Scotch Plains

  • Congressman Ferguson voted to provide Scotch Plains-Fanwood public schools with more than $204,000 in federal elementary and secondary education aid in fiscal year 2007. Congressman Ferguson has voted to increase federal education funding for New Jersey schools by more than 33 percent since 2001.

  • The Scotch Plains Fire Department received a $117,360 first-responder grant from the Homeland Security Department to purchase new safety equipment for the firefighters.

  • Congressman Ferguson secured $90,000 for the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. The center provides home care and hospice services for terminally ill patients, and counseling for their families.

  • Congressman Ferguson voted to reduce taxes for Scotch Plains residents, including doubling the child tax credit to $1,000, reducing the marriage penalty faced by two-income families, making college expenses tax deductible, reducing taxes on capital gains and dividends, and reducing all tax brackets to benefit every worker in Scotch Plains.





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