Options for Christie

Hellsangel wrote:Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., who cast more votes than any other U.S.
senator from New Jersey, died Monday after complications from viral
pneumonia.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/03/nj-sen-lautenberg-dies/#ixzz2VAZLdwIC

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, will be tasked with
appointing a replacement for Lautenberg, who was not planning to seek
re-election in 2014.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/03/nj-sen-lautenberg-dies/#ixzz2VAZTTiQd

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Lautenberg was awesome - he expansively represented even the unwashed lowly h-1b's, writing out letters to chennai consulate arguing for thamizh maamiyArs' right to carry yellow-colored cloth bags and comfort pregnancy foods to enter the country.

Impedimenta wrote:Lautenberg was the one who pushed for the drinking age to be 21 and also ban smoking in airlines. he also designated the .08 percent blood alcohol mandate to determine if a subject was drunk. that was huge. gov christie and him did not see eye to eye on several issues yet in one of his speeches here, he spoke highly of him, his fighting spirit.

BTW, cory booker is going to be in the senate run next year, i guess.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Impedimenta wrote:Lautenberg was the one who pushed for the drinking age to be 21 and also ban smoking in airlines. he also designated the .08 percent blood alcohol mandate to determine if a subject was drunk. that was huge. gov christie and him did not see eye to eye on several issues yet in one of his speeches here, he spoke highly of him, his fighting spirit.

BTW, cory booker is going to be in the senate run next year, i guess.

But did he work to increase the speed limit to 75 ???

Hellsangel wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Lautenberg was awesome - he expansively represented even the unwashed lowly h-1b's, writing out letters to chennai consulate arguing for thamizh maamiyArs' right to carry yellow-colored cloth bags and comfort pregnancy foods to enter the country.

Regarding approachability of these Senators:

When my wife visa was rejected, I contacted the Senators office and gave a written statement. The Senator contacted the Madras Consulate - updating me at every step from his DC office, and in 10 days the consulate called my wife and asked her to pick up the visa. The Senator sent a copy of all consulate-DC communication with a hand-signed letter from Senator offering all kinds of help including apt hunting, etc... (I still have a copy of all the documents).

He was a moderate, highly respected and powerful Republican. The democrat who I approached first wanted me to bear the cost of communication blah blah (He is powerful guy as well). And, of course, I was just a non-immigrant visa holder at that time.

Imagine approaching a local MLA in India.

Rishi wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Lautenberg was awesome - he expansively represented even the unwashed lowly h-1b's, writing out letters to chennai consulate arguing for thamizh maamiyArs' right to carry yellow-colored cloth bags and comfort pregnancy foods to enter the country.

Regarding approachability of these Senators:

When my wife visa was rejected, I contacted the Senators office and gave a written statement. The Senator contacted the Madras Consulate - updating me at every step from his DC office, and in 10 days the consulate called my wife and asked her to pick up the visa. The Senator sent a copy of all consulate-DC communication with a hand-signed letter from Senator offering all kinds of help including apt hunting, etc... (I still have a copy of all the documents).

He was a moderate, highly respected and powerful Republican. The democrat who I approached first wanted me to bear the cost of communication blah blah (He is powerful guy as well). And, of course, I was just a non-immigrant visa holder at that time.

Imagine approaching a local MLA in India.

Saamiyaar,

On one hand you tell people that "you don't know zilch about me." On the other hand, you reveal all these kinds of details to people here. I don't know what to make of this contradiction.