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Pennsylvania: Mike Doyle

November 7, 2009 - 11:42 pm
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Health Care Reform Bill Passes in the House -- Blue Dogs, Republicans and Spineless Dems Throw Women Under the Bus

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

The Stupak Amendment to the Health Care Reform bill in the House of Representatives passed with 240 yeas, 194 nays and 1 present vote.

What does that mean?

It means that women have been singled out to be the only class of people to actually lose coverage under the HCR bill.

While Rep. Bart Stupak (D, He-Man-Women-Haters-Club) claimed that the his amendment would just ensure that no federal funds would pay for abortion, that is just a BIG FAT LIE. There is already the Hyde Amendment which says no Federal funds can be used to pay for abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or life of the woman.

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September 8, 2009 - 09:15 am
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ACTION ALERT: Call Your Member of Congress

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

From Firedoglake:
Do you have 3 minutes this morning?

I need you to call your member of Congress this morning and ask them to oppose any health care plan without a strong public option.

Call this number and ask to speak with your Representative: (202) 224-3121

Why is this so urgent?

Over the weekend, Max Baucus, the Senate "Democrat" holding up health care reform for the insurance industry, came out with his health care reform plan. Frankly, it's garbage - no public option, no big reforms.

Baucus's bill actually forces low- to middle-income American to buy "junk" insurance they can't afford to use, amounting to a giant transfer of wealth to the insurance industry.

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September 1, 2009 - 06:49 pm
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Tomorrow is Health Care Reform Day in Pittsburgh!

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

Flagstaff Hill Becomes Health Care Reform Hill

There's both a rally and a vigil tomorrow for health care reform tomorrow.

"Health Insurance Reform Now" Bus Tour Stop
Where: Schenley Park (Flagstaff Hill), 4532 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
When: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, Doors Open: 11:00 AM, Start Time: 12:00 PM

Speakers include Congressman Mike Doyle and Organizing for America Deputy Director Jeremy Bird -- and OfA will present thousands of Pennsylvanians' declarations of support for reform. RSVP here.

We Can't Afford to Wait Vigil
Where: Schenley Park (Flagstaff Hill), 1 Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
When: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 7:30 PM

"We're organizing vigils across the country for everyone who is suffering under our broken health care system.

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July 16, 2009 - 06:01 am
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The Family's Local Connection

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

Last night on Rachel Maddow:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Here's the piece she mentions from the Chattanooga Times Free Press. It begins:
For a dozen years, a three-story, brick rowhouse near the U.S. Capitol has served as the Washington home and spiritual sanctuary for the likes of U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., along with a number of other Christian conservative politicians.

But the sex scandals of U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford have thrust the home known as the C Street Center, its residents and the secretive Fellowship Foundation, a conservative Christian group with ties to the center, into the national limelight.

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May 2, 2009 - 04:02 pm
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Mike Doyle and the American Energy Alliance

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

Thinkprogress.org is reporting that an organization calling itself the American Energy Alliance is airing some radio ads in the home districts of some Democrats in order to pressure them into voting against the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill.

Before we proceed further, let's give a listen to the ad:

The members of Congress targetted:

  • John Barrow (D-GA)
  • G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
  • Mike Doyle (D-PA)
  • Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
  • Baron Hill (D-IN)
  • Jim Matheson (D-UT)
  • Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
  • Tim Murphy (R-PA)
  • Mike Ross (D-AR)
  • Betty Sutton (D-OH)

The text can be found here.

As I am in Congressman Doyle's district, I contacted him for a comment. Here it is:
I've been working for months with Chairman Waxman and Chairman Markey to put together a plan that will halt global warming and create American jobs, and I think we're pretty close to completing a package that can be approved by a majority of Members in both the Committee and the full House.

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January 29, 2009 - 09:16 pm
NEWS FEED: GrassrootsPA

President Obama endorses the Black & Gold…

By Chris

President Obama endorses the Black & Gold…

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Wed, 06/04/2008 - 10:37

Doyle endorses Obama

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

One uncommitted superdelegate down, two more to go.

U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Forrest Hills) announced this afternoon he will endorse U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president -- a day after Obama clinched enough delegates to secure the nomination.

U.S. Reps. Jason Altmire (D-Wexford) and Tim Holden (D-St. Clair) still remain uncommitted.

Obama has clearly clinched the nomination even if Clinton has not conceded, Doyle said.

"There's no question about it,"  Doyle told PolitickerPa.

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Wed, 06/04/2008 - 10:13

State party backing Obama; other uncommitted delegates still on fence

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The Pa. state party has hopped off the fence and thrown its support behind Barack Obama before Hillary Clinton declines drops out of the race.

The party's stance hasn't changed, said spokesman Abe Amoros. It has continually said whoever emerges victorious would receive the party's full support, Amoros said.

Asked if the senator from Illinois had won, Amoros said, "That's apparent to probably everyone that's breathing on the planet at this point."

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