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Sestak Ties Specter To Palin In Latest Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Democratic Primary, Arlen Specter, Specter Palin, Pennsylvania Primary, Sestak Specter, Joe Sestak, Sarah Palin, Politics News

In her short time on the public stage, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has proven to be an enormously polarizing figure both in her own runs for of...

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New Bill Would Extend COBRA Subsidy: Representative Joe Sestak

bloomberg.com | Margaret Collins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Cobra, Congress, Unemployment, Health Care Costs, Economy, Jobs, Health Care, Cobra-Legislation, Recession, Joe Sestak, Business News

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Congress should extend a health-care subsidy that helps the unemployed before it ends for some recipients this month, ...

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Our Veterans Deserve Our Thanks and Our Service

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, House of Representatives, Congress, Senate, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Homeless Veterans, Afghanistan, President Obama, Veterans Day, Iraq, Recession, Veterans, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

The way we care for our veterans is a reflection of our society. We cannot neglect them in their own time of need, as we did following the Vietnam War.

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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, John Mchugh, votevets.org, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Victor Fehrenbach, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Military, Barbara Boxer, Army, Steven Green, John Kerry, US Army, Votevets, Tim Walz, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak, Dadt, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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Don't Let COBRA Benefits Run Out on American Families

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cobra, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Economic Recovery, Health Insurance, Stimulus, Joe Sestak, Job Losses, Jobs, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

Losing health care along with one's job is something Americans should not have to cope with at this difficult time. So I have introduced the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009.

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Why the Silence on Extending Jobless Health Care Benefits?

Mark Miller | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobless, Cobra, Joblessness, Health Insurance, Arlen Specter, Health Care Subsidy, Social Security, Obama Administration, Obama, Cost of Living Adjustment, Seniors, Cost of Living Increase, Economic Stimulus Package, Cobra Health Insurance, Aarp, Joe Sestak, Health Care, Politics News
Mark Miller

What's more important: a cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for retired people, or health insurance subsidies for the unemployed? The answer depends on your clout in Washington.

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Specter, Sestak Race Tightens: Senator Barely Leads In Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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A new poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) barley leading his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, in one of the mo...

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Arlen Specter 2010: Ominous Signs For Specter's Re-Election Bid

Politics Daily | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Susquehanna Polling Research Survey, Poll, Democrats, Chances, Losing, Specter 2010, Toomey vs. Specter, Senate, Specter Re-Election, Pennsylvania, Polling, Democratic Party, Toomey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Winning, Sestak, Gop, Pat Toomey, Odds, Joe Sestak, Politics News

Although Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter leads his Democratic primary opponent and is running neck-and-neck in a general election matchup against Repu...

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Sam Stein

Sestak Attacks Specter's Financial Ties To GOP In New Web Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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In a sign that the Pennsylvania Democratic primary is heating up, Rep. Joe Sestak put out the first in a series of web videos on Monday, attacking Sen...

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The Civil Rights Test of Our Generation

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Human Rights, President Obama, Dadt, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Sestak, Doma, Civil Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage Equality, Pennsylvania, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

It's time to end discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation. That's why I'm committed to equal rights for all Americans, and to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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Rubber Chickens in Reading...

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Nerd, Efca, Sestak, Philadelphia, Democratic Party, 2010 Senate Races, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

As I start to exhale, I am realizing, personally, that Specter is not right for Pennsylvania at this time.

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Why Is Obama Trying to Crush Primaries That Would Help Him Overcome His Legislative Obstacles?

David Sirota | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Michael Bennet, Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Sestak, Oregon, Ned Lamont, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Sirota

The most significant news about Obama's democracy-crushing efforts in Pennsylvania, Colorado and New York is not what it says about his integrity, but what it says about his political priorities.

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Specter Tells AFL-CIO He Backs Employees' Choice

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Joe Sestak, President Obama, Politics News

PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter took another step in his political transformation on Tuesday, telling hundreds of labor activists t...

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Congressman Joe Sestak Liveblogging RIGHT NOW at Senate Guru

Senate Guru | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Senate Guru

ight now, beginning at 5pm Eastern Time, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak will hold a liveblog session for about an hour at Senate Guru.

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Arlen Specter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad VA "Death Book" Circus

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Votevets, Arlen Specter, Department of Veterans Affairs, votevets.org, Va, Joe Sestak, Vha, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

What Arlen Specter's opportunistic party switch has taught us is you can take the Senator out of the Republican Party, but you can't take the predilection towards manufactured offense out of the Senator.

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Sam Stein

Joe Sestak, Senate Candidate, Starts Taking On Democratic Leadership

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Primary, Democratic Party Sestak, Sestake Primary, Sestak Democratic Leadership, Joe Sestak, Sestak Specter, Sestak Pennsylvania Election, Senate Election, Politics News

Hoping to gain further ground in the nation's most hotly-contested Democratic primary, Rep. Joe Sestak, (D-Penn.) has begun criticizing his own party'...

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Joe Sestak Leads on Health Care Reform

Senate Guru | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Arlen Specter, Pa-Sen, 2010 Senate, Pennsylvania, Joe Sestak, Public Option, Politics News
Senate Guru

Congressman Sestak's leadership has seemingly been the only thing pulling recent Republican Arlen Specter to the left on key issues in health care reform.

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Sestak: I'd Have A Hard Time Voting For A Health Care Bill Without A Public Option

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Spector, Pennsylvania, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, Joe Sestak, Politics News

He left himself some wiggle room, but, in what appeared to be a challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) said he'd have a hard t...

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More than a Date to the Prom

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Netroots, Blogosphere, Joe Sestak Specter, Progress, Netroots Nation, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

Too many politicians get to Washington and turn their backs on those who got them there. I'm looking for a progressive partner in the blogosphere both during and after the campaign.

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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Colbert Takes On Joe Sestak For "Better Know A District" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Arlen Specter, Stephen Colbert, 2010 Midterms, Video, The Colbert Report, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Jack Conway, Congressman Joe Sestak, Jim Bunny, Colbert 2010 Midterms, Comedy News, David Vitter, Comedy, Better Know a District, Joe Sestak, Comedy News

Colbert sat down with Congressman Joe Sestak to discuss his race against Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday night. He also ruminated abo...

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Joe Sestak To Challenge Specter In Primary

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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FOLSOM, Pa. — Three years after he knocked off a veteran House incumbent, Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak will seek a bigger prize and challenge Repu...

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Specter Calls Sestak A "Flagrant Hypocrite"

CNN | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

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Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter called his fellow Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, a "flagrant hypocrite" and accused his rival of registering as a Democrat...

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Joe Sestak Confirms He Will Challenge Specter In Primary

The Wayne Independent | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania-Democratic-Primary, Pennsylvania Primary, Joe Sestak Specter, Arlen Specter Democrat, Joe Sestak, Specter Sestak, Politics News

A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. In an interview with The Wayne I...

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Grassroots Labor Pressure on Specter: "He Knows When There's a Fire Under His Ass"

Art Levine | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Joe Sestak, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Alren Specter Supporting EFCA, Arlen Specter Efca, Politics News
Art Levine

Unflagging grassroots lobbying pressure on the newly-converted Democratic Senator Arlen Specter has led him to promise union activists he'd support a compromise version of the EFCA.

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