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July 22, 2008 Fattah's Student Aid Plan to Grow
22--WASHINGTON -- A program created by US Rep. Chaka Fattah to help low-income students get into college will soon be expanded to help students make it ...
July 15, 2008 PROGRESS IN THE PARK
Bob Casey and Rep. Chaka Fattah that the park's evolving Centennial District could get $45 million kept the momentum going. So now, three years after the ...
July 15, 2008 Without a challenger, Fattah still brings in PAC money
By Dan Hirschhorn US Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Philadelphia) collected $26000 in contributions for his re-election during the second quarter, ...
July 09, 2008 Statement By the US Conference of Mayors President Miami Mayor ...
We also commend House Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Pete Visclosky, Representative Chaka Fattah, and Members of the entire House Appropriations ...
July 08, 2008 Casey, Fattah Offer Bill To Aid Fairmount Park's Centennial District
and Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) announced yesterday their sponsorship of legislation to appropriate $45 million over five years for the revitalization of ...
July 07, 2008 More than just a game
Created by US Rep. Chaka Fattah, (D., Pa.), the program has awarded $21.3 million in scholarships to 10000 public, charter, parochial and private high ...
July 03, 2008 Briefly... CITY/REGION
US Rep. Chaka Fattah has announced that the US Department of Education has awarded a six-year, $18 million matching grant to launch low-income students on ...
July 01, 2008 Reactions mixed as US Supreme Court upholds individual's right to ...
US Rep. Chaka Fattah, who was a lead sponsor of an Amicus Brief by Congress members supporting the Washington DC handgun ban, released a statement after the ...
July 01, 2008 A NEW CALL TO THE POWER OF CITIES
... Pelosi resurrected the bipartisan Congressional Urban Caucus after years of dormancy and named Philadelphia's own US Rep. Chaka Fattah as its chair. ...
June 28, 2008 Philadelphia scholarship endowment has $5 million
... has $5 million and aims to get up to $200 million so future generations of Philadelphians can afford higher education, US Rep. Chaka Fattah said Friday. ...
June 27, 2008 Phila. scholarship endowment has $5 million
But Rep. Chaka Fattah says that's not enough. He told a group of high school graduates Friday that he wants to grow the endowment to $200 million so the ...
June 27, 2008 'Goods for Guns' program still on
... Philadelphia Safety Net's Ray Jones and Solomon Jones of US Rep. Chaka Fattah's office in announcing the continuation of the "Goods for Guns" program, ...
June 27, 2008 Philadelphia scholarship endowment has $5 million
... has $5 million and aims to get up to $200 million so future generations of Philadelphians can afford higher education, US Rep. Chaka Fattah said Friday. ...
June 26, 2008 Urban Caucus Leaders Fattah and Turner Cite Funding Progress on ...
Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and Caucus Vice Chairman Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH). The House Appropriations Committee approved $295 million for Energy Efficiency and ...
June 25, 2008 Urban Caucus Leaders Fattah and Turner Cite Funding Progress on ...
Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and Caucus Vice Chairman Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH). The House Appropriations Committee approved $295 million for Energy Efficiency and ...
June 22, 2008 Rep. Fattah Offers Nationâs Mayors Good News On Energy Efficiency ...
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, will be notifying the nationâs mayors of an important ...
June 22, 2008 Rep. Fattah Offers Nation's Mayors Good News On Energy Efficiency ...
MIAMI â Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, will be notifying the nation's mayors of an important first step toward ...
June 20, 2008 Rep. Fattah to Address Nationâs Mayors on Energy Efficiency Grants ...
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, will be notifying the nationâs mayors on progress ...
June 19, 2008 Republican Challenger Backs Out of Race
Cheltenham resident Michael Livingston knew going in that he had little chance of unseating US Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-District 2). He just imagined that he'd ...
June 18, 2008 Dan Gross: Tolly's contract not renewed
Roundtree is a breast-cancer survivor. Last year the actor campaigned here for US Rep. Chaka Fattah's mayoral bid. He was also here in "Whatever She Wants" ...
June 17, 2008 Obama, Bill Clinton to address mayors in Miami
Bill Nelson, D-FL; US Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-PA, chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus; US Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-IL; Florida Gov. ...
June 17, 2008 Annette John-Hall: Food and more, now close by
Rendell, State Rep. Dwight Evans, US Rep. Chaka Fattah and City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. - have worked hard since then to make the area more appealing ...
June 16, 2008 Stu Bykofsky: Comedy, charity & public servants who hold back
Republican challenger Mike Livingston quit the race and Democratic incumbent Chaka Fattah quit the show - in which he'd appeared in the past - sending word ...
June 14, 2008 Tim Russert, giant of DC journalism, dies
But this is the big leagues. If you can't answer a tough question, you can't make a tough decision." "He was always tough," Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa. ...
June 14, 2008 Tim Russert, giant of DC journalism, dies
But this is the big leagues. If you can't answer a tough question, you can't make a tough decision." "He was always tough," Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa. ...
June 13, 2008 Clout: Ask, and you shall wish you didn't
Except he's a Republican who's running against Chaka Fattah for Congress. He says GOP elected officials and the party apparatus had little interest in ...
June 13, 2008 Locals React To The Passing Of Tim Russert
But he's just a great guy," Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Philadelphia, said. Shock and sadness echoed at the Sheraton Hotel where people got word of the news on ...
June 12, 2008 Impeachment articles passed on to House panel
Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., NJ), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz Voting against the referral were ...
June 05, 2008 Neighbors rejoice as new shopping center opens in West Philadelphia
Bringing retail to this corner of West Philly has long been a goal of politicians like Mayor Nutter and US Rep. Chaka Fattah. But even after an abandoned ...
June 04, 2008 Warrant issued in robbery
US Rep. Chaka Fattah, creator of the national GEAR UP program, joined with Mayor Nutter at a rally yesterday for hundreds of GEAR UP students graduating ...
