Specter Flip-Flop Alert

By PAT TOOMEY FOR U.S. SENATE

Allentown, PA – Today, Arlen Specter announced that he is considering flip-flopping on Card Check yet again, saying the “prospects are good” for a compromise on the legislation.

In September of 2004, Senator Specter was the only Republican senator to co-sponsor Card Check (S. 1925), which would deprive workers of their right to a secret ballot election in the union organization process, and voted to advance Card Check in…

Specter says chances for card-check compromise are ‘pretty good’

Senator Arlen Specters said Thursday that the “prospects are pretty good” for a compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act, The Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Schwartz’s Green Jobs and Green Schools Initiatives Pass Congress

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN ALLYSON SCHWARTZ (D-13)

Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) helped to pass the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act. This innovative plan makes targeted investments to modernize, upgrade and repair school facilities across the country. According to projections by the Economic Policy Institute, construction funding in this bill will support as many as 136,000 new construction jobs, many in green work, providing workers valuable…

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Turning 60

By DOUG PIKE FOR CONGRESS

Dear Friends,

I’m not sure if you know this but I want to let you in on a little secret.  Today, May 14th, is my friend Doug’s 60th Birthday.  It’s also been 60 years that Democrats have been fighting for health care.

Doug was born in 1949 – the same year that Harry Truman urged Congress to act on health care.  Truman announced that his goal was “to enact a…

Toomey the moderate

It’s quite amazing that Pat Toomey is now trying to re-brand himself a moderate, only a couple months after he was much more comfortable as a darling of the conservative base. The positions he laid out in a

Mottola sticking with Specter

Republican media consultant Chris Mottola has confirmed widespread rumors that he is

Toomey Honored by Congressman Charlie Dent’s Endorsement

By PAT TOOMEY FOR U.S. SENATE

Allentown, PA – Pat Toomey released the following statement on receiving the endorsement of Rep. Charlie Dent (PA-15) for his candidacy for the U.S. Senate:

“I am honored to have Congressman Dent’s support and I look forward to him playing an important role in my campaign. Charlie Dent is a great leader in Pennsylvania and in Congress. His dedication to his constituents and his country, his compassion, and his…

Toomey gets GOP endorsements

Continuing to pLehigh County GOP Chairman William Platt a href="http://blogs.mcall.com/penn_ave/2009/05/platt-endorses-toomey-for-us-senate.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://blogs.mcall.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.mcall.com%2Fpenn_ave%2F2009%2F05%2Fplatt-endorses-toomey-for-us-senate.html','endorsed+Toomey+yesterday')" target="_blank"endorsed Toomey yesterday/a. Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) a href="http://blogs.mcall.com/penn_ave/2009/05/dent-endorses-toomey.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://blogs.mcall.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.mcall.com%2Fpenn_ave%2F2009%2F05%2Fdent-endorses-toomey.html','threw+his+support+behind+Toomey')" target="_blank">threw his support behind Toomey this morning. Both hail from Lehigh County, where Toomey was once a Congressman (hat tip to Pennsylvania Ave. on both endorsements).

The endorsements could signal that Republicans are getting anxious to line up behind a candidate.

Socialized medicine

Lately, the group Conservatives for Patients Rights has been launching ads against universal health care. They plan to spend $15-$20 million to defeat any health care proposal put forward.

Not only do I completely agree with CPR (Good Acronym Choice), they are spreading the right message. Instead of focusing on costs, they are focusing on the health care realities. They cite British and Canadian families who suffered on waiting lists, were denied tests, or even…