U.S. Rep. Tim Holden was inducted Thursday into the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Hall of Fame at Fort Indiantown Gap along with retired Brig. Gen. Dennis T. Guise.
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Hazleton Standard Speaker: [Holden] inducted into state military hall of fame
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010PoliticsPA: Congressman Holden backs Wagner
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010“Jack has the right plan for job creation and economic development at a time when Pennsylvanians are facing fiscal challenges,” Holden said in a statement. “He is a proven and trusted friend that my district and all Pennsylvanians can count on.”
PoliticsPA: Holden with $850k on hand after raising $283k in 1Q
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010If these numbers keep up, Tim Holden will have a huge early financial edge over any GOP foe in the fall.
PoliticsPA: Palin targets 20 Dems, including Dahlkemper and Carney
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010In a recent post on the former Alaska Governor’s Facebook fan page, Sarah Palin labeled 20 Democrat-held congressional districts for her supporters to target in the 2010 midterm elections. All 20 districts, including Pennsylvania’s 3rd and 10th (represented by Kathy Dahlkemper and Chris Carney, respectively), were carried by the McCain-Palin ticket in 2008.
PoliticsPA’s Weekly Primer: 3/22 Edition
Monday, March 22nd, 2010In this week’s Primer, two Pa. Dems vote against health care reform and AG Tom Corbett gets antsy for a “guilty” verdict.
Holden indicates he won’t support health care bill, again
Thursday, March 11th, 2010“I will not vote for the Senate bill,” Holden said. “It makes significant cuts to Medicare and Medicaid … and the restrictions on (federal funding for) abortion are not as strong.”
Tim Holden goes on a beer run for Obama … really
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Pa., will stop at the Pottsville, Pa., brewery Tuesday for a case of Yuengling to be delivered to the White House – at the request of fifth-generation owner Dick Yuengling himself.
Democrats campaign from the middle at midterm
Monday, March 1st, 2010In this midterm election of discontent, many Democrats in competitive House districts are finding that the middle of the road is a good place to be. They can cite their votes against President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) as proof that they are independent thinkers, backed up by two nonpartisan studies of important 2009 roll calls.
PoliticsPA: Holden gets Democratic challenger
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010HARRISBURG — A public policy advocate said Tuesday she will challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Holden in a Democratic primary this year, saying the longtime 17th District incumbent’s “no” vote on health care last year shows he no longer is in touch with the needs of many of his constituents.
“I’ve thought long and hard about this,” said Sheila Dow-Ford, who runs a small consulting firm in the city. “I’m in.”
PoliticsPA: Pay-raise activists keep after Argall
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Just weeks into the Republican state senator’s campaign against Democratic incumbent Tim Holden, a small but active group of citizen-reformers have made it clear they will hinder Argall’s candidacy until November because he helped engineer the pay hike. At the time, Argall was a member of House Republican leadership.
The latest example came Tuesday, when Eric Epstein, founder of the government-reform group RockTheCapital, issued a press release saying Argall received $10,200 in “per-diem” payments from March to September of last year. Lawmakers receive the payments when they attend a session or committee meeting in the Capitol.
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By Commonwealth Foundation - Dan Onorato's Natural Gas Tax
[...] Candidate Dan Onorato held a press conference yesterday announcing he supports a tax on natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania ...
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By Wyoming Valley Moderate
Interesting that Barletta was given an award by Rendell for fiscal responsibilty and that he was voted best mayor in ...
By Christine Brothers
A candidate who is profife has my vote. Secondly, as a teacher, I will consider a candiate who will ...