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Eaton calls contraception battle part of the 'War on Women'
Of The Morning CallDescribing it as a “war on women,” Democrat Jackson Eaton on Tuesday blasted Republicans – including Congressman Charlie Dent – for saying they would support giving religious institutions an out to providing health care coverage...Tags: Disease Prevention, Health Treatments, Lehigh County, Pregnancy and Childbirth, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rep. Dent challenger calls for earmark ban after federally funded plant closes
Of The Morning CallDemocratic congressional candidate Rick Daugherty called for a ban on federal earmarks Thursday and asked incumbent Republican Rep. Charlie Dent to investigate a 2009 grant to a company that is now closing its doors. Standing in the shadow of...Tags: Credit and Debt, Macungie, Companies and Corporations, Elections, Democratic Party
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Rep. Charlie Dent to endorse Romney for president
Call Washington BureauLehigh Valley Republican congressman Charlie Dent will endorse Mitt Romney for president at an event in Harrisburg Tuesday, sources confirm. Dent will make just the second Pennsylvanian to endorse the former Massachusetts governor in the 2012 presidential...Tags: Mitt Romney, Joseph B. Scarnati, Jim Gerlach, Glenn W. Thompson, Chris Christie
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Petitions filed for Pa. primary
Call Washington BureauThe four remaining Republican presidential candidates, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, and the five GOP Pa. Senate hopefuls, Sam Rohrer, Steve Welch, Tom Smith, Marc Scaringi and David Christian, filed the requisite number of...Tags: Mitt Romney, Tom Smith, Joe Sestak, Tim Holden, Scranton
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Reaction to Obama's budget proposal
Call Washington BureauPresident Barack Obama released his $3.8 trillion budget plan for fiscal year 2013 Monday morning and the reactions have been predictably partisan. His plan does not slice the nation's deficit below $1 trillion, as he'd promised to do by the end of his...Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Budgets and Budgeting, White House
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DCCC targets House Republicans on Medicare, including Dent, Fitzpatrick and Gerlach
Call Washington BureauAs U.S. House Republican Paul Ryan prepares to unveil a new budget plan Tuesday, the campaign arm for congressional Democrats have launched a preemptive strike against 41 House Republicans. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting...Tags: Government Health Care, Jim Gerlach, Ron Wyden, Politics, U.S. Senate
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Justice System
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Dent, Holden end of the year fundraising
Call Washington BureauRepublican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, who currently represents all of the Lehigh Valley, and Democrat U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, who after redistricting would represent parts of Northampton County, including Easton, each had more than $300,000 in their campaign...Tags: Federal Election Commission, Tim Holden, Primaries, Elections, Scranton
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Atiyeh, Zahorchak, Porkus among year's top newsmakers
I'm a little groggy after reading all those year-end lists, so you'll have to forgive me if my own look back at 2011's top events veers in and out of reality.
January: In a heartwarming "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" type moment, new Bucks County...Tags: Firearms, Super Bowl, Tom Corbett, Lehigh University, Executive Branch
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Toomey bill on fleecing is overdue
If the late U.S. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., could find a way to communicate with U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., he'd probably say: "What took you guys so long?"
As reported Wednesday in The Morning Call, Toomey, who is from the Lehigh Valley, is a...Tags: Jim Gerlach, Tim Holden, Thad Cochran, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Jan 31, 2012
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Feb 1, 2012
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Dec 1, 2011
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