Commander ChrisCarney has returned from active duty blowing up things in Afghanistan by remote control to vote on the health insurance reform bill. He sent us an explaination of why he voted for the legislation: As you are all aware, Congress is currently considering historic health reform legislation. Recently, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care...
Josh Drobnyk , Washington correspondent for Tribune's The Morning Call has landed a gig with Rep. ChrisCarney (D-Pa.) Today is his last day at the paper. Drobnyk announced that he was moving on via email this morning: Friends in the fourth estate- I'm off to begin a new career Monday, working on the other side of the divide for U.S. Rep. ChrisCarney. It's been a great...
State Rep. Bryan Lentz, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 7th District, hires campaign manager who was integral to victories of U.S. Reps. Joe Sestak and ChrisCarney, both D-Pa.
Republican Snyder County Commissioner Malcolm Derk has expressed an interest in running for the Pennsylvania 10th US House of Representatives seat currently held by Democrat ChrisCarney. I talked with Derk over the weekend and he sure sounded like a candidate. He criticized Carney for calling himself a fiscally responsible Blue Dog Democrat who " hasn't walked the walk"...
... the Arizona Democrat from the most pro-McCain district who voted for the bill, Blue Dogs ChrisCarney (PA), Zack Space (OH) and Kathy Dahlkemper (PA), plus generally progressive Tom Perriello (VA) are the most vulnerable. Adam Blake at The Hill also looked at this today from a similar perspective, At Risk Democrats Defend Their Tough Votes On Health Care . Blake, though, started by...
I realize that whole “flip-flop as a slur” hilarity has kind of waned… but it is politics, and it will continue to happen. … and these Pennsylvanians have gone against their own words: ChrisCarney, Kathy Dahlkemper, Paul Kanjorski, John Murtha Says Andrew Moylan: Be sure to read through all of the quotes on the link above to see [...]
Why would twenty men with positive ratings on past votes from Planned Parenthood vote for the horrendous Stupak amendment? I have no idea. Democratic representatives Joe Baca, Zach Space, Ciro Rodriguez, and ChrisCarney all had 100% Planned Parenthood ratings, and they voted with Stupak, the Catholic Bishops, and all but one House Republican for a radical anti-choice measure. The Stupak...
I wrote earlier about the list of 69 Democrats who had expressed opposition to the health care bill at some point. Well, digging through the roll call vote records, I've compiled a list of people who appear to have gone back on their earlier statements. They are... Marion Berry (AR) Leonard Boswell (IA) Dennis Cardoza (CA) ChrisCarney (PA) Gerry Connolly (VA) Jim Cooper (TN) Jim Costa...
From www.twitter.com/capitol_ideas: Dept. of Full Disclosure: Our D.C. colleague, Josh Drobnyk, has moved on to become press guy for Rep. ChrisCarney, D-10th. Godspeed, Josh. I've read Josh's blog, Pennsylvania Avenue, since it's inception, and many of his Morning Call newspaper stories as well. He was accurate, approachable, and fair. His work will be missed and Carney is fortunate...
... Arcuri Henry CuellarChet Edwards Brad Ellsworth Paul Kanjorski Ann Kirkpatrick John BoccieriChrisCarney Steve Driehaus Bob Etheridge Marcy KapturDennis KucinichCiro RodriguezKurt Schrader Adam Smith Gary Peters Tom Perriello Call, fax or email these folks and tell them that the American people do not want this! Contact information can be found at http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml...
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