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Pennsylvania: U.s. Senate

October 28, 2009 - 01:31 pm
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Onorato promises to veto any opt-out of Public Option if he's Governor

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

From an email from Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Executive and PA gubernatorial candidate:
Dear friends:

On Monday, the U.S. Senate announced that its most recent healthcare bill includes a provision that allows states to choose whether or not to offer a "public option." Basically, states will be able to decide whether or not to offer their residents access to low-cost health insurance.

As Governor, I will veto any effort by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to "opt out" of the public option.

It is critical for Pennsylvania's employers and workers that we help lower healthcare costs. I believe that the proposed public option will help expand competition and reduce prices while maintaining our current fee-for-service system.

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July 21, 2009 - 06:23 am
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Teh Birther Crazie Continues

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

Mike Castle is a moderate Republican (I thought they'd all been purged from the GOP by now - you live and learn) from Delaware. Former Governor and current House Representative from Delaware.

He got booed in his own state for declaring that President Obama is a US Citizen. The Washington Independent has the story:

A little evidence that [the birther] conspiracy theory is showing up in uncomfortable situations for Republicans: Here’s Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), a moderate Republican who hasn’t announced whether he’s running for re-election or for the U.S. Senate next year, at a town hall meeting earlier this month.

A woman gets up, holding a baggie containing her birth certificate, and unleashes a rambling, minute-long tirade tirade about how the president is a “citizen of Kenya.

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June 10, 2009 - 04:43 am
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Rally For Single-payer Healthcare in Harrisburg Tomorrow

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

WHAT: Rally For Single-payer Healthcare
WHEN: June 11, 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
WHERE: The Capitol Steps, 100 North Third Street, Harrisburg PA
WHY: Fill the Capitol Steps to let Legislators know that you favor passage of single-payer legislation (HB 1660 and SB 400).
RSVP: https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=568285

Entertainment (begins at 11 AM):
Anne Feeney (Unionmaid, hellraiser, and labor singer)
Mike Stout (The World’s Grievance Man)

Confirmed Speakers (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM):
Lorenzo Canizares (Board Member, Keystone Progress)
Patty Eakin (President, Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and
Allied Professionals/PASNAP)
David Fillman (Executive Director, AFSCME Council 13 – the largest
union local in Pennsylvania)
Jeff Garis (Penn Action)
Bill George (President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO)
Janice Horn (Healthcare Specialist, Pennsylvania League of Women Voters)
Tom P.

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March 3, 2009 - 10:47 am
NEWS FEED: GrassrootsPA

MEAKEM WILL NOT RUN FOR SENATE…

By GrassrootsPA

***MEAKEM WILL NOT RUN FOR SENATE***
Meakem and Allegheny County GOP Chairman Jim Roddey starting PAC separate from the party’s…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (3/03/09)
CONTACT: Nathan Bowers
Tel: (412) 749-5720
Email: nbowers@meakem.com
Meakem Will Not Run for Senate: Says Endorsement Likely Within Weeks
Pittsburgh entrepreneur Glen Meakem announced today that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by [...]

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February 14, 2009 - 03:01 am
NEWS FEED: Philly.com

Corzine says bailout is no panacea

TRENTON - The federal stimulus package is expected to bring New Jersey more than $5 billion for education aid, infrastructure improvements, support for the state budget and Medicaid, according to estimates by U.S. Senate and House committees.

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Wed, 04/16/2008 - 11:07

Will Matthews play Hardball with Specter in 2010?

By Zach Silber

The rumor mill is in full force this week over the possibility that television host and Philadelphia native Chris Matthews will mount a 2010 U.S. Senate challenge against Republican Sen. Arlen Specter.

Appearing Monday night on The Colbert Report at the University of Pennsylvania, Matthews, who hosts MSNBC’s Hardball, when pressed by Colbert for an announcement responded, “Some kids want to be a fireman, I want to be a Senator.”

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Wed, 04/16/2008 - 07:10

Specter's Hodgkin's disease returns

By Michael Grass, Politicker.com Editor

After a routine chest and abdomen scan and a follow-up biopsy of a suspicious lymph node, doctors have determined that U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's Hodgkin's disease has returned, albeit at a "significantly less advanced" stage, according to a statement released Tuesday evening by the office of Pennsylvania's senior senator.

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