Chester County Democratic Committee

At PA2010.com, 9/2/10 The claims are made so often, and so casually, that they’ve seemingly become part of Republican political DNA this year: the economic stimulus package didn’t create jobs, and taxes have gone up under Democrats. In recent months, one or both claims have been made by, among other Pennsylvania candidates or their respective [...]

The Phoenix, 8/14/10, from Trivedi for Congress Leading up to the anniversary of Social Security this Saturday, Manan Trivedi, Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District, signed a pledge to keep the promise that President Roosevelt made to all generations of hard-working Americans 75 years ago. While his opponent, who has a poor record fighting [...]

Release Date: July 28, 2010 Press Contact: Lindsay Fritchman, Press Secretary, 610-329-0841 Calls for Increased Investigations and Crackdowns for Companies Hiring Illegally With so many Americans out of work right now, it is more important than ever that employers are playing by the rules and ensuring that the jobs they have are going to Americans [...]

letter in Daily Local News, July 26, 2010 The financial reform bill recently passed by the Senate and just signed by President Obama is a very positive step for this country and its people. Its new measures would regulate companies that endanger the economy, establish safeguards to protect consumers, and monitor financial practices or abuses. [...]

Release Date: July 22, 2010 Press Contact: Lindsay Fritchman, Press Secretary, 610-329-0841 ELVERSON, Pa – The following is a statement by the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 6th congressional district, Manan Trivedi, in response to President Obama signing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. “I have long been concerned about the widespread waste and inefficiencies [...]

Release Date: July 21, 2010 Press Contact: Lindsay Fritchman, Press Secretary, 610-329-0841 ELVERSON, Pa – The following is a statement by the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 6th congressional district, Manan Trivedi, in response to President Obama signing the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. “Small business owners and hard-working families across the [...]

excerpt from Robert Reich’s blog post “My Father and Alan Greenspan,” 6/20/10. Reich was secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Greenspan was Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 under presidents Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. …Greenspan supported George W. Bush’s gigantic tax cut in 2001 (that went mostly to the [...]

by Andy Dinniman Opinion, in Daily Local News, 5/18/10 Across the nation, residents and businesses are seeing the first signs of an economic rebound. Last month, the U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs, the most in four years and the fourth consecutive month of job growth, a clear sign that we are on the right path. [...]

Open letter from the campaign of Mark Stevens for 156th district of the Pennsylvania state legislature, 5/31/10. To Honor and Support our Troops on Memorial Day The purpose of Memorial Day is to commemorate the brave men and women who have died in military service to our country. Though there will many parades, BBQs and [...]

Daily Local News, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 By Tom Houghton, Guest Columnist Following my election as your state representative in 2008, I went to Harrisburg with the goal of restoring the state’s financial commitment to basic education funding in order to offset the need for school districts to raise property taxes. In the lengthy 2009-10 [...]