Open Congress : News Articles for Jason Altmire

Mica's last hearing as T&I chairman - Senate announces committee members - Drugs, truckers' hair and the Teamsters - NHTSA proposes black box rule

2012-12-13T01:00:00Z

...form. Jerry Costello and Heath Shuler are retiring; Bob Filner was elected mayor of San Diego; Tim Holden, Russ Carnahan and Jason Altmire lost their primaries; Leonard Boswell and Laura Richardson lost in the general election; and Mazie Hirono was elec

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No One Wants A Bad Deal-- Including The Satanic Forces

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...• Bill Owens (NY-23) • Kathy Hochul (NY-26) • Brian Higgins (NY-27) • Mike McIntyre (NC-7) • Kurt Schrader (OR-5) • Jason Altmire (PA-4) • Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), Vice-Chair • Pedro Pierluisi (PR-At Large) • Jim Cooper (TN-05) • Ch

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Movers & Shakers: Shakeups at DEO, ethics commission

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...other economic issues). He will be based in Tampa, but will spend time in Tallahassee during session. Florida Blue hires Rep. Jason Altmire Former three-term Congressman Jason Altmire accepted a job as vice president of public policy and government affa

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Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...(R-AZ), Steve Rothman (D-NJ), Don Manzullo (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), and Sandy Adams (R-FL). Meanwhile, Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) became more vulnerable t

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More jobs to break poverty cycle

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...anyone care that U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire is accepting a job in Florida? It seems to me that this state should have tried to keep Mr. Altmire here for all the years he gave to Pennsylvania. Him leaving, just like so many of our young people, is a testame

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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Bolling refuses to endorse Cuccinelli—and the cat fud flies

2012-12-03T01:00:00Z

...to set us up for more gains in the future so that Klein will hopefully become irrelevant. • WATN?: I guess we can count Jason Altmire out for any possible comebacks: The Democratic congressman, who lost in a primary against fellow Rep. Mark Critz earl

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Pa. wind power depends on tax credit

2012-12-03T01:00:00Z

...to raise public awareness and spur congressional action before the credit expires at the end of the year. U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, in a speech Friday in Washington, D.C., urged his colleagues to support the production tax credit because it

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Fake Republican Immigration "Reform?"

2012-12-02T01:00:00Z

...Americans and making sure we have these skills right here at home. These were the Democrats who voted for the GOP bill: Jason Altmire (lame duck Blue Dog/New Dem-PA) John Barrow (Blue Dog/New Dem-GA) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Leonard Boswell (lame duck Blu

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Israeli Strategy Sinking The DCCC Again?

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...Dem-NC)- 32.81 Ben Chandler (Blue Dog-KY)- 32.58-- defeated Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX)- 31.06 Jim Costa (Blue Dog-CA)- 24.61 Jason Altmire (Blue Dog-PA)- 24.37-- defeated in primary John Barrow (Blue Dog-GA)- 24.12 Joe Donnelly (Blue Dog-IN)- 23.60-- i

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Congress: 'Outrageous!' 'Ridiculous!' 'Unreasonable!'

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...and women headed for or likely headed for K Street or lobbying jobs, including Reps. Heath Shuler (D-NC), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Mary Bono-Mack (R-CA), Connie Mack (R-FL), Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX), ex-Sen. George Allen (R-VA), Sen. Ben

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Ex-lawmakers head to K Street

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will join Duke Energy early next year as senior vice president of federal affairs. Rep. Jason Altmire, a Pennsylvania Democrat who lost his primary, is joining insurer Florida Blue as a government affairs executive. Rep. Geoff

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Altmire accepts job in Fla.

2012-11-29T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Jason Altmire, who lost a bid this year for a fourth term in Congress, has taken a job with a Blue Cross and Blue Shield company in Florida. Altmire, a Democrat from McCandless, has been hired as a senior vice president for public policy, governmen

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Altmire takes job with Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Florida

2012-11-28T01:00:00Z

...Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, is heading back to the lobbying world, taking a position with Florida Blue, the Sunshine State's Blue Cross and Blue Shield operation, as senior vice president for public policy, government and community affairs. "Serving th

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Jason Altmire to join Florida Blue as exec

2012-11-28T01:00:00Z

...media. Contact him at pgough@bizjournals.com or (412) 208-3827. You can also follow him on Twitter. Outgoing U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless Township, has a job lined up as an executive for Florida Blue after leaving Congress in early January. Alt

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Library accolade

2012-11-22T01:00:00Z

...National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Shaler North Hills Library in a White House ceremony last week. U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, left, was also on hand while the award was accepted by community member Janet Miller and Shaler North Hills Library

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Blue Dogs Are Dwindling

2012-11-16T01:00:00Z

...these new faces will lead to more favorable policies out of Congress. No longer will they have to deal with the likes of Rep. Jason Altmire, who voted against Obamacare and lost in this year's primary, or the rest of the Blue Dogs whose opposition kept

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People on the Move

2012-11-16T01:00:00Z

...has been hired as a legislative assistant for Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. Haladay was a legislative assistant for Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa. He has worked as a senior legislative correspondent and as a press assistant to Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md. H

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Obamacare's Toll on Medical Innovation

2012-11-15T01:00:00Z

...by 16 percent and disabilities among the elderly by 25 percent, Representative Erik Paulsen (R., Minn.) and Representative Jason Altmire (D., Pa.) reported earlier this year. But if companies have to worry about making ends meet, they’ll be less able

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Rothfus off to fast start as congressman-elect

2012-11-14T01:00:00Z

...people and assure them he will pay attention to constituentsâ needs. He walked in the Veterans Day parade with outgoing Rep. Jason Altmire, a McCandless Democrat who lost to Critz in the April primary. Rothfus said heâs confident that Pennsylvaniaâs

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Rothfus eager to represent 12th Congressional District

2012-11-08T01:00:00Z

...that the district will be a Pittsburgh district. We have some work to do." But Rothfus promises to work with Critz and Jason Altmire, who represented the fourth district before most of it combined with the 12th. That's when Altmire's seat was effectivel

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