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Joe Sestak: The Truth About SOPA: How the Corporate Lobby's Argument Doesn't Add Up

2012-01-18T05:27:58Z

Don't be fooled by its seemingly straightforward title: SOPA is one of the greatest challenges to a free and open web that we've ever faced.

Read more: Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Msnbc, Congress, Darrell Issa, Pipa, Open, Protect IP, OPEN Act, Joe Sestak, Sopa, Video, Politics News

Jack Abramoff, Joe Sestak & Others Debate SOPA

2012-01-16T19:16:14Z

Chris leads a debate on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, with NBCUniversal Executive Vice President and General Counsel Rick Cotton and Reddi...

Read more: Stop Online Piracy Act, Alexis Ohanian, Rick Cotton, Sopa, Joe Sestak, Jack Abramoff, Politics News

Joe Sestak: Making a Stand for Our Veterans

2011-11-11T10:33:11Z

Today's news is filled with discussion about our national debt and what we must do about it. On this Veteran's Day, I would like to talk about another national debt -- the one we owe to our 24 million American vets.

Read more: Pennsylvania, Veterans Day, Veterans, Joe Sestak, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Veterands Day, Homeless Veterans, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Politics News

Joe Sestak: Also Ensuring the Common Good

2011-10-26T12:38:30Z

The role of government is not to strangle rugged individualism, but to encourage it -- while ensuring that the common enterprise, the common good, of our citizens is enhanced and not harmed.

Read more: Environment, Energy, Natural Gas, Marcellus Shale, Oil Drilling, Joe Sestak, Hydrofracking, Politics News

Joe Sestak: "Occupy Wall Street:" An Inevitable Moment for America

2011-10-13T10:31:30Z

This understandable lack of faith in our government and its leaders has ravaged not only our democratic process, but ultimately undermines our sense of national unity -- what we stand for and what we are capable of. It is not just politics.

Read more: Libya, Arab Spring, Egypt, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Wall Street, Joe Sestak, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Politics News

Joe Sestak: Fair Opportunity, Greater Effort

2011-09-20T11:34:40Z

My belief in the repeal of DADT is based upon my experience of the conviction that the more people given a fair opportunity for their own achievement means a greater effort for the common purpose of America.

Read more: Dadt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Pennsylvania, Dadt Repeal, Joe Sestak, Obama Dadt Repeal, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News

Joe Sestak: A Message for Elizabeth Warren

2011-09-05T02:03:27Z

I just signed up at ElizabethWarren.com to receive updates on Elizabeth Warren's final decision on her possible run for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, ...

Read more: Scott Brown, Senate Races, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate, Senate, Joe Sestak, Massachusetts, Elections, Politics News

Joe Sestak: Go With What Works

2011-09-08T17:02:06Z

If job creation for Americans is our real goal, and not large companies' bottom line, the data over the past twelve months has sent a strong message: small businesses are the real engine of job growth and should be the focus of any policy to spur job acceleration.

Read more: Taxes, Jobs, Joe Sestak, U.S. Economy, Obama Jobs, Unemployment, Economy, Obama Jobs Plan, Small Business, Bridge to Work, Politics News

After Bailout, Business Groups Now Turning On Former Allies

2010-10-04T08:01:21Z

WASHINGTON — During the worst of the economic crisis, the nation's most powerful business lobby pleaded with Congress to prop up financial insti...

Read more: Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Chamber of Commerce Lobbying, Business Groups, Chamber of Commerce, Carly Fiorina, Stimulus, Joe Sestak, Business News

Buck-Bennet Senate Race Has Been Second Largest Target For Outside Money

2010-09-24T10:26:27Z

Outside groups have spent more in Colorado's U.S. Senate race than in all but one contest nationwide, according to an analysis of independent expendit...

Read more: American Crossroads, Sunlight Foundation, Michael Bennet, Dscc, Federal Election Commission, Fec, Ken Buck, Joe Sestak, Denver News

Obama says recession is still very real

2010-09-21T07:01:21Z

TIM SLOAN/AGENCE FRANCE PRESSEPresident Obama listens to remarks at a finance reception for Congressman Joe Sestak, (D-Pa.), yesterday at the Pen...

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Senate Battlegrounds See New Round Of Negative Ads

2010-09-16T20:54:24Z

WASHINGTON — Signaling the next stage in the general election campaign, the Republican Party and outside groups are airing new rounds of adverti...

Read more: Political Advertising, 2010 Negative Ads, 2010 Elections, Negative Ads, 2010 Elections Advertising, Campaign Advertising, Joe Sestak, Elections 2010, Politics News

Chris Weigant: Obama's Next Steps

2010-11-10T19:33:09Z

We'll have lots of time to examine Obama's new course before he actually formally announces it next year. In the meantime, Obama has two short months remaining to convince the Senate to get something done to bolster his legacy.

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Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [145] -- A Democratic Epitaph

2010-11-05T20:04:25Z

An interesting article caught my eye last week, but what with all the election hoopla, I haven't had a chance to write about it before now. But even ...

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Rep. Joe Sestak 'Regrets' Signing J Street's 'Gaza 54' Letter

2010-09-05T15:15:48Z

But he stands by J Street's policies....

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Representative Joe Sestak 'Regrets' Signing J Street's 'Gaza 54' Letter

2010-09-05T18:15:45Z

But he stands by J Street's policies....

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Rep. Joe Sestak 'Regrets' Signing J Street's 'Gaza 54' Letter

2010-09-05T15:15:44Z

But he stands by J Street's policies....

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Representative Joe Sestak 'Regrets' Signing J Street's 'Gaza 54' Letter

2010-09-05T18:15:41Z

But he stands by J Street's policies....

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Chris Matthews: Infrastructure as Monument

2010-11-04T18:19:29Z

Yes, Lincoln spoke well, Mr. President, but he also built the intercontinental railways. Kennedy spoke well, but he also got us to the moon! What are you going to leave as your monument?

Read more: Infrastructure, High-Speed Rail, Highways, Nasa, Trains, 2010 Midterm Elections, Gop, Midterms, Joe Sestak, Politics News

Paul Abrams: House Democrats Punished for Senate's Failures

2010-11-04T08:51:14Z

The Democrats lost the House, and Nancy Pelosi the Speaker's gavel, because of the Senate's dysfunction. Many, if not most, I would wager, of the 400+ bills passed by the House had simple majorities in the Senate.

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Michael Russnow: The GOP Won Big, but the Media Has Mischaracterized the Story

2010-11-04T06:48:58Z

In the aftermath of Tuesday's election, the media has made it appear that all is lost -- the Tea Party is in control, because this narrative keeps us glued to our seats either with delight or fury. Now, the facts.

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Mitchell Bard: Three Good Things for Progressives to Take From the Midterm Election Results

2010-11-03T01:01:52Z

It's been easy for the Republicans to spend the last two years demonizing and obstructing the president. Well now the GOP has a share of the power, and they can no longer just sit back and throw rocks.

Read more: Mike Castle, Republican Obstructionism, Death Panels, Dan Maes, George W. Bush, Michael Bennet, Christine O'donnell, Carl Paladino, Lisa Murkowski, Deficit, Andrew Cuomo, Spending Cuts, David Brooks, Joe Miller, Ken Buck, Tax Cuts, John Raese, Health Care, Tea Party, Joe Sestak, Karl Rove, Democrats, Citizens United, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Rand Paul, Koch Brothers, Midterm Elections, Spending, New York Times, Harry Reid, Chamber of Commerce, Pat Toomey, Scott Mcadams, Sharron Angle, John Hickenlooper, Republicans, Politics News

Pat Toomey Defeats Joe Sestak In Pennsylvania Senate Race

2010-11-02T23:51:00Z

PHILADELPHIA — Pat Toomey, the Republican conservative whose popularity scared Arlen Specter out of the GOP, was elected to Specter's Senate sea...

Read more: 2010 Election Results, 2010 Elections, Pennsylvania Election Results, Pennsylvania Election Results 2010, Pennsylvania Senate Race, Pennsylvania Senate Race 2010, Pennsylvania Senate Election 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Election, Pennsylvania Senate Election Results, Pennsylvania Senate Election Results 2010, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, Elections 2010, Politics News

Terry O'Neill: When Women Don't Vote, Extremists Win

2010-11-02T15:36:50Z

At least eight candidates currently on today's ballot are on record saying that if elected, they will work to eliminate abortion rights, even in cases of rape, incest or to protect a woman's health.

Read more: 2008 Campaign, National Organization for Women, Women's Rights, Pro-Choice, 2010 Elections, Lois-Herr, Joe Sestak, Politics News

Larry Womack: No, Really: If You Don't Vote This Time, It Is Your Fault

2010-11-02T05:12:09Z

A three or four point swing or pollster miscalculation in either direction moves projected results from continued Democratic control of the House to an 80-seat Republican victory that it could take decades for Democrats to overcome.

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