Congressman Donald Payne

Congressman Donald Payne

Representative Donald Payne is from the 10th District of New Jersey. Payne is a member of the Democratic Party. Donald Payne serves on the Education and the Workforce Committee and the International Relations Committee.

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BBC Photo: Donald Payne (L) met Somalia's president and prime minister For some odd reason, the Somali insurgents think they have a platform on which to seek negotiations with the United States and other countries. These men are nothing but armed thugs and should be treated as such. Apparently, due to the recent rescue of Maersk Alabama container ship captain Richard Phillips, U.S. congressman Donald Payne narrowly escaped harm on his recent visit to Mogadishu after Somali insurgents fired mortars towards his plane as it was about to take off. Mr Payne had just met leaders of Somalia's virtually nonexistent government, in the capital. ... Read Full Story
Written by bleave on
United States congressman Donald Payne (New Jersey) flew into Mogadishu, Somalia today and there is a report from Reuters that motar rounds fired that were aimed at his group. Did this happen as result of the Islamic pirates vow of revenge after three of their own were killed yesterday in the rescue of Captain Phillips? ----- Also see: Pirate chief vows to hunt down US citizens ABC Online - ‎35 minutes ago‎ Meanwhile, US congressman Donald Payne has flown into Mogadishu, flanked by six bodyguards, making what is believed to be the first visit to the Somali ... Somali pirates vow revenge after Obama ... Read Full Story
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Reuters say Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said Monday it fired mortars at a plane carrying a U.S. lawmaker, a day after U.S. snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage. An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a U.S. official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt. CNN say the plane carrying U.S. Rep. Donald Payne was fired on Monday as it left the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, ... Read Full Story
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Move On will hold a vigil tomorrow night (Dec. 8) in Bloomfield to encourage Representatives Donald Payne and Bill Pascrell to keep fighting for a public option in the health care reform bill. The last vigil, pictured, that was held in Bloomfield was in September. Baristanet reported that 75 to 100 people showed up. Three local residents will tell their "health care horror stories" along with staff from Representative Pascrell and Payne...  
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Donald Payne says lieutenant threatened to set prisoner alight and that abuse of detainees in Basra was widespreadA former army corporal who was the first British soldier convicted of a war crime has accused his former colleagues of abusing prisoners.Donald Payne today told an inquiry into the Iraqi's hotel worker Baha Mousa's death that he saw his unit's commanding officer, Lieutenant Craig Rodgers, threaten to set alight a young detainee...  
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NEWARK - U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-Newark) stands in front of headquarters on Bergen in the South Ward and he's guardedly optimistic. The South Ward is now at 4,000 votes recorded, or a fifth of what the South Ward attained in 2008 for President Barack Obama. Before the end of Election Day, Payne wants to get 12,000 votes for Gov. Jon Corzine in this ward, the biggest in the city, and the one where Mayor Cory Booker is arguably the least...  
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Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo just introduced U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-Newark), who stands at the podium in the Prudential Center now. "Joe DiVincenzo's done a great job in Essex County, putting Essex County first," Payne tells the crowd. "I'm fired up and ready to go." Moments earlier, Payne wouldn't commit to DiVincenzo's re-election when asked by PolitickerNJ.com.  "It's a little early for that, isn't it," he said. At issue is...  
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NEW BRUNSWICK - Obama's on the ballot Tuesday. That's what U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-Newark) told a group of black activists and Payne allies at a meeting of the African-American Political Alliance here aat the United Methodist Church on Saturday. "This race has national significance," the veteran congressman told a room packed with 100 leaders and community activists. "The Republicans would love to say a Corzine loss is a referendum on Obama...  
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