Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]

How Pa. voting on bill changed

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...were "overwhelmingly against" the bill. In the last few days, he said, "it was much more split, much more evenly divided." Rep. Chaka Fattah, a Philadelphia Democrat, cited new, higher unemployment numbers as underscoring the need to pass the bill. He

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Rep. Fattah: Justice Report Echoes Congressional Call for Special Prosecutor into Dismissal of U.S. Attorneys

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

...Michael Mukasey. Click here (www.house.gov/list/press/pa02_fattah030907.html) for the March 2007 press release from Congressman Fattah calling for a special investigator into the U.S. Attorney firings. Office of Congressman Chaka Fattah Debra Anderso

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Rep. Fattah: Justice Report Echoes Congressional Call for Special Prosecutor into Dismissal of U.S. Attorneys

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

...a year after Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice and Science, called for it, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey has appointed a Special Prosecutor to examine the removal of nine U.S.

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Local News

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

... Frank Rizzo and Bill Green, Cindy Bass with Chaka Fattahâ€™s office, State Senator LeAnna Washington, State Representative Cherelle Parker and Captain ...

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Rep. Fattah: Step Up FBI Probe of Mortgage Fraud

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

... financially uninformed and unsophisticated. I look forward to your positive response to this request. -0- Very truly yours, Chaka Fattah Member of Congress.

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Rep. Fattah: Step Up FBI Probe of Mortgage Fraud

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...to keep the mortgage industry free from infiltration of criminals who wanted to prey on those who were financially uninformed and unsophisticated. I look forward to your positive response to this request. Very truly yours, Chaka Fattah Member of Congre

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Rep. Fattah: Step Up FBI Probe of Mortgage Fraud

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535-0001 Very truly yours, Chaka Fattah Member of Congress Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce,

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New Rittenhouse Condos The Latest In Upscale Living

2008-09-21T00:00:00Z

More than 300 Philadelphians, including dignitaries like Mayor Michael A. Nutter, District Attorney Lynne Abraham, US Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-2nd, ...

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House OKs bill for the disabled

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., NJ). Joseph R. Pitts (R., Pa.) did not vote. ...

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House OKs bill for the disabled

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

...(R., N.J.). Voting against were Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), Michael N. Castle (R., Del.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., N.J.). Joseph R. Pitts (R.,

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As those inspired by mentor mourn, police seek his killers

2008-09-16T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Chaka Fattah, who founded GEAR UP in 1998, said in a statement that Leigertwood "was a young man who practiced what he preached - jump-starting and ...

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As those inspired by mentor mourn, police seek his killers

2008-09-16T00:00:00Z

...at the end of the previous school year he spent less time at Bartram, working out of school district headquarters. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, who founded GEAR UP in 1998, said in a statement that Leigertwood "was a young man who practiced what he preached

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Phila School employee killed in Yeadon

2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

...college scholarship money - up to $4,700 a year - if students stay in-state. Gear-Up, a program created by U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, is slated to expand to help students make it through their first year of college. The extra year was included in legislat

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Phila School employee killed in Yeadon

2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Gear-Up, a program created by US Rep. Chaka Fattah, is slated to expand to help students make it through their first year of college. ...

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Parade melds Labor Day, politics

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

While Republican presidential candidate John McCain was in Philadelphia yesterday meeting with Cardinal Justin Rigali, the annual labor parade of more than 5,000 union members and their families and supporters was a walking T-shirt rainbow of support

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Phila. celebrates Labor Day with parade

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Republican Adam Lang, 30, a computer network engineer from Brewerytown, handed out leaflets. He is challenging US Rep. Chaka Fattah for Congress. ...

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Lindsay Patterson, United Steelworkers

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

In some ways, Lindsay Patterson is the most ordinary of men. He grew up in a North Philadelphia working-class family, got a blue-collar job at an oil refinery and then left to run a neighborhood luncheonette. When that failed, he started working as a

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Lindsay Patterson, United Steelworkers: â€œMy job [in the campaign ...

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

John Kerry, Gov. Rendell, Mayor Nutter and Sen. Bob Casey. A big moment? Standing on stage between Rep. Chaka Fattah and actor Richard Roundtree. ...

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CN8 Airs Live, Nightly Broadcasts of Democratic and Republican ...

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

CN8's scheduled guests for the Democratic National Convention include: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; US Rep. Chaka Fattah; US Rep. ...

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Political Notebook: Destination Denver

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Renee Gilinger , the campaign manager for Larry Farnese for state Senate, and Mary Ellen Balchunis-Harris , a professor at La Salle University, were both given the honor of serving as pages. Balchunis-Harris was videotaping interviews for her

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