Jim Saxton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office  November 6, 1984–
Preceded by	Frank Pallone, Jr.
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	January 22, 1943 (1943-01-22) (age 64) Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse	divorced
Religion	Methodist

Hugh James "Jim" Saxton (born January 22, 1943) is an American Republican Party politician. He has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1984. He represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district from 1984 to 1993. Since 1993, he has represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, (map), which is essentially a renumbering of his previous district due to reapportionment after the 1990 census. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... New Jerseys Third Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Jim Saxton. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Frank Pallone, Jr. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicholson is a borough located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... New Jerseys Thirteenth Congressional District currently, as of 2006, has no representative in the House of Representatives. ... New Jerseys Third Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Jim Saxton. ...

Born in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, he attended East Stroudsburg State College (now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Temple University. He then pursued a career as an elementary public school teacher and small business owner. Saxton served in the New Jersey General Assembly (the lower chamber of the New Jersey Legislature) from 1976 to 1981 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, he was elected to the House of Represenatives in a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of then 13th District Congressman Edwin B. Forsythe. Nicholson is a borough located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. ... East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. ... Temple University is a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. ... The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... The Legislature of New Jersey is the U.S. state of New Jerseys legislative branch, seated in the New Jersey State House at the states capital, Trenton. ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Edwin Bell Forsythe (January 17, 1916, Westtown Township, Pennsylvania – March 29, 1984, Moorestown Township, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician, who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. ...

He is a high ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and the Resources Committee and Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee made up of U.S. Senators and U.S. House members. The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ... // Jurisdiction Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation. ... The Joint Economic Committee is one of only four joint committees of the U.S. Congress. ...

In the United States House elections, 2006, Saxton was challenged by Democrat Rich Sexton, a lawyer and U.S. Navy veteran from Mount Laurel. Saxton won reelection by a 58%-41% margin. President Bush meets with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Mount Laurel Township highlighted in Burlington County. ...

Saxton is widely praised across South Jersey for his efforts to remove Fort Dix from the Pentagon's base realignment and closure lists in 1989 and 1991, McGuire Air Force Base from the list in 1993, and Lakehurst Naval Air Station from the list in 1995. From 1993-2005, he worked to foster joint military facilities at the three installations. Saxon's efforts were rewarded when Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005. In addition to saving the bases' 17,000 jobs, the legislation merged the three bases, creating a "magabase" (the first of its kind in the United States). Furthermore, 1,500 jobs and additional aircraft were directed to the new joint base. Saxton also saved the New Jersey National Guard's 108th Air Refueling Wing from oblivion by working to provide it with a squadron of newer planes. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Map of Fort Dix in Burlington County Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, and Springfield Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... Look up pentagon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the US Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save... Map of McGuire AFB in Burlington County McGuire AFB is a United States Air Force Base located in parts of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, formerly the Lakehurst Naval Air Station then the Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst. ... The preliminary 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005. ... A New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 from the 177th Fighter Wing The New Jersey Army and Air National Guard consists of over 9,000 Guardsmen from New Jersey. ... The 108th Air Refueling Wing is an unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard that is responsible for aerial refueling. ...

His other recent accomplishments include a beach erosion repair project on popular tourist destination Long Beach Island (which saw a 2006 groundbreaking) and a hospital Medicare funding initiative that brought $80 million to New Jersey hopsitals in 2005 and 2006. Barnegat Lighthouse on the north tip of Long Beach Island Position of Long Beach Island (pink) relative to Ocean County Long Beach Island is a barrier island and summer colony along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. ...

On May 26, 2006, Saxton reported hearing a loud gunfire-type noise in the Rayburn House Office Building that led to the building being shut down for several hours. It was later determined that the noise was a construction worker discharging a pneumatic hammer in an elevator shaft near the garage. Capitol police officers who subsequently asked the workers to recreate the noise agreed it sounded like gunfire^[1]. May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB), named after former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, is located between South Capitol Street and First Street in Southwest Washington, D.C. // History The newest of three U.S. House of Representatives office buildings, the Rayburn House Office Building was completed in early...

Political positions

Saxon is best characterized as a moderate. The American Conservative Union counts his lifetime score ^[2] as similar to conservative Democrat Gene Taylor's.^[3] In 2006, the non-partisan National Journal listed him as one of the Congress's centrists. In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints. ... The American Conservative Union (ACU) is a large conservative political lobbying group in the United States. ... Gary Eugene Gene Taylor (born September 17, 1953) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and a U.S. Representative from the 4th District of Mississippi (map). ... National Journal is a weekly magazine about American politics and government, published by National Journal Group, Inc. ...

He is conservative on right to life issues, which earned him a 100% rating by the Christian Coalition from 2003 to 2005^[4]. He has voted against bills that would authorize partial birth abortion, taxpayer-funded human embryo experimentation, and human cloning. This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... The term right to life is a political term used in controversies over various issues that involve the taking of a life (or what is perceived to be a life). ... This article is about the organization presently operating in the United States. ... The phrase partial-birth abortion is a controversial one used primarily by abortion opponents in the United States. ... It has been suggested that embryology be merged into this article or section. ... Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing, or previously existing, human being or clone tissue from that individual. ...

However, he has supported liberal issues, such the long-term solvency of Social Security and gun control (Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban). Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... Social security primarily refers to a field of social welfare service concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gun politics. ... The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known as the Brady Bill, was passed by the United States Congress, signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993, and went into effect on February 28, 1994. ...

He has also supported bi-partisan issues, such as federal campaign finance reform (Shays-Meehan and McCain-Feingold). He voted against NAFTA, but voted for CAFTA as a means to help reverse abject poverty and hunger, and ease potential political unrest in impoverished Latin America.^[5] In a two-party system (such as in the United States), bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a political body in which both of the major political parties are in agreement. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Campaign finance. ... The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) is U.S. Congressional legislation which regulates the financing of political campaigns. ... Secretariats Mexico City, Ottawa and Washington, D.C. Official languages English, French and Spanish Membership Canada, Mexico and the United States Establishment  -  Formation 1 January 1994  Website http://www. ... Presidents Francisco Flores Pérez (former), Ricardo Maduro, George W. Bush, Abel Pacheco (former), Enrique Bolaños and Alfonso Portillo (former) The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement, commonly called DR-CAFTA (pronounced Doctor Cafta), is a free trade agreement (legally a treaty under international law, but not under...

As a former public school teacher, he does not support school vouchers. An education voucher, commonly called a school voucher, is a certificate by which parents are given the ability to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they were assigned. ...

Saxon is supportive of environmentalism, which led him to be one of the few Republicans that the Sierra Club endorsed in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.^[6] He has received generally favorable ratings by other environmental groups.^[7] He was endorsed by The League of Conservation Voters, Ocean Champions and the New Jersey Environmental Federation in his 2006 re-election bid. The Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Nature Conservancy have regularly given him high marks and various awards for his work on conservation issues. For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. ... The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to nature conservancy. ... The National Wildlife Federation is the largest American conservation organization, with over 5 million members and supporters in 47 state-affiliated organizations; its annual budget is over $125 million as of 2006. ... The Nature Conservancy is an environmental organization, founded in 1951. ...

Saxton is a Member of both the Republican Main Street Partnership and Republicans for Environmental Protection The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of social liberals and moderates in the United States Republican Party. ... Republicans for Environmental Protection (or REP America), is a national organization of Republican voters formed in 1995 with the stated purpose of educating and advocating environmental issues and supporting efforts to conserve natural resources and protect human and environmental health. ...

References

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External links

• U.S. Congressman Jim Saxton official House site
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission - H. J Saxton campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues - Jim Saxton issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org - Jim Saxton campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart - Representative H. James 'Jim' Saxton (NJ) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia - Jim Saxton profile
• Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Jim Saxton voting record