Stories tagged: "John Fetterman"


Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the state's U.S. Senate seat, right, poses for a photo with a supporter after speaking at a rally in Erie, Pa., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Fetterman Rallies With Hundreds of Striking Wabtec Workers in Erie

US Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) rallied with hundreds of striking union members from the Wabtec Locomotive plant in Erie on Monday. 

FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., leaves an intelligence briefing on the unknown aerial objects the U.S. military shot down this weekend at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 14, 2023. Fetterman is in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression. His office said Thursday that Fetterman checked himself in Wednesday night. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Striking Workers Could Get Federal Food Benefits Under New Bill From John Fetterman

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) introduced legislation on Thursday that would allow striking workers to qualify for federal food assistance benefits while walking the picket line. This pro-worker legislation—the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023—is the first ever of its kind to be proposed by a member of Congress. 

President Joe Biden listens as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023, after an aerial tour of the Interstate 95 highway collapse. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Shapiro Says Collapsed Stretch of I-95 in Philadelphia Will Reopen Within 2 Weeks

Pennsylvania’s governor set the timeline Saturday, after joining President Joe Biden on a helicopter tour over the critical segment of the highway closed since a fiery tanker accident last weekend.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 06: Neil Makhija speaks during the South Asian Women Get Out the Vote Canvass Event on November 06, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Sen. Fetterman Endorses Neil Makhija for Montgomery County Commissioners Office

Makhija is running to become the first Asian American ever elected as County Commissioner in Montgomery County and Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the state's U.S. Senate seat, center, poses for a photo with supporters after speaking at a rally in Erie, Pa., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
John Fetterman Trolls Conspiracy Theorists With Funny Body Double Video

The Democratic Pennsylvania Senator addressed the baseless conspiracy theory with a little help from… John Fetterman?

FILE - Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks before President Joe Biden about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia. Casey said he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party's defense of a seat in a presidential battleground state. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Will Seek a 4th Term

The Democratic US Senator from Scranton made the announcement Monday. Casey’s success in 2024 will be a key factor in helping Democrats maintain a narrow Senate majority.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
John Fetterman Opens Up About His Battle With Depression in ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Interview

In his first interview since leaving the hospital, Sen. John Fetterman described what he called a downward spiral following the November election, saying he had stopped engaging with the “things that I love in my life."