Why I support EFCA

Considering the responses we’ve received to

An ACORN opportunity for Corbett?

I meant to get to this yesterday. There was an interesting story about how Republicans wants Attorney General Tom Corbett to

Murtha: House and Senate Conferees Agree to Fund Retroactive Stop-Loss Compensation

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN MURTHA (D-12)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announced this evening that House and Senate Conferees of the fiscal year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations bill have agreed to provide $534.4 million in funding to compensate service members who were held under stop-loss orders since September 11, 2001.

Stop-loss is the involuntary extension of a service member’s active duty service beyond their…

PRESS RELEASE, KORTZ FOR U.S. SENATE

By BILL KORTZ FOR U.S. SENATE

Thursday, June 11, 2009-State Representative Bill Kortz (D) 38th, candidate for the U.S. Senate, spoke today at a rally for Single Payer Health Care held at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. The Representative received resounding applause from a crowd of over 200 supporters of the Health Care Plan as he spoke in support of it.

After careful review of the Obama-Biden plan, and a number of other proposals, Bill…

PA DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE REFORM TOWN HALL MEETING TODAY

By THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair T.J. Rooney Issues Statement After
President Obama’s First Health Care Reform Town Hall Today

HARRISBURG: After President Obama held a town hall meeting today in Green
Bay, WI to talk about the need for health care reform that controls costs,
protects choice, and makes quality, affordable health care available to
every American, PA Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney issued the
following…

Getting a head start, Saidel holds a fundraiser

Former Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel was one of the first people to signal his intention to run for Lieutenant Governor, and ever since then he’s been trying to get a head start on the race.

The momentum the Democrat hopes to build was on display Wednesday evening at a fundraiser he held at The Phildelphia Zoo. The Inquirer reports that Saidel pPhiladelphia City Council members Frank DiCicco, Bill Green and William Greenlee were all on hand, emThe Inquirer/em reports, as was state Senator Larry Farnese (D-Philadelphia) and Allegheny County Democratic Chairman Jim Burn./p
pSaidel is the a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/04/wanted-democrats-for-lt-gov/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fwanted-democrats-for-lt-gov%2F','only+Democrat')" target="_blank"only Democrat/a to signal he is definitely running for the second-ticket office, but numerous Rebpublicans are in the race. Scranton Mayor a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/05/after-an-electoral-sweep-doherty-eyes-higher-office/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fafter-an-electoral-sweep-doherty-eyes-higher-office%2F','Chris+Doherty')" target="_blank">Chris Doherty and Bucks County Democratic chairman

Attorney General Corbett urges consumers to be wary of cell phone scam messages and calls

By THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM CORBETT

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Tom Corbett urged consumers to be watchful for scam text messages or automated calls on their cell phones and urged consumers to never divulge personal information in response to an unsolicited message.

Corbett explained that the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has been receiving a steadily increasing number of complaints about unwanted cell phone text messages – often claiming to be from…

Rendell: Sestak leaving PA-7 would be ‘a little bit selfish’

Gov. Ed Rendell’s strong discouragement of Congressman Joe Sestak’s (D-7) likely Senate run continues.

Reiterating points he has made in recent television appearances and interviews, Rendell

Biden joins Specter in Pa. today

Vice President Joe Biden is in Carlisle today with Senator Arlen Specter to talk up President Obama’s economic stimulus package, according to the White House (hat tip to Early Returns).

Though not officially a campaign event, Specter has been relentless in talking up his support fo the stimulus package as he nears his first Democratic priamry. It will be his first chance to make that pitch with an administration official by his side.

Gov. Ed…

Pa. GOP wants Specter donors to ask for their money back

The Pennsylvania Republican Party has launched a Web site making it easier for financial supporters of Arlen Specter to ask the newly-Democratic Senator to return their money.

The site,