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Response to White House gun proposal, Allentown Mayor attends rollout
Call Washington BureauAllentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski urged Congress to have the "courage" to act on the gun control measures laid out by President Obama on Wednesday. Pawlowski attended the rollout event in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House where a...Tags: Charlie Dent, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Allentown
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Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If you've been around politics for a while, then you know how hard it is for politicians to break from the mold and occasionally swim upstream. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, it's been...... -
Friday Morning Coffee: The No. 1 Political Story of 2012.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Well, here it is, the moment that some of you have all been waiting for -- we've reached the No. 1 entry in our countdown of the Top Political Stories of 2012. So break out...... -
Chuck Hagel 'issues' raised by Toomey, Casey may stem from jingoistic attitudes
Both of Pennsylvania's U.S. senators, it was reported last week, "have issues" with former Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominated to be our next secretary of defense. The junior senator, Republican Pat Toomey, is from the Lehigh Valley and the senior senator,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Lobbying, Saudi Arabia
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Local farmers doubt milk prices will double
Daily American Staff WriterThe predictions are dire: milk prices doubling, dairy markets collapsing, family farms folding. These are the potential results of congressional inaction on a new federal farm bill and the impending "fiscal cliff." But according to Milford...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Friedens, Milford (Easton, Pennsylvania), Farms
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Toomey, Casey vote for fiscal cliff deal
Call Washington BureauIn the wee hours of the new year, Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators joined 87 of their colleagues to overwhelmingly approve a deal to avoid most of the fiscal cliff that haunted Congress and the nation's fragile economy and cast a shadow over the holiday...Tags: Productivity, Joe Biden, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Local U.S. Reps. vote to avert fiscal cliff
Call Washington BureauAfter a full day of will they, won't they, the U.S. House passed a bill late Tuesday night to avert the perilous fiscal cliff with the support of all of the region's lawmakers. Though most Republicans voted against (85-151) the measure to raise taxes on...Tags: Charlie Dent, U.S. Congress, Superman (fictional character), Parties and Movements, Mike Fitzpatrick
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Gun law changes face fight in Pa.
The Philadelphia InquirerAs Ron Jones lodged his shotgun against his shoulder Friday night, took aim and fired, a heaviness hung over the Lower Providence Rod & Gun Club’s weekly trapshoot in Montgomery County as thick as the smoke that belched from his firearm. Across...Tags: Hunting, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Metal and Mineral, Lobbying, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Senate honors Specter's life
Call Washington BureauWhen the U.S. Senate adjourned for the night Monday, they did so in honor of the late Arlen Specter. The Senate passed a resolution honoring Specter's life, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and co-signed by every senator. The resolution is a...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), U.S. Senate, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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Monday Morning Coffee: The Final Push --- the Battle for the 'Burbs.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We never thought we'd hear ourselves say this, but Pennsylvania, thank you for being the stick-in-the-mud, stuck-in-your-ways kind of state that's driven us batty for more than a decade. That's because the state's... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: It's Decision Day in Pennsylvania.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekPennsylvania’s reputation as one of the nation’s key electoral battlegrounds will be put to the test Tuesday as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney fight it out for the state’s 20 electoral votes and, each hopes, a trip to.... -
Bob Casey hits an AFSCME phone bank near Harrisburg.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekWith the clock ticking down to Election Day, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey spent part of his Monday night courting some of the voters who will count most for him on Tuesday: Union workers who were running a phone bank at......
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 20, 2012
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Dec 28, 2012
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Jan 17, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 29, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Jan 1, 2013
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Dec 23, 2012
|Story| Herald Mail
Dec 11, 2012
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Nov 5, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Nov 5, 2012
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