Archive for March 2009
Public Hearing on Graduation Tests to be Streamed LIVE
At Scott Petri’s Web Site Harrisburg PA — The PA House Republican Policy Committee, along with the House Republican Education Committee, will be holding a public hearing in Harrisburg on April 1 on the topic of the Keystone Exams, formerly known as the Graduation Competency Assessments (GCAs). Starting with the class of 2015, Pennsylvania schools…
Read MoreSpecter/Casey: PA – $212,100,000. Bucks County – 0.5%
Senators Specter and Casey Announcement from Stimulus Funds Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, March 24, 2009 — U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will allocate $212,155,156 million in federal funding to public housing authorities in Pennsylvania through the Public Housing Capital…
Read MoreFed Reserve votes to buy $1.15 Trillion in Securities – Gold up $75
While the media and congress were all fired up over the AIG debacle, a tragedy of mammoth proportions happened which makes AIG look like a teenagers dispute over allowances. Late in the day Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve voted to purchase over a Trillion dollars in securities from the US Treasury, in essence borrowing from…
Read MoreChange?
We are finally learning what was really meant in the Obama campaign slogan of 2008. “Change” was actually a reference to the inflation coming to an economy near you over the next several years. Prior to the Election of this President these same items were referred to as “Dollars”!
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Veterans
From Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki WASHINGTON (March 13, 2009) – Following is an open letter to Veterans from Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki: “My name is Ric Shinseki, and I am a Veteran. For me, serving as Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a noble calling. It provides me the opportunity…
Read MoreA Terrorist by Any Other Name…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 13, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Department of Justice Withdraws “Enemy Combatant†Definition for Guantanamo Detainees In a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government’s authority to hold detainees at the…
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