Toomey ‘Happy’ to Have the Support of Adult Website Operator Harrisburg, PA – Following a report from the Associated Press, PA Vote 2010 asked Pat Toomey why he hadn’t returned contributions from the adult entertainment industry despite receiving support from several Pennsylvanians because of his ‘family values.’ “Pat Toomey has taken over $1.6 million from […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Arlen Specter (D-PA) applauded the announcement that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3.8 million to three organizations in Pennsylvania to continue the state’s success and innovation under the Weatherization Assistance Program. These funds were made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA). “The federal funding that […]
In his Senate race against Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey is using a favorite GOP issue: taxes. In an ad, Toomey charges that “Joe Sestak … even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die.”
Endorses Candidacy at Event in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Calling him a principled and independent leader who will always do what’s right regardless of partisan politics, former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel endorsed Joe Sestak in his bid for the U.S. Senate today. Speaking in front of the Point of View Statue in downtown Pittsburgh, the […]
Taxes increasingly occupy the national mind. Should we raise them, lower them, let them alone, or just talk about them? Certainly we are doing enough of the latter.
Harrisburg Republican’s sole career budget vote was to hike property taxes by 20% SHALER: Even as he is promising millions of dollars in new spending, Tom Corbett is running for Governor on a “no new taxes” pledge. But the one time he was responsible for enacting a budget, Corbett cast the deciding vote in favor […]
Read the story here. Washington, D.C. – A team led by The Pennsylvania State University will receive up to $122 million over the next five years from the Department of Energy to establish an Energy Innovation Hub focused on developing technologies to make buildings more energy efficient. The Energy Innovation Hub will be located at […]
Twenty-two years ago, Tom Corbett voted for a 20 percent property tax increase as a commissioner in Shaler, which should raise questions about the Republican’s ability to balance the state’s $28 billion budget, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato argued today.
Read the story here. Pennsylvania once again has lost its bid to win as much as $400 million in Race to the Top money for education. The U.S. Department of Education today announced 10 winners: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. The amounts range […]