U.S. Congress

Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone is pushing for a law to install reminder devices in cars to detect and alert drivers that a child is in the back seat, to deter deaths of kids left in cars.

Even an ugly win is still a win. That's one way of viewing the trillion-dollar omnibus spending plan that will carry government through September - assuming that the Senate follows the House lead and sails it through to the Oval Office.

Okay, so there weren't enough voters who cottoned to the idea of Steve Lonegan as a United States Senator from New Jersey. The question now circulating is whether there are enough in New Jersey's Third Congressional District to give him a seat in the House of Representatives.