U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a longtime congressman from New Jersey and unflinching critic of former President Donald Trump, died at 87 years old on Wednesday, his family announced. "The joy of Bill Pascrell is you never walked away from Bill Pascrell saying he was undecided," Rep. Richard Neal, his colleague on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said in …
Democratic congressman Bill Pascrell has died at the age of 87. The New Jersey lawmaker served 28 years for the state's 9th congressional district in the House of Representatives and was hospitalized after an incident last week. The fierce Trump critic was the lower chamber's second-oldest member behind Democrat Grace Napolitano of Texas, who is also 87. Pascrell is the …
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” a statement posted on Pascrell’s X account said. President Joe …
It’s the second time this year a sitting New Jersey lawmaker has died in office. William James Pascrell Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1937, and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, the city founded by Alexander Hamilton that collapsed into poverty and violence with the end of industrialism. Mohamed T. Khairullah, New Jersey’s longest-serving Muslim mayor, ran against Pascrell …
