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Mike Panetta on NewTalk with Bruce DePuyt

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

I was recently on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt on NewsChannel 8. I was on with fellow New Englander turned District of Columbia politico, Patrick Mara. Here’s a highlight of the show:

Statement by President on DC Voting Rights

Friday, April 16th, 2010

This is a bit late in my opinion, but nevertheless appreciated! Nice timing with our lobby day as well. I’d also like to thank Jim Vance at NBC-4 for putting the bug in Michelle Obama’s ear. Here’s the full statement:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2010
Statement by the President
On this [...]

Michelle Obama Supports Voting Rights for DC

Friday, April 9th, 2010

First lady Michelle Obama answers Jim Vance’s question about DC voting rights. I admire Jim for asking the questions, and I like the First Lady’s repsonse as well…now we just need to get her husband more involved in the effort to give DC the representation is deserves in Congress!

You can send the President a message [...]

DC Voting Rights & the State of the Union

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

DC Vote has been making an aggressive push to get President Obama to address the lack of representation in Congress for the District of Columbia during his State of the Union address. They recently dropped off 41,000 petitions to be delivered to the White House at a Capitol Hill post office. It was a lot [...]