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Colbert vs NASA: Congressional ally
The Swampby Ben Meyerson Faux-pundit Stephen Colbert's fans are a notoriously active bunch, influencing everything from a Hungarian bridge to Wikipedia at the host's command. Colbert's latest effort aimed to put the Comedy Central host where no late-night funnyman...Tags: Satellite Technology, Entertainment, Government, The Colbert Report (tv program), Space Programs
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Friday Morning Coffee: Ex-Sen. Bob Mellow's Guilty Plea Delayed.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Another weekend is upon us and the forecast, at least here in the seat of power, is calling for some decidedly non-spring like weather. So that means only one thing -- creating your own party....... -
Monday Morning Coffee: Redistricting, Redux.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state House enters its final two days of voting sessions for the year today with essentially two tasks before it: To possibly pass a capital budget bill and to rustle up the votes to...... -
The Top 5 Political Stories Of 2011: No. 4 Maps and Legends.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Our countdown of the year's top political stories continues this morning with a geography lesson. Or, more specifically, a lesson about the inherently political nature of mapmaking in Pennsylvania. To quickly... -
Friday Morning Coffee: New Shale Bill Is Intrusive, Locals Say.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. And right on time, the reaction to the Marcellus shale impact fee kicked out of the House Finance Committee earlier this week is starting to filter in. Local officials are particularly honked off at language...... -
Obama on deficit talks: 'I have bent over backwards to work with the Republicans'
Top of the TicketIn 6,102 words Obama seeks to portray himself as the compromiser-in-chief on the stalemated deficit reduction talks.... -
Just three PA Dems vote to increase debt, all other PA lawmakers vote "no"
Pennsylvania Ave.Nearly every Pennsylvania lawmaker in the U.S. House Tuesday night bucked the White House's call for a clean debt limit increase, including the state's three Blue Dog Democrats Tim Holden, Jason Altmire and Mark Critz. The only Keystone Democrats to...... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: The Thursday Five.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In our long-ago days of youth, we'd spend our Sunday mornings poised over our Radio Shack boom-box, finger hovering over the record button as Kasey Kasem or Rick Dees counted down that week's Top 40...... -
Social media wrap: Michelle Obama's White House song and dance
Top of the TicketFirst Lady launches the first in a series of dance parties in the East Room of the White House as the Democrats get in line for the whole kabuki: The November mid-terms.... -
Mayors Pawlowski, Callahan among local contributors to Obama inauguration
Call Washington BureauThe mayors of Allentown and Bethlehem were among the thousands of individuals and corporations who donated a total of $43 million to President Obama's second inauguration. Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski contributed $300 and his wife, Lisa, gave $305....Tags: Charlie Dent, Allentown, John Callahan, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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Rep. Dent among top lawmakers in staff retention
Call Washington BureauIt appears Charlie Dent's staff is a loyal bunch. The Lehigh Valley congressman holds on to more of his congressional staff than all but one Pennsylvania lawmaker and nearly all of his U.S. House colleagues, according to a study by the Sunlight...Tags: Charlie Dent, Allyson Schwartz, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Dent, Schwartz among handful of lawmakers to support bipartisan budget plan
Call Washington BureauLocal area U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent, a Republican, and Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat, joined just 38 House members Wednesday night in support of a bipartisan budget modeled on the plan developed by a presidential commission chaired by former U.S. Sen....Tags: Charlie Dent, Parties and Movements, Politics, Bill Clinton, U.S. Senate
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