Jon Corzine

Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American politician and businessman. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is currently a United States Senator from New Jersey. He began serving in 2001 for the term ending in 2007. He was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during the 2004 election cycle. On December 2, 2004, he announced his candidacy for Governor of New Jersey in the 2005 gubernatorial election. He resides in Hoboken.

Senate Career

In the Senate, Corzine is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the U.S. Senate Committee on Budget, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He co-authored the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a piece of legislation designed to crack down on corporate malfeasance. He is a supporter of introducing legislation that reforms the 401 (k) plan to minimize the risk of investment portfolios. He is a sponsor of the Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act which expands health care coverage for children and pregnant women. Corzine supported providing a two-year tax break to September 11, 2001 attacks victims to help them recover financially and help grant citizenship to victims that were legal resident aliens. He supports tighter gun control laws, outlawing racial profiling, and subsidies for Amtrak. He is also the chief sponsor, along with U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, of the Darfur Accountability Act, which would apply sanctions on the Sudanese and create a framework for addressing the genocide occurring in the Darfur region. He was also one of 23 Senators to vote against the Iraq War Resolution.

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U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - U.S. Senate Committee on Budget - U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Legislation - 401 (k) plan - Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act - Children - Pregnant - Women - Tax - September 11, 2001 attacks - Citizenship - Resident aliens - Gun control - Racial profiling - Amtrak - Sam Brownback - Darfur Accountability Act - Genocide - Darfur - Iraq War Resolution

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Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

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2005 - The Huffington Post

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