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One Vote Matters

May 13th, 2008

Halt! No Oil Goes There!

Today the Senate voted 97 to 1 to “tell” President Bush to halt the shipping of crude oil to the Strategic Oil Reserve.  
Senators Clinton and Obama took time off from the campaign trail to vote “yea.” Senator McCain was not present.
The measure was added as an amendment to an existing bill on flood insurance […]

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April 24th, 2008

Can’t Buy Me Votes.

Image details: Banknotes and coins in a jar served by picapp.com
At least not in Central PA.
The 12 man race for the PA 5th district is now down to 2.
And those who were victorious were those who stayed out of the muck and, apparently, out of the bank.
Republican health care professional, Glenn Thompson, beat out big […]

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April 20th, 2008

“This Video is going to put an end to…”

Just a quick update on the race for the PA 5th. On April 17th (last Thursday), charges were filed against Candidate Derek Walker (the one who raised the most private contributions). Mr. Walker is accused of unlawfully entering the apartment of a former girlfriend and taping her in an intimate moment with another […]

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April 19th, 2008

THE primary election in Pennsylvania…

isn’t being fought out by nationally recognizable candidates.
It’s going on in “small town” (wink) Central Pennsylvania, where the Republican primary for the 5th congressional district boasts nine (9) candidates (there are an additional 3 vying for the nomination on the Democrat side). The field includes a mayor, former and active county officials, businessmen and […]

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