PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-02) today announced the awarding of $844,176 in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) to four new affordable housing projects in the city. The grants, made under FHLBank’s Affordable Housing Program (AHP), will help provide much-needed housing to seniors, the homeless, individuals recovering from substance abuse...
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (most of last week's votes had to do with health care, which I realize I've posted on ad nauseum already - the vote to begin debate in the Senate happens tomorrow evening). House Democrats' health bill . Voting 220-215, the House passed a bill (HR 3962)]...
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: All right, fair and balanced now, back to that new report which states health care costs will rise under the House bill, maybe by nearly $300 billion. My next guest voted for the bill. Knowing this, would he have voted any differently? Let's ask Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee. Congressman, always good having you. Thanks for coming....
As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (another slow week). House Extended jobless benefits . Voting 403-12, the House sent President Obama a bill (HR 3548) that would provide 20 more weeks of jobless checks for those whose allotments have expired or soon will expire and who live in states...
In case you're wondering which Pennsylvania members of Congress supported the Pelosi Health Care Bill, which will raise taxes and put your family's current health care coverage at risk, see the list below. Robert Brady (D-PA-1) Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2) Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA-3) Joe Sestak (D-PA-7) Patrick Murphy (D-PA-8) Christopher Carney (D-PA-10) John Murtha (D-PA-12) Paul Kanjorski (D-PA-11) Allyson...
In case you're wondering which Pennsylvania members of Congress supported the Pelosi Health Care Bill, which will raise taxes and put your family's current health care coverage at risk, see the list below. If you see any of the names on a ballot next May or November, vote for the other person: Robert Brady (D-PA-1) Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2) Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA-3) Joe Sestak (D-PA-7) Patrick Murphy (D-PA-8)...
On a party line vote with one RINO in favor, the Neo-com Democrats pass PelosiCare (the House version of Obamacare). Here are the miscreants that will rob the elderly of medicare and create a death panel so they wont need medicare: From the NY Times Voted YEA Neil Abercrombie D HI-1 Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5 Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1 Michael Arcuri D NY-24 Xavier Becerra D CA-31 Howard L. Berman D CA-28...
As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (and I also posted some videos here ; not really able to do much more at the moment). House Interior Department budget . Voting 247-178, the House approved the conference report on a bill (HR 2996) to appropriate $32.2 billion for the Department of the...
Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Urban Caucus, issues the following statement on the eve of Saturday's scheduled vote on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act:
As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (and I also posted here ). (By the way, this is another slow week - I've got just about nuthin' here.) House Coast Guard budget . Voting 385-11, the House passed a bill (HR 3619) authorizing $10 billion for the Coast Guard in fiscal 2010, about two-thirds...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) releases the following statement upon the announcement by the White House that PECO Energy Company will receive a $200 million grant for Smart Energy Grid technology from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (and I also posted here ). I only have a comment on one item this week, by the way, and more or less an observation on another. House Homeland Security budget . Voting 307-114, the House approved the conference report on a $44.1 billion Department of...
Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Urban Caucus, told the nation's leading urban-market venture capitalists that investing in minority communities in the United States is smart business as well as a route to national economic recovery. Fattah is the keynote speaker at tonight's banquet and gala of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC), which...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Urban Caucus, told the nation's leading urban-market venture capitalists that investing in minority communities in the United States is smart business as well as a route to national economic recovery.
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