Senator Sweeney and his wife, Patti, were married in 1986.

Sweeney defeated eight-term Republican incumbent State Senator Raymond Zane 51 %- 49 %.

In response to heightened security warnings around potential targets such as chemical and nuclear plants since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, Senator Sweeney pushed to require potentially vulnerable facilities to implement security standards and to explore possible safer technologies.

Senator Sweeney also co-sponsored the law providing health benefits to New Jersey National Guard members who serve for 30 days or more on state active duty.

On June 1, 2006, Senator Sweeney and two Assembly Democrats, Paul Moriarty ( D, 4th legislative district ) and Jerry Green ( D, 22nd legislative district ), held a press conference to announce their support for cuts of as much as 15 % to New Jersey state worker salaries and benefits, as part of an effort to avoid a one-point increase in the state's sales tax proposed by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine that had been supported by unions representing state government workers.

Senator Sweeney first pursued the legislation when he was contacted by the mother of Maggie McDonnell, a Washington Township resident who was killed in a car accident by a driver who had been up for over 30 hours without sleeping.

A long-time advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, Senator Sweeney has sponsored laws that removed references to “ retardation ” in state statutes and created a statewide registry of offenders who abused individuals with developmental disabilities.

Senator Sweeney was selected by the Senate Democratic Caucus to serve as Majority Leader on November 8, 2007

In 2010, Senator Sweeney helped design and pass thirty bills, known collectively as “ Back to Work NJ ,” that aimed to help create jobs and economic growth in New Jersey.

Senator Sweeney is active in a variety of local organizations and has received numerous accolades from business leaders, volunteer organizations, labor advocates, environmentalists and other important organizations from around New Jersey, including the 2009 Partners in Advocacy Award from the Arc of New Jersey and the 2009 Legislative Excellence Award from the New Jersey Council of County Colleges.

In April 2010, Senator Sweeney was honored by the New Jersey Travel Industry Association with their Friend of Tourism Award.

On April 28, 2011, Senator Sweeney was presented with the Legislator of the Year Award by the New Jersey Conference of Mayors.

Senator Sweeney was also honored in 2011 as “ Person of the Year ” by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Construction Managers Association of America ( CMAA ).

On September 22, 2011, Senator Sweeney was honored as “ Regional Leader of the Year ” by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.

In December 2011, Senator Sweeney was honored with the “ Paul L. Troast Public Service Award ” by the NJ Business and Industry Association for his efforts to help spur economic growth and job creation in New Jersey, and on March 30, 2012, he was awarded the “ Humanitarian Award ” by the Boys and Girls Clubs of New Jersey.

Sweeney served as press secretary for Senator Gary Hart from 1983 until 1987, including Hart's 1984 presidential campaign.

: The rally began at 11am with speeches from Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation, author David Spratt and Melbourne based paediatrician Merryn Redenbach, amongst others, with several speakers stressing that protesters had no argument with police or plant workers and emphasising the organising group's calls for new wind turbine, solar water and insulation manufacturing capacity to be developed in the Latrobe Valley.

In truth, we can say that this broke the power of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was finally exposed in full light to the American people.

she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.

United States Senator Royal S. Copeland was wearing the robes of Santa Claus and a great white beard ; ;

On April 10, 1904, his first child was born, a son named George after the late Senator.

More splenetic was Senator Edward Carmack of Tennessee, a Parker man.

The principal mauler, however, was Senator Joseph McCarthy.

In Senator Joseph McCarthy's phrase, it was the most unheard-of thing ever heard of.

The Republicans some weeks ago served notice through Senator Thruston B. Morton ( R ) of Kentucky, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the Kennedy administration would be held responsible if the outcome in Laos was a coalition government susceptible of Communist domination.

One factor was the statement of Senator J. W. Fulbright ( D ) of Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Senator was shocked by stoppages over allegedly trivial disputes that delayed our missile program.

Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust act.

but, in Senator Gore's words, it was `` not a very encouraging '' situation that would confront John F. Kennedy on Inauguration Day.

A year ago today, when the Democrats were fretting and frolicking in Los Angeles and John F. Kennedy was still only an able and ambitious Senator who yearned for the power and responsibility of the Presidency, Theodore H. White had already compiled masses of notes about the Presidential campaign of 1960.

there was much to grok, loose ends to puzzle over and fit into his growing -- all that he had seen and heard and been at the Archangel Foster Tabernacle ( not just cusp when he and Digby had come face to face alone ) why Bishop Senator Boone made him warily uneasy, how Miss Dawn Ardent tasted like a water brother when she was not, the smell of goodness he had incompletely grokked in the jumping up and down and wailing --

Seward's initial reaction to the Trent affair, however, was too bellicose, so Lincoln also turned to Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an expert in British diplomacy.

When Tennessee seceded from the Union in 1861, Johnson was a Democratic U. S. Senator from Tennessee and was dedicated to Jacksonian Democracy, nationalism and limited government.

His failure to make the National Union brand a genuine party made Johnson an independent during his presidency, though he was supported by Democrats and later rejoined the party briefly as a Democratic Senator from Tennessee in 1875 until his death that year.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, leader of the moderate Republicans and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was anxious to reach a compromise with the President.

* 1926 – Keith Davey was a Canadian politician, Senator, and campaign organizer ( d. 2011 )

Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.

In 1874 he was named Senator of the Kingdom by King Victor Emanuel II.

Hoover's reputation, experience, and popularity coalesced to give him the nomination on the first ballot, with Senator Charles Curtis named as his running mate.

On 13 June 2011, Stott Despoja was named a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as a Senator for South Australia, through leadership roles with the Australian Democrats, to education, and as a role model for women.

The play opens with Roderigo, a rich and dissolute gentleman, complaining to Iago, a high-ranking soldier, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a Senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army.

* April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay.

The act is named for Nevada Senator Key Pittman and Virginia Congressman Absalom Willis Robertson.

Although closely identified with the Republican Party for virtually his entire adult life, Dewey was a close friend of Democratic Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and Dewey aided Humphrey in being named as the Democratic nominee for vice-president in 1964, advising Lyndon Johnson on ways to block efforts at the party convention by Kennedy loyalists to stampede Robert Kennedy onto the ticket as Johnson's running mate.

The Sherman Antitrust Act was named after its author, Senator John Sherman, an Ohio Republican, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who was also Rockefeller's colleague.

The park is named after Sophie Glikman-Toumarkine, the wife of French Senator Pierre Laffitte, founder of the park, and incidentally, Sophia, the goddess of wisdom.

The county was named for William Andrews Clark, a Montana copper magnate and U. S. Senator.

Most are named for Henry Clay, U. S. Senator and statesman:

Morrill Hall, on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park ( a land-grant university ), is named for Senator Justin Morrill, in honor of the act he sponsored.

It was named after its author, Senator John Sherman, an Ohio Republican, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

It is named for William L. Wilson, Representative from West Virginia, chair of the U. S. House Ways and Means Committee, and Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, both Democrats.

The Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry Laurens Dawes of Massachusetts.

11 ), named for Representative Sereno E. Payne ( R-NY ) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich ( R-RI ), began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.

Senator Powell Clayton, though some sources suggest it may have been named for Powell Clayton instead.

It was named after Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

It is named after sponsors U. S. Senator Paul Sarbanes ( D-MD ) and U. S. Representative Michael G. Oxley ( R-OH ).

He was the first of six successive Senators named Lucius Sergius Paullus, of Antioch, Pisidia, including one Consul Suffect in 94 and another Consul in 168, the last of whom was Lucius Sergius Paullus, Senator, father of Sergia Paulla, who married Quintus Anicius Faustus, Legate of Numidia and Consul in 198, and had Quintus Anicius Faustus Paulinus, Legate of Moesia Inferior between 229 and 230 or c. 230 to 232.

It was named for James McNair Baker, a judge and Confederate Senator.

Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America, mostly named after Senator John C. Calhoun:

The Goldwater Visitor Center, named after longtime proponent of the Academy United States Senator Barry Goldwater, is the focal point for family, friends and tourists visiting the Academy grounds.

It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the U. S. Senate from 1819 to 1822.