities. [1]
Before being elected to Congress in 1988, Payne was an executive at Prudential Financial, Vice President of Urban Data Systems Inc., and was a teacher in the Newark Public Schools. [3]
The election of his state’s first black congressman, he predicted, would “make the country stronger and make New Jersey stronger.” [...] On two previous attempts, he was defeated by longtime Democratic incumbent Peter Rodino, former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and one of Congress’s leading advocates of civil rights legislation. [4]
Payne Votes to Send Landmark National Service Bill to President ObamaPresident Obama Expected to Sign the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America in Coming Days - Congressman Donald M. Payne today joined a majority in the US House of Representatives in voting to send President Obama legislation that will launch a new era of volunteerism. [1]
The next meeting of the Senate is Apr 20, 2009; the House next meets Apr 21, 2009. [5]
Congressman Payne has been at the forefront of efforts to restore democracy and human rights in nations throughout the globe. [...] July 16, 1934, Newark, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represents the state’s 10th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, which encompasses most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex and Union counties. [3]
A former city councilman and Democratic leader from Newark, Payne won a nearly 80,000-vote victory over his Republican challenger in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, which encompasses Newark and several surrounding cities in Essex and Union County. [...] Payne rose high enough within the YMCA ranks to be named its national president in 1970–the first black ever to hold the position. [4]
Payne is a member of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor, where he serves on the Workforce Protections and Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education subcommittees. [3]
General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia’s articles on legislation. [2]
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[1] Representative Donald Payne
[2] Donald M. Payne - SourceWatch
[3] Donald M. Payne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] Donald M. Payne: Biography from Answers.com
[5] Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] - GovTrack.us