Berks Political News

News releases and media advisories from Rep. Caltagirone.

...the 9.7 percent unemployment rate. The bill was "necessary to continue to spur economic growth and create jobs," said Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). Unemployment benefits would provide relief to jobless Americans who would then use the aid and provide an econo

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A measure currently in committee in Tennessee's General Assembly would enable military spouses who transfer duty stations because of their co-spouse's military service to get unemployment benefits. Currently, Tennessee law views any separation in

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...to advocate for forcing Republicans into similar situations, rather than this cosmetic process of de facto filibusters. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said the meeting will also include some talk about messaging tactics that Democrats can employ to take on Repu

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...petitions was 5 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Department of State: • In the 16th Congressional District, Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts of Chester County and Democratic challenger Lois Herr of Elizabethtown are unopposed in their party primaries. •

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...Democratic Montgomery County Commissioner Ruth Damsker. Democrat Lois Herr is again challenging incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts for the 16th House District, which includes parts of Chester and Lancaster Counties. Contact staff writer Tom Infiel

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...physician Manan Trivedi, will face off. On the GOP side, Patrick Henry Sellers, a tea-party activist, is challenging incumbent Jim Gerlach. In the Seventh District, concentrated in Delaware and Chester Counties, Democratic State Rep. Bryan Lentz - the f

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...will carry the Democratic colors into the fall. And in the Schuylkill County-based 17th District, incumbent Democratic Tim Holden faces Sheila Dow-Ford. Among Republicans, it's between state Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, retired Marine Col. Frank Rya

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...was an active proponent of partial-birth abortion. In 2004, Sen. Santorum actively campaigned for radical abortion Sen. Arlen Specter instead of pro-life Congressman Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Sen. Specter, a left-wing Democrat, is a leading advocate f

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...Kerry (Mass.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Tom Udall (N.M.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Russ Feingold (Wis.). Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with the Democrats, also signed on as a co-sp

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...Choice and The Republican Majority For Choice. In 2004, Sen. Santorum actively campaigned for radical abortionist Sen. Arlen Specter instead of pro-life congressman Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Today, Sen. Specter, a left-wing Democrat, is a leading advo

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...it would be.” Frank Ryan (R), a businessman and retired Marine colonel, is making his second run this decade to try to win Rep. Tim Holden ’s (D-Pa.) seat. He said he learned a lot from his 2004 race, when he raised $861,000 with the help of Base Co

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...doesn't have the best track record when it comes to projecting the cost of new government programs, according to U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts. In 1967, government officials predicted that Medicare would cost the country $12 billion by 1990. The actual cost of

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...Specter said he has some “special insights” that he could share in the book, though he declined to go into detail. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is facing a challenging primary race, and perhaps an even more challenging general-election battle with f

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...position in the administration if he dropped out of the Senate race and left incumbent Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter alone. In Colorado, the Denver Post reported last fall that Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jim Messina “offered

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...Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched to the Democratic Party last year, is writing a book about his experiences. Specter, who wrote about his battle with Hodgkin's disease in 2008, was asked by reporters Monday whether he was thinking of writing another boo

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...commissioners said, and foremost amount them is legislation to help finish Route 219. The commissioners met Monday with Sen. Arlen Specter, Sen. Robert Casey and Rep. Bill Shuster and asked for $3 million. County commissioners said the money would be al

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: The Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy fears that prime conditions in the Great Plains will make the region's wind power too cheap to compete with. ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY Not many years ago, there wasn't enough wind power

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...is running against state Sen. Dave Argall, R-Schuylkill, in the May 18 primary. The winner faces Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Holden this fall. What Goes On. As befits a session week, there's a whole slew of prepackaged press events on offer this morning.

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...Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet of Colorado, Al Franken of Minnesota, Maria Cantwell

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