Sen Toomey: Let Obama Make Sequester Cuts

Lehigh Valley Sen. Pat Toomey proposes letting the White House make targeted spending cuts to avoid across-the-board reductions if sequester kicks in Friday.

  U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey wants to let the White House make federal budget cuts required by the impending sequester to "cut in the least disruptive way possible." Read More: How Will Sequestration Cuts Affect Bethlehem? Impending Sequestration Cuts to PA's Senior Nutrition Programs are Unacceptable Toomey, a Republican from Zionsville, Lehigh County, said the move would help keep air traffic controllers on the job while cutting spending in redundant areas such as the federal government's 15 different financial literacy programs. "I'm not sure the federal government has demonstarted it's qualified to teach financial literacy," Toomey joked in a conference call with reporters Wednesday afternoon. He noted that the sequester will require only …

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Giuliani, Voight Stump for Romney in Bethlehem

The former New York mayor and Hollywood star fire up volunteers at Bethlehem GOP Victory Center. Romney surrogates say Pennsylvania is still in play.

  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani headed an all-star cast of Republican surrogates who came to the party’s Victory Center at the Westgate Mall in Bethlehem to make a last-minute pitch for Mitt Romney Monday night. Giuliani and his co-stars, actor Jon Voight, former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich and former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, were there to thank and fire up volunteers and – to sell the idea that Pennsylvania is still in play in the presidential race.  “It will be quite a surprise and a kick in the you-know-what if Pennsylvania votes for Mitt Romney,” Guiliani said to a round of laughter and applause. Every major poll in the state – except for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/Susquehanna Polling & Research poll, which scores the race a tie…

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Election 2012

Next Presidential Debate Scheduled Tonight

The second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is at 9 p.m.

  Nearly 60 million viewers tuned in on Oct. 3 to watch the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Analysts and pollsters declared Romney the winner - who will come out on top in their next face-off? Here's the schedule: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy Air Time: 9-10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Moderator: Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent) The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask …

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Send Patch Your Presidential Debate Questions

If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.

  If last Wednesday’s presidential debate left you with more questions than answers, here’s your chance for the presidential candidates to address the issues that most matter to you. The next presidential debate will be a town hall meeting format at Hofstra University in Long Island, where voters will ask President Obama and Mitt Romney about domestic and foreign policy. Bethlehem Patch is asking you, our readers, to participate by submitting questions for the candidates. All you have to do is post your question in the comments section below and we’ll send it to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Commission is partnering with Patch's parent company Aol, along with Google and Yahoo, to take questions from web users across the …

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Michelle Obama Urges 2,400 in Bethlehem to Get 'One More'

First lady Michelle Obama delivers fiery speech before 2,400 supporters at Moravian College.

Michelle Obama Urges 2,400 in Bethlehem to Get 'One More'

First lady Michelle Obama delivers fiery speech before 2,400 supporters at Moravian College.

  First Lady Michelle Obama came to Bethlehem Thursday night and delivered a fiery speech aimed at inspiring the 2,400 in attendance to get at least one more person to the polls in November to help re-elect her husband. “Barack has said this election will be even closer than the last one. This election could come to those last few thousand votes, particularly in this state,” she told the standing-room-only crowd gathered at Moravian College in the Johnston Hall gym. “When you think of a few thousand votes spread out across the state, that could be the one new voter that you register, that one neighbor you get to the polls. That could be the difference. That could be the one that puts us over the top,” she continued. The first lady …

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Frank

11:27 am on Monday, August 13, 2012

Yeah, Lee. louis kootsares is the boards jokester. He really isn't as stupid as he sounds, it's all comedy. LOL!   more ›

Supporters Line Up in SouthSide for Obama Tickets

A line of Obama supporters waited on a block-long line today to get tickets to Thursday night's campaign event at Moravian College.

  Supporters of President Obama waited on a line that stretched nearly a block long along E. Third Street this morning, waiting to get free tickets to see First Lady Michelle Obama. The First Lady is scheduled to make a campaign appearance at Moravian College’s Johnston Hall on Thursday night. Tickets for the event were being distributed at three locations this morning, including the Obama For America office in Easton, where dozens of people were also waiting for tickets. In South Bethlehem, the line formed outside the campaign office at 13 E. Third St., a few doors from New Street, and by 11 a.m. had stretched nearly to Adams Street. Tickets for the event were still available as of this afternoon, according to a spokeswoman for the Obama …

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Obama Tax Cut Helped Bethlehem Mom

The "typical Pennsylvanian" has saved $3,500 a year in federal taxes under president's tax policies, according to campaign.

  For Carla Young, the middle-class tax cut is helping her to pay for the basics – like a transmission repair for her car so she can keep going to work for the overnight shift as a nursing home aide. The single mother of three boys from Bethlehem said she isn’t so sure she would be able to afford the car repairs if she lost the $3,500 in tax breaks that supporters of President Obama say are threatened by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. “I don’t think so,” she said. “And I’m working full time.” Young was one of four people who joined Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan at the Obama For America office in South Bethlehem in a made-for-media roundtable discussion on the importance of the so-called middle-class tax cuts and the difference in tax …

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Sergio David Rivas

12:37 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012

I received a tax cut Dan. Take a look at your paycheck from a couple of years ago and compare the taxes. If you didn't get more money in your paycheck then I would speak to your employer. $250,000 a year is a lot of money. Most of us do not make nearly that much and if you do and you're a small business owner you are doing very very well. Most small business owners don't make that kind of money. …   more ›