Entrenched in the House of Representatives for what is now his 12th term and holding the powerful chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen would seem to be sitting pretty.

When it comes to honoring our veterans, the U.S. is big on talk and parades, and less enthusiastic about ponying up to provide jobs, housing and physical and mental health care.

People convicted of domestic violence will now be required to surrender any guns they currently own, and are prohibited from obtaining a permit to obtain a firearm, thanks to Bill S2483 signed by Chris Christie on Monday.

Recent events in North Carolina and New Jersey couldn’t have been arranged better to highlight the importance of electing a progressive legislature—and keeping up the pressure on it—even in the midst of a national decline in democracy.

When Sussex County’s Republican state representatives manage to distinguish themselves, it’s not in a good way.  Exhibit A: Assembly members Gail Phoebus and Parker Space were the only two people in the entire bicameral legislature to vote “no” on a bill that would make it harder for domestic violence offenders to get their hands on legal guns.

On Friday, July 1, a group of Sussex County citizens demonstrated in front of Congressman Scott Garrett’s Newton office asking that he support a bill that would require universal background checks to prevent dangerous persons from obtaining weapons like those used in Newtown, Connecticut,and Orlando, Florida.

Sussex Democrats took part in a Saturday evening vigil in memory of those who recently lost their lives to gun violence in Orlando, Florida. The remembrance took place on the Green in Newton.

Governor Christie should acknowledge that he has abandoned his duties as Governor of New Jersey. He should resign.

Just weeks after the current legislative session started, Gail Phoebus and Parker Space sponsored a bill in Trenton that is stunning in its scope for repealing nearly every major weapons restriction in New Jersey.

It appears that Barack Obama is about to exercise the powers of the Presidency to reign in the rampant mayhem resulting from willy-nilly access to firearms in our country.