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	Congressman Chaka Fattah's Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chaka Fattah is an experienced lawmaker serving in his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Fattah has served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education and on the Board of Trustees of Lincoln, Temple and Pennsylvania State Universities, and the Community College of Philadelphia.
		Fattah will also introduce the Student Bill of Rights, a proposal that requires states to certify, with the Secretary of Education, that its public school system provides students with equal access to qualified teachers, the opportunity to learn from up-to-date textbooks and access to computers, libraries, and qualified professional personnel.
	www.house.gov /fattah/bio/bio.htm (703 words)

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		Chaka Fattah was born in Philadelphia and is a life-long resident of that city.
		Chaka Fattah was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 with 86 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Lawrence Watson.
		Fattah was re-elected with 98 percent of the vote in 2000 and with 88 percent in 2002.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22224 (381 words)

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		Chaka Fattah was born in Philadelphia in 1956.
		Fattah is among the most prominent lawmakers calling for a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted and serving a life sentence for the 1981 cold-blooded murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
		Chaka Fattah sits on the powerful Appropriations Committee and is ranking Democratic member on the committee that oversees the District of Columbia.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /printindividualProfile.asp?indid=1268 (435 words)

	PA-02 Chaka Fattah
		Chaka Fattah is an experienced lawmaker serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Congressman Fattah assumed a key role in the development and negotiation of portions of the Workforce Investment Partnership Act of 1998, appropriated at $5.7 billion for FY 2001.
		Fattah played a crucial role in the negotiations of the youth opportunity grants, a section authorizing $1,1 billion over five years to direct resources to high-poverty areas, as well as increasing employment and school completion rates for low-income youth.
	www.dccc.org /races/candidates/PA_02_Chaka_Fattah.html (908 words)

	Chaka Fattah - Congresspedia
		Chaka Fattah is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 2nd Congressional district of Pennsylvania (map) since 1995.
		Fattah is married to Renee Chenault-Fattah, a local Philadelphia television news broadcaster on WCAU-TV (NBC 10).
		Fattah is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Chaka_Fattah (365 words)

	Philadelphia Daily News \| 03/22/2006 \| Chaka's front-runner status has its ups and downs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fattah is one of a crowded pack of potential candidates including state Rep. Dwight Evans, City Councilman Michael Nutter, former city controller Jonathan Saidel and labor leader John Dougherty.
		Fattah said he also plans to seek up to a dozen six-figure donations to fund his exploratory committee.
		His critics also claim that Fattah is not really interested in the job of mayor or that he isn't up to the workload.
	www.philly.com /mld/dailynews/news/local/14156793.htm (746 words)

	Fattah, Chaka
		Fattah was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 and still resides in and serves Pennsylvania’s Second Congressional District.
		Chaka Fattah was born to Russell Davenport and Frances Brown on November 21, 1956, under the name Arthur Davenport.
		Fattah is still serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and currently resides in Philadelphia, where, with his third wife Renee Chenault-Fattah, he is raising his four children.
	www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu /LitMap/bios/Fattah__Chaka.html (848 words)

	The HistoryMakers
		The Honorable Chaka Fattah, United States Congressman of Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District was born November 21, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Now in his sixth term, Fattah is the architect of educational initiatives such as GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), passed in 1998, which gives low-income high school students the opportunity to attend and succeed at colleges and universities.
		Fattah co-sponsored the African Growth and Opportunities Act, the Drug Free Communities Act of 1997, and the District of Columbia Financial and Management Assistance Act, which became law in 1995.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1075 (408 words)

	Chaka Fattah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chaka Fattah, born Arthur Davenport (21 November 1956 in Philadelphia), has served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1994, representing the 2nd Congressional district of Pennsylvania (map), which includes North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, a very small portion of Northeast Philadelphia and Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County.
		He has lived all his life in the city, attending Overbrook High School, the Community College of Philadelphia, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government where he received an MGA in 1986.
		Fattah opposed the War in Iraq and supports Congressman John Murtha's call for troop withdrawal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaka_Fattah (348 words)

	CPAR Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Re-elected to a sixth term in 2004, Fattah is preparing bold policy initiatives for the 109th Congress.
		Congressman Chaka Fattah: The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.
		Congressman Chaka Fattah: The bill, calls for a study on the elimination of all federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replaces it with a 1% fee on transactions.
	www.cbcfinc.org /Profile_Fattah.htm (724 words)

	Chaka Fattah News
		Chaka Fattah News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Days before U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is expected to enter the race for mayor, a new poll shows him with a commanding lead among Philadelphia's African American population.
		Political newcomer Michael Gessner is challenging incumbent Chaka Fattah for the House of Representatives seat in Pennsylvania's 2nd District, which includes the University.
	www.topix.net /us-house/chaka-fattah (633 words)

	Does Chaka's Long Run End at City Hall? :: Philadelphia City Paper. 25 Years of Independent Journalism.
		The Fattah for Mayor Exploratory Committee (FMEC) is flush with enough cash to have a paid staff that includes Charles Hayden as executive director, Harry B. Cook as policy director, former Philadelphia Weekly columnist and author Solomon Jones as communications director and office manager Jennifer Gomez.
		Fattah, who does not have to resign from Congress to run for mayor, believes he can raise money for his exploratory committee unbeholden to contribution limits since he has not yet announced a mayoral candidacy.
		The first non-campaign event of the series, which Fattah did not attend, included a catered Mediterranean buffet with beverages in one of the larger function rooms at the National Constitution Center on June 28.
	citypaper.net /articles/2006-07-06/polnote.shtml (715 words)

	New Fattah Website \| Young Philly Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fattah and Dougherty are the only candidates who have refused to abide by the new contribution limits of $2500 per individual and $10,000 from a business or PAC.
		Chaka Fattah has given $85,000 to the DCCC this cycle, and I gave him credit for that when I said that he has paid his dues to the DCCC.
		Fattah personally makes over $165,000 a year and controls a campaign committee that will make seven figures this cycle; my base salary is under $18,000.
	youngphillypolitics.com /node/1438 (4240 words)

	Chaka Fattah - dKosopedia
		Chaka Fattah (born November 21, 1956, Philadelphia, PA), a member of the Democratic Party, represents the 2nd Congressional District (map)in the United States House of Representatives since 1995.
		Fattah lost to Blackwell, but defeated him in a primary three years later and won the seat.
		Chaka Fattah (Democrat, district 2) On the issues (On the Issues)
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Chaka_Fattah (126 words)

	Chaka Fattah is Jewish! \| Young Philly Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As the Inquirer noted, Fattah is now rasing his profile around the region.
		Fattah's willingness to spend two hours taping a two-minute segment for the Colbert Report is a good sign.
		The second thing that interested me was Fattah saying that Mayor Street is too old to run for Congress.
	youngphillypolitics.com /node/690 (475 words)

	Rep. Chaka Fattah Leads Effort to Secure... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah made a surprise announcement today that all 700 students attending the 20th Annual 2006 Fattah Conference on Higher Education will receive full scholarships upon their acceptance for graduate school at any one of 16 participating Pennsylvania colleges and universities.
		In addition to this Conference on Higher Education, Congressman Fattah has been the driving force behind GEAR UP the nation's largest early college awareness program and CORE Philly which was the first program in the country to provide last dollar scholarships to every senior graduating from any Philadelphia public, charter, private or parochial school.
		Founded 20 years ago by then State Representative Chaka Fattah as the Graduate Opportunities Conference, the Fattah Conference on Higher Education has as its objective to increase the enrollment of under-represented students in undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=61185 (473 words)

	Rep. Chaka Fattah: An Unconventional Conversation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), is focused not just on the next election but on the next generation.
		Fattah says however, a much more important talk will precede his national address.
		Fattah is also the legislative architect of GEAR UP; Fattah's program has been called the most innovative educational initiative of its time.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=33960 (362 words)

	CNN.com Chat Transcript - Representatives Lindsey Graham and Chaka Fattah on Clinton in the spotlight - February 13, ...
		Representative Chaka Fattah: I will support an inquiry into any illegal wrongdoing by anyone, but it should be based on facts, not allegations, particularly from people who have a history of making unfounded allegations.
		Representative Chaka Fattah: That is true, but the states have to be proportioned by population, and Florida, at best, is a tie.
		Representative Chaka Fattah: I think that Clinton himself suggested at the beginning of his administration that there were questions about Whitewater, and he instructed the attorney general to appoint an independent counsel.
	edition.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/2001/02/13/grahamfattah (1960 words)

	Chaka Fattah: Philly Congressman courts Islamists - family's House of Umoja gang refuge gets millions to promote Black ...
		Among Fattah's suggestions were that the United States "enter into discussions with the United Nations and the Arab League" and he urged the creation of "Arab and Muslim peacekeeping forces".
		Fattah's mother, aka"Queen Mother Falaka', is the CEO of "The House of Umoja' a boys shelter which she runs with her husband David, a former gang member.
		Fattah has two children, a son and a daughter, from his first marriage and two young children from his current marriage.
	www.militantislammonitor.org /article/id/1704 (7399 words)

	Hispanic Business News: Congressman Chaka Fattah Celebrates 19th Annual Conference on Higher Education
		Celebrating the 19th year of the conference and the eighth year of their sponsorship, The Sallie Mae Fund today also announced a $500,000 grant to start an endowment fund to ensure that the conference continues for years to come.
		Congressman Chaka Fattah and The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae, recognize that a successful Pennsylvania economy depends on a highly trained and educated workforce.
		Keynote speakers attending the Annual Fattah Conference over the past 19- years have included: noted civil rights leaders, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, renowned brain surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson, and a host of prominent individuals from across the country.
	www.hispanicbusiness.com /news/news_print.asp?id=20941 (497 words)

	Chaka Fattah - Proven Leadership. Demonstrated Results
		Congressman Chaka Fattah will be holding a historic press conference on Saturday, November 18th regarding the city's future.
		Former President Bill Clinton plans to headline a re-election fundraiser for Democratic Congressman and potential 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate Chaka Fattah.
		The October 5th event at the Union League is expected to raise one million dollars for Fattah’s House re-election campaign.
	chakafattah.com (145 words)

	Chaka Fattah on Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the quality of public education and raise student achievement by increasing investment, strengthening accountability, raising standards for teachers, improving professional development and teacher compensation, rewarding successful schools, and providing better information to parents, and for other purposes.
		Fattah scores 100% by the NEA on public education issues
		Click here for a summary of Chaka Fattah's positions on all issues.
	www.issues2000.org /pa/Chaka_Fattah_Education.htm (880 words)

	CNN.com - Michael Jackson visits Capitol Hill - Mar 30, 2004
		Surrounded by a large entourage, Jackson flashed the peace sign before entering the office of Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania in the Rayburn House Office Building.
		During the brief meeting with Fattah, a member of the caucus, Jackson read a statement touching on his humanitarian efforts in the battle against AIDS.
		Fattah said members of Congress still listen to President Bush when he comes to address them.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/30/jackson.congress/index.html (541 words)

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