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Postal workers rally to thank Fitzpatrick
9/28/11 | Phillyburbs

Dozens of postal workers and supporters rallied in front of the office of Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick, R-8, Tuesday afternoon and thanked him for supporting a bill they say will save the country’s postal service.

As one of 492 rallies nationwide scheduled for Tuesday, the rally attracted about 60 people to the parking lot of the congressman’s Middletown office. Earlier in the day, the workers rallied outside the Frankford Avenue office of Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, D-13, in Philadelphia.

Fitzpatrick and Schwartz are two of 216 co-sponsors of a bill by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass, that an American Postal Workers Union Local 7048 official said will "put the postal service back on a sound financial footing."

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The 10 key bellwether House races
10/12/11 | Politico

The battle for control of the House is still in its early stages, but a crop of contests have emerged as barometers for the national environment. How they develop will provide clues to whether Democrats will be positioned to retake the House or whether the conservative tide that thrust Republicans into the majority will keep rolling into 2012.

Whether Democrats can make inroads in a Midwest region that dealt the party a stunning blow in the midterms or whether Republicans can make lasting gains in the Northeast, which once overwhelmingly favored Democrats, could be foretold by just a few races. Another contest will offer a glimpse at which direction Hispanics - one of the fastest-growing voting blocs in the country - are moving politically.

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Bucks County Pauses to Honor Fallen Firefighters
The ceremony was part of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
10/3/11 | Upper Southampton Patch

At 10 a.m. sharp on Sunday morning, the Doylestown Fire Company’s siren wailed loudly, cutting the crisp autumn air and trailing off into the distant drone of bagpipes.

Flags peeked from behind the bushes surrounding the courthouse lawn as 52 firefighters in full uniform processed solemnly up Broad Street for Bucks County’s eighth annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

Families of 22 Bucks County firefighters killed in the line of duty over the past century joined in to commemorate their brave service to the community.

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PA Delegation to White House: Consider Economic Benefits of Marcellus Shale
10/14/11 | Politics PA

Marcellus shale gas companies have a friend in Pennsylvania. Thirteen, actually. And they are working to help the industry get a even better rap from the Obama White House.

Thirteen members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation - ten Republicans and three Democrats - want to make sure the administration is taking a good look at the benefits of Marcellus Shale natural gas development.

Obama has oft praised the benefits of domestic natural gas - cheaper energy, more domestic production, etc. But the signatories think he could do more to highlight the local economic growth that accompanies its development.

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