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Jillian Jorgensen

Jillian Jorgensen is a senior at Boston University, where she studies print journalism and political science. A Staten Island, N.Y., native, she has previously worked on the City Desk at the Boston Globe, contributing stories to the Metro section. She also has worked as an intern reporter at her hometown daily, the Staten Island Advance, and as a reporter and fact-checker for Boston University's independent student newspaper, The Daily Free Press. In Washington, she will intern at the Boston Globe's Washington bureau and report for the New Hampshire Union Leader. She looks forward to finding a full-time reporting job for a metropolitan daily somewhere on the east coast after graduating in May.

STORIES WRITTEN:

To those who know him, Gregg still being Gregg

WASHINGTON, April 23 —There are few senators with a high enough profile to be household names throughout the country. Sen. Judd Gregg has never been, and still is not, one of them.

But since last fall, the New Hampshire Republican has been getting more attention from his party and the media. That attention reached a crescendo with his 10-day stint as Obama’s second nominee for secretary of the Commerce Department, which ended with Gregg’s withdrawal of his name from consideration. 

Hodes: Bill would break link between earmarks, campaign money

WASHINGTON, April 22 —In an effort to remove “even the appearance of a conflict of interest” between congressional appropriations and campaign contributions, U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., introduced legislation Wednesday that he said would break the link between earmarks and campaign money. 

Hodes, Shea-Porter request $350 million in earmarks for N.H.

WASHINGTON, April 16 —New Hampshire’s congressional representatives are hoping to steer hundreds millions of federal dollars through the appropriations process and into the state to pay for projects ranging from environmental clean-up to development of military technology.  

Members of the House of Representatives posted their fiscal year 2010 appropriations requests for their home states this month, and U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes have requested more than $350 million between them for New Hampshire.  

Gregg offers a history lesson, jokes, and a failed amendment

WASHINGTON, March 31 – When it came time to introduce his latest amendment to the president’s proposed budget, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., and his Senate colleagues couldn’t resist cracking a few jokes.

What exactly are the perks for members of Congress?
WASHINGTON, March 24 —As Congress attempts to kick-start the struggling economy and scrutinizes the pay and bonuses of business executives, many New Hampshire residents may be wondering: How much money do their representatives in Washington make? And what kind of perks come along with their jobs?

Small-business owners ask Congress for help in credit crunch

WASHINGTON, March 19 —Mark Lane knows how to run a small business. He has run Coed Sportswear Inc., an imprinted apparel company in Newfields that supplies T-shirts to retailers, for 19 years, starting it just after graduating from business school. In 1995, President Bill Clinton presented him with the national Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the White House Rose Garden. 

But Thursday, Lane, who lives in Hampton Falls, returned to Washington to tell Congress he can no longer get credit to run his business.

Shaheen, Gregg attend White House health care summit

WASHINGTON, March 5 —President Barack Obama invited a group of lawmakers—including Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.—and  insurance, labor and medical officials to the White House Thursday to discuss how to reform the country’s health care system.

In questions to Bernanke, Gregg focuses on the long-term

WASHINGTON, March 3 — At Tuesday’s Senate Budget Committee hearing Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was grilled by most senators on the government bail-out of AIG. . But Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H, wanted to focus on entitlement reform and the long-term consequences of what he characterized as the massive government spending in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget.

New Hampshire delegation reacts to Obama's budget

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 – New Hampshire lawmakers divided sharply Thursday over President Barack Obama’s budget proposals for next year and for the long term.  

Delay sought in closure of Dover passport center; 300 jobs at stake

WASHINGTONFeb. 25 —Three members of Congress from New Hampshire petitioned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday to delay closing the National Passport Information Center in Dover because of a complaint of misconduct in awarding a contract that would move 300 jobs out of the state.

Gregg participates in White House summit on fiscal responsibility

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 – Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., was one of more than 120 members of Congress and economic experts attending a White House summit on fiscal responsibility Tuesday, where President Barack Obama announced plans to cut the federal deficit in half and reform entitlement programs days before he is set to unveil his proposed budget for the year.

Senate passes stimulus, Geithner announces bailout plans

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 —In an effort to turn around the nation’s struggling economy, the Senate passed its version of the$838 billion economic stimulus package Tuesday, while Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner announced plans for a new financial bailout program to rescue troubled banking institutions.

Sen. Shaheen settles in to her new job and temporary office

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 —In the vestibule of Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s temporary Senate office, things can get pretty crowded when visitors come to call. Recently as she walked through the door she ran right into a group of constituents from New Hampshire awaiting a meeting with a legislative aide.

Obama nominates Sen. Judd Gregg to be commerce secretary

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — Announcing the nomination of Sen. Judd Gregg to serve as commerce secretary Tuesday morning, President Barack Obama cited Gregg’s reputation for strict fiscal discipline and ability to work in a bi-partisan way to get things done as the reasons for his choice. 

Shaheen enthusiastic about children’s healthcare expansion

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 —The Senate was considering a bill Thursday evening that would reauthorize and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which senators said would make an additional 4 million children across the country eligible for government-paid health insurance.

Former Sen. Sununu offers bail-out suggestions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 —Former Sen. John E. Sununu, a member of the congressional oversight panel for the Troubled Assets Relief Program, offered some alternate recommendations for overhauling the nation’s economic regulatory system in a report released to Congress yesterday.

Gregg says Obama discussion 'substantive and free flowing'        

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27- Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., called Tuesday’s Capitol Hill meeting between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans a “substantive and free flowing discussion,” praising Obama’s presentation on the proposed $825 billion economic stimulus package, and saying he would not be “dogmatic” when it came to voting on the package.

Sen. Gregg calls for quick action on fiscal challenges

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 —Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., called for quick action Wednesday on the long-term fiscal challenges facing the nation as well as the short-term threats. Gregg spoke at the beginning of a Budget Committee hearing he co-chaired along with the panel’s chairman, Kent Conrad, D-N.D.

New Hampshire, South Carolina party at Grits and Granite Ball 

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 – What do grits and granite have in common? An unofficial inaugural ball, it turns out.  

The New Hampshire Democratic Party and the South Carolina Democratic Party partnered to throw the Grits and Granite Ball Tuesday night at the Officers' Club at Fort Myer, Va., celebrating the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Crowds converge on capital; some with tickets turned away

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 – Among the almost 2 million people who packed the nation’s capital for the swearing-in of President Barack H. Obama, New Hampshire residents could be found in most corners of the city: they were on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, on the grass of the National Mall, and on the congested city streets.

New Hampshire residents flock to the capital

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 --When she was young, Nicole Fellian was overjoyed when she was allowed to stay up late to watch the results of the 1992 election between Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. Now, 16 years later, the Hopkinton resident who stayed up late to watch the political process unfold will get to watch it firsthand at the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.

N.H. Episcopal Bishop delivers invocation at inaugural kick-off

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18–V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, led a crowd of hundreds of thousands in prayer at the opening concert of the presidential inauguration at the Lincoln Memorial Sunday, calling on a “God of our many understandings” to bless the country, its people, and its president and asking for unity.