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Redistricting Deemed "Contrary To Law"
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- Created on Saturday, 28 January 2012 11:07
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What Was Old Is New Again - Redistricting Deemed "Contrary To Law"
In an unprecedented decision Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the reapportionment plan for State Legislative Districts, declaring that redrawn districts for the State House and State Senate were “contrary to law.”
In a 4-3 decision, the justices voted to send the plan back to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. The court also ordered that if a new plan cannot be adopted in time, the current district lines will be applied to the 2012 elections for the Pennsylvania Legislature. The order has shaken plans by candidates and parties for this year’s General Assembly races.
The plan had been opposed by State Senate Democrats and others, who argued that there was not sufficient reason to split counties and towns, and that decisions were overly driven by political considerations.
The high court will be releasing a full opinion in the coming weeks.
To read the order issued by the State Supreme Court, click here.
Wall Street traders and oil company executives
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- Created on Sunday, 01 May 2011 07:22
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Wall Street traders and oil company executives are raking it in. And working people are paying the price.
Food and oil prices, inflated by speculators, are hammering the middle class. Rising gas prices are expected to inflate Exxon Mobil Corp.’s profits by more than 50 percent.
Sen. Specter
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- Created on Saturday, 15 May 2010 06:47
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In the upcoming 2010 elections, the stakes could not be higher for union members in Pennsylvania. You, like so many other Americans across the United States, are concerned about jobs and the economy. That is why it is important to elect candidates with a demonstrated commitment to the working families of Pennsylvania. In the Pennsylvania Senate Primary Race, that candidate is Senator Arlen Specter.
Day 1
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- Created on Saturday, 08 January 2011 06:45
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John Boehner, the new speaker, promised the incoming House members of the 112th Congress on Wednesday to “give the government back to the American people.” But away from the camera, the chamber’s new Republican leadership is busy doing the opposite.
Sen. Arlen Specter
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- Created on Thursday, 26 March 2009 09:21
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Four years ago, Sen. Arlen Specter proudly signed on as a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act. Two years ago, he voted to allow a vote on the bill. Yesterday, he announced he will try to block the bill from even coming to a Senate vote.
Working family voters have always considered Specter a man of conscience, a senator with a mind of his own. Now it looks like pressure from Big Business and right-wing ideologues has shifted him from actively co-sponsoring a bill to actively blocking it from even getting a Senate vote.
I’m beyond disappointed in Sen. Specter and can only imagine how you feel.