Metcalfe in the Media
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States make daily life harder for illegal immigrants
From USA Today
State legislators looking to crack down on illegal immigration in 2012 are turning away from the law enforcement laws that dominated state houses this year, and instead are pushing other measures that can make life just as difficult for illegal immigrants.

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Daryl vs. Babette: Round 1 For a Statewide Race?
From The Philadelphia Public Record
In other years, the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee hasn't been an arena that sets pulses pounding.

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Tough Illegal Immigration Laws Could be Coming to PA
From FOX 43 News
State lawmakers are working to pass a group of bills against illegal immigrants known as, the National Security Begins at Home Legislation.

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Pennsylvania bills would crack down strongly on illegal immigrants
From The Harrisburg Patriot
It’s not every day that lawmakers in Harrisburg gird themselves for votes against illegal immigrants.

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Analysis: Pennsylvania budget is lean and on time
From The Harrisburg Patriot
Pennsylvania soon will have a state budget that cuts spending more deeply than most folks have seen in a generation.

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Budget passes House, on its way to governor
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- A $27.15 billion state budget that cuts funding for higher education, K-12 schools and environmental and economic development programs passed the House Wednesday night and is on its way to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk.

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Pa. House sends budget to Corbett
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- After almost six hours of contentious debate, the state House late Wednesday sent Gov. Tom Corbett a $27.15 billion spending plan that allows him to keep his campaign promises of signing a budget on time and with no tax increases.

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Bill passes requiring ID at voting booths
From The Delaware County Daily Times
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill late Thursday night that would require all Pennsylvanians to show an official photo identification card every time they vote at the polls.

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Pennsylvania House looks set to approve voter-identification bill
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG - With a controversial voter identification bill set for approval by the Pennsylvania House, Democrats and advocacy groups from Philadelphia and around the state are voicing concern that the move could end up hurting voter turnout.

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House debates requiring voters to show photo ID
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG - The state House began debate Monday on a divisive bill that would require Pennsylvania voters to show photo identification every time they cast a ballot.


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Pa. House takes up photo ID requirement for voters
From The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a requirement that everyone who wants to vote must produce government-issued photo identification.

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Plan would assure integrity of elections
From The Allentown Morning Call
Contrary to the consistently disproven, worn out and failed liberal arguments of groups such as the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, my Pennsylvania Voter Identification Protection Act (House Bill 934) is a common-sense safeguard that will only disenfranchise integrity-deficient individuals seeking to perpetuate fraud and corruption at the polls.

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House bills taking aim at teacher strikes
From The Delaware County Daily Times
A few state representatives recently introduced bills to address teacher strikes in Pennsylvania. One of the pieces of legislation seeks to prevent teacher strikes by providing incentives for school boards and unions that settle a contract in a timely manner.

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Lawmakers seek ban of teacher strikes
From The Allentown Morning Call
HARRISBURG -- When Pennsylvania public school teachers gained the right to strike in 1970, they quickly took advantage and made their state the unofficial teacher strike capital of the nation.

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Voter ID bill doesn’t discriminate
From The Erie Times-News
The Erie Times-News editorial titled "We don't need expensive voter ID law" presented the same consistently disproved and worn-out liberal arguments that have failed to derail legislative efforts in states, such as Indiana and Georgia, to dramatically improve the security and integrity of the election process (Erie Times-News, May 13).

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DARYL METCALFE: Law would restore right to self-defense
From The Allentown Morning Call
The Pennsylvania Castle Doctrine legislation, House Bill 40, is necessary to restore our rights that have been violated by current law, which is not aligned with our constitutionally-affirmed God-given right to defend our lives, loved ones and property with lethal force when necessary.

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GOP Pa. Lawmakers Back Plan To Require Photo ID Of Voters
From KYW Newsradio
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - A controversial measure that would require Pennsylvania voters to show a photo ID when they turn go to the polls has cleared a state House committee.

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Measure to require voter ID at polling places moves ahead
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- A measure that would require voters to show photo identification when they go to cast their ballot now awaits consideration by the state House of Representatives, following a lengthy committee debate this morning.

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Metcalfe wants ‘man-woman’ as Pennsylvania constitutional marriage definition
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- Changing the Pennsylvania Constitution to define marriage as a union between "one man and one woman" has a long history in the General Assembly, but Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is giving it another shot.

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Document release adds paper to 'birther' fire
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Trying to finally kill the "birther" rumor, President Obama on Wednesday released a copy of his birth certificate, leaving the right skeptical and the left frustrated as he urged people to focus on the country's problems.

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Lancaster County legislator backs birther bill
From The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
If President Barack Obama wants to win Pennsylvania in his bid for a second term in the White House next year, he might be asked to produce his birth certificate.

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House approves stand-your-ground Castle Doctrine expansion
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- The state House today approved stand-your-ground legislation that enables people to use lethal force outside their homes without taking any steps in retreat.

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Labor vs. Legislatures: Wisconsin's attack on collective bargaining may spread
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The much-debated Wisconsin law dissolving collective bargaining rights for public workers remains in limbo since a judge blocked its implementation this month.

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Metcalfe’s moment
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Legislative committee hearings are often exercises in self-indulgence by lawmakers, who seem more interested in hearing their own voices than what witnesses have to say.

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House panel hears plan to require photo ID for voters
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Concerns over voter fraud have reignited efforts to strengthen identification requirements for those seeking to cast a ballot in Pennsylvania.

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IDs would help to thwart voter fraud, group argues
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- A state House bill requiring voters to show identification cards when they cast ballots is a "first step in the right direction" toward eradicating the voter fraud documented in Pennsylvania and 16 other states, an attorney for a Washington group told lawmakers yesterday.

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Pennsylvania lawmaker takes aim at “illegal alien invaders”
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
As a young soldier stationed in Germany in the 1980s, Daryl Metcalfe was an air defenseman, using radar to sort friends from foes.

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Pa. bill targets human smuggling
From The Chambersburg Public Opinion
Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Chambersburg, has joined other state lawmakers in introducing a package of 14 bills addressing illegal immigration in Pennsylvania.

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14th Amendment meant to protect American lives
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
To protect American lives, liberty, and property, the 14th Amendment must be upheld and defended by enforcing the original intent made clear in congressional debates and understood when it was ratified by the states.

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Bruce Williams column: Cleaning up financial mess requires restraint
From The Reading Eagle

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Corbett favors right-to-work legislation
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- Gov. Tom Corbett would sign right-to-work legislation if the General Assembly were to send him a bill, his spokesman said Tuesday.

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State designates Sunday ‘Ronald Reagan Day’
From The Delaware County Daily Times
State legislators have designated Feb. 6, 2011, as “Ronald Reagan Day” in Pennsylvania in memory of the former U.S. president who would have turned 100 years old Sunday.

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Both Sides Get Ready for Legal Brawl over Denying Citizenship to Babies of Undocumented
From Fox News Latino
As lawmakers in several states push for an end to automatic citizenship to U.S.-born babies of illegal immigrants, a Hispanic organization that has won landmark civil rights cases says it will sue any state that passes such a law.

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Resolving Obama's eligibility now has dollars-and-sense plan
From WorldNetDaily
Montana state Rep. Bob Wagner is proposing legislation that would require candidates for president to document their constitutional eligibility in his state, but his plan would take the controversy one step beyond other state proposals.


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State lawmakers taking aim at amendment granting birthright citizenship
From The Washington Post
In a move certain to escalate the legal tug of war over illegal immigration, state lawmakers from across the country announced Wednesday that they are launching an effort to deny automatic citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.

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Legislators set sights on ‘anchor babies’
From CNN News
(CNN) -- A group of state legislators opposed to illegal immigration proposed a legislative "fix" Wednesday that would prevent children of illegal immigrants born in the United States from being citizens.

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