Allyson Schwartz
GOP Food Stamp Bill Includes $125 Million to Fight Food Deserts
The House Republican bill to reduce food stamp spending also creates a $125 million program to combat food deserts and orders the agriculture secretary to “review the public health benefits of white potatoes.”
Schwartz: Obama Proposal ‘A Perfectly Good Starting Point’
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.) defended the White House’s initial offer on how to avoid the “fiscal cliff” in an interview on MSNBC Monday, calling it a “perfectly good starting point” after it was panned by Republicans. The Washington Free Beacon reported GOP leaders roundly rebuffed the offer, which reportedly included $1.6 trillion in tax increases, …
Politics and the Bimah
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) is scheduled to appear in a Philadelphia-area synagogue Monday on behalf of the Obama for America campaign, fostering more concerns that Team Obama is engaging in a controversial and possibly illegal effort to win over Jewish voters from within their religious institutions.
Legal Challenges Force Occupier from PA Race
A Pennsylvania Occupier running for a U.S. congressional seat has withdrawn his name from the Democratic primary ballot and pledged to continue his run with a write-in campaign.
