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July 10, 2008
July 10, 2008Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed into law legislation that extends and expands the Keystone Opportunity Zone tax incentive program that spurs economic development and job creation, helping to revitalize communities across Pennsylvania. Full release
"Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual population estimates for cities across America. I am encouraging every Mayor who thinks that their city has been undercounted by even one person to file a formal challenge to their city's estimate. With large numbers of traditionally undercounted populations including immigrants and minorities, cities must demand that every citizen is counted." Full release
Peter Flaherty, President of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), today made the following statement: "Jesse Jackson's crude statements about Barack Obama betray a frustration that the Obama campaign is making him increasingly irrelevant." Full release
The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released the following statement on yesterday's Senate passage of the Medicare bill, which includes a provision for a $100 million demonstration project for the patient-centered medical home model. Full release
Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org), reports that there is great concern in Europe about the recent news of Iran's testing of ballistic missiles. Full release
From one disaster to the next, it looks like the McCain campaign's re-vamp has once again fallen flat. In one week alone, John McCain "raised eyebrows" by calling Social Security an absolute disgrace but "offered no specific remedies," announced a balanced budget plan that just didn't add up, and today in Michigan will have to explain to the nearly 200,000 people in Michigan who have lost their jobs since Bush took office why he was in Mexico promoting free trade instead of in Michigan fighting for American jobs. At the same time, one of McCain's most senior economic policy advisors, Phil Gramm, said that the economic slump is "a mental recession," and that we have a "a nation of whiners." Full release
Republicans want John McCain to pick a strong conservative to be his vice presidential running mate and Democrats want Barack Obama to pick someone with economic or military and foreign policy experience, according to a new nationwide poll conducted by Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan survey firm based in Washington, DC. Full release
Yesterday, Obama Said The United States Should Offer Iran "Carrots And Sticks" To Encourage A Change In Its Behavior: Obama: "[T]he United States has to gather up others in the region as well as internationally to apply pressure on Iran, but it's very difficult for us to do so when we haven't shown a willingness to engage in the sort of direct negotiations with Iran that would give them carrots and sticks for a change in behavior." (ABC's "Good Morning America," 7/9/08) Full release
Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement upon Senate passage of Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 by a vote of 69 to 30. Full release