Citing a letter from the state’s Consumer Advocate that warns residential customers could pay $1.55 billion more than today’s rates for electricity by 2011, Governor Edward G. Rendell today called on the legislature to end more than a year of delay and pass the Energy Independence Strategy legislation. read more »

Five years ago today, President Bush landed on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and declared; "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" in front of an enormous banner that read, "Mission Accomplished." Around that same time, John McCain said "it's clear that the end is very much in sight." Now -- five years, 4,000 lost lives, and at least $500 billion later -- John McCain says keeping our troops in Iraq for 100 years would be fine with him. read more »

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman T. J. Rooney today welcomed a new series of debates featuring Sen. John McCain, launched by the Democratic National Committee and to be broadcast on www.mccaindebates.com. read more »

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Despite his double talk on the campaign trail, John McCain has marched in lockstep with President Bush every step of the way, echoing the misleading rhetoric used to make the case for war, parroting the president’s rosy rhetoric even as Iraq was descending into civil war, and now arguing that American troops could be in Iraq for 100 years. read more »

Hours after clinching his Party’s nomination, the one-time “maverick” completed his transformation into a full-fledged Bush Republican by heading to the White House this afternoon to receive President Bush’s formal endorsement. read more »

After trying to portray himself as a "maverick" who would reform Washington, John McCain is now trying to illegally withdraw from the very campaign finance system he has claimed to champion, a move that highlights for Pennsylvania's voters McCain's hypocrisy on ethics, according to PA Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney. read more »

Today's indictment of Congressman Rick Renzi, Co-Chair of John McCain's campaign in Arizona, caps off a week of problems for McCain that have raised serious questions about his credibility on ethics. read more »

Governor Edward G. Rendell today proposed a 2008-09 budget that protects the progress made over the past five years by providing immediate relief for struggling working families and much-needed capital for community and business development. read more »

Governor Edward G. Rendell today said his education budget for 2008-09 begins the next phase of the commonwealth’s commitment to bringing all students to grade level by 2014, with a new school funding formula to help school districts move towards adequate resource levels, continued investment in early childhood education, and expansion of the commonwealth’s efforts to ensure that a Pennsylvania high school diploma is a ticket to real-world success. read more »

Governor Edward G. Rendell today said Pennsylvanians who want to know how their tax dollars are being used can find answers in the first Governor’s Report on State Performance. The report describes work of 25 state agencies and offices, during the 2006-07 fiscal year, that oversee vital services in education, economic and community development, health and human services, consumer protection, the environment, public safety, infrastructure and managing state government. read more »