Archive for July, 2010
NARAL endorsement of Trivedi underscores far-left fringe positions
By GERLACH FOR CONGRESS
(Glenmoore, PA) – Recently, the extremist National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) gave a ringing endorsement and a $5,000 contribution to left wing candidate Manan Trivedi in Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District. The endorsement by this radical group underscores Trivedi’s extreme positions, including his support for taxpayer funded abortions.
Trivedi made it clear he’s ready to spend taxpayer dollars on abortions despite record federal spending and a record $13 trillion debt. Back…
Full StoryBryan Lentz: A Rubber Stamp for Nancy Pelosi
By MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS
DREXEL HILL, PA – State legislator Bryan Lentz further confirmed that he will serve as a rubber stamp to policies supported by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she visited Philadelphia for an exclusive fundraiser to boost Lentz’ campaign for Congress.
“While Bryan Lentz will be rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi’s agenda in Congress, Pat Meehan will serve as a check and balance on some of the liberal policies being pushed through…
Full StorySestak to Toomey: Explain Concern about Unemployment Assistance While Supporting Bush Tax Cuts
By SESTAK FOR SENATE
MEDIA, PA – Last week, U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak wrote to his opponent, Congressman Pat Toomey, asking him to disavow the senseless comments about unemployed workers by Tom Corbett, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor. Congressman Toomey has been silent for more than a week since his November ballot partner “accused some jobless Pennsylvanians of choosing to collect unemployment checks rather than going back to work.”
Toomey’s ideological colleagues in the…
Full StoryToomey Calls on Sestak to Return Earmark-Tainted Contributions and to Sign the “No Pork” Pledge
By TOOMEY FOR SENATE
Allentown, PA – Today, at a press conference at Independence Hall National Park, U.S. Senate candidate and former small business owner Pat Toomey called on his opponent, Congressman Joe Sestak, to return campaign contributions he took in violation of his own earmark pledge and to sign Citizens Against Government Waste’s “No Pork” pledge.
According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week, Joe Sestak made a pledge on his campaign…
Full StoryKanjorski forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for his telemarketing campaign
By LOU BARLETTA FOR CONGRESS
Hazleton, PA – Earlier this month, 26-year incumbent Paul Kanjorski announced he would not hold any public town meetings. Instead, Kanjorski will use tax dollars to host tele-town meetings so he does not have to face his constituents.
Despite several requests, Kanjorski refuses to disclose how much these calls are costing the taxpayers or what voters he is targeting with these calls.
“Most self-respecting congressmen hold in-person town meetings to allow…
Full StoryWhat Tom Corbett’s Bad Week Says About The Governor’s Race
By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR
PITTSBURGH – One week ago today, Tom Corbett said the following:
“People don’t want to come back to work while they still have unemployment. They’re literally telling – I’ll come back to work when the unemployment runs out. That’s becoming a problem. The jobs are there, but if we keep extending unemployment the people are just gonna sit there and…I’ve literally had construction companies tell me, I can’t get people to…
Full StoryKeeping Score: Sestak Ad Complaint Rejected by All TV Stations
By TOOMEY FOR SENATE
Allentown, PA – Congressman Joe Sestak’s attempt to hide his liberal record and his support for Nancy Pelosi’s big-government agenda has failed miserably.
After a day of trying to convince television stations that an ad by the Chamber of Commerce misrepresents his record, all sixteen television stations are running the ad and the two Pittsburgh stations that had temporarily removed the ad are running them again – unchanged, as reported by…
Full StoryAt Jobs Center Where Corbett Insulted Unemployed, Onorato Blasts GOP Nominee As Out-Of-Touch
By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR
LANCASTER: A day after the latest official jobs figures showed that 591,000 Pennsylvanians are unemployed and looking for work, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato today met with job-seekers at the Lancaster CareerLink where Tom Corbett said in March that most unemployed Pennsylvanians would rather collect benefits than look for work.
“A Harrisburg insider like Tom Corbett who doesn’t even recognize the problems families are facing will never be able to offer…
Full StoryRasmussen: Corbett up 10 points
Republican Tom Corbett is still enjoying a double-digit lead in the race for governor, according to a new poll.
Money race in the 15th is a close one
Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan are still neck-and-neck in the fundraising game.
Dent raised about $307,000 in May and June, finishing last month with just over $1 million in the bank, according to pThe two have been locked in a close fundraising battle for months, after Callahan exceeded Dent’s haul in consecutive quarters./p
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