Allyson Schwartz
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 2005–
Preceded by	Joe Hoeffel
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	October 3, 1948 New York City, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dr. David Schwartz
Religion	Jewish

Allyson Y. Schwartz (born October 3, 1948) is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Pennsylvania, currently representing the state's 13th Congressional district (map) in the U.S. House. The district includes parts of Montgomery County, and a portion of Philadelphia. In the 110th Congress she is the only woman from Pennsylvania's delegation. Image File history File links U.S. Rep. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rep. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... New York, New York redirects here. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor...

Family and background

Schwartz is married to Dr. David Schwartz, a cardiologist. She has two adult sons, is a resident of Jenkintown, and is a member of the Jewish faith. She is an endorser of the Genocide Intervention Network. The Genocide Intervention Network (or GI-Net) is a non-profit organization that envisions a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocidal violence. ...

Born in New York City, Schwartz received a B.A. from Simmons College in 1970, and a Masters degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1972. From 1975 to 1988, Schwartz was the executive director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Center, a women's health care center in Philadelphia. The Center was a major provider of abortion services in the city of Philadelphia.^[1] From 1988 to 1990, Schwartz was Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Human Services. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Simmons College is a liberal arts womens college in Boston, Massachusetts. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

Political Career

Early Career

In 1990, Schwartz was elected to the Pennsylvania state Senate, representing a district in Northwest and Northeast Philadelphia. She was re-elected in 1994, 1998, and 2002. The district was extended into Montgomery County in the legislative reapportionment of 1991, and Schwartz moved in early 2004 to Jenkintown in Montgomery County, where she still lives. In 2000, she ran in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat of freshman Republican Rick Santorum. She finished second behind Pittsburgh-area Congressman Ron Klink, but won Montgomery County and Philadelphia with impressive numbers. Map of Philadelphia County with Northeast Highlighted. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Jenkintown is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ten miles (16 km) north of Philadelphia. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Santorum redirects here. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges, P-Burgh, The Burgh Motto: Benigno Numine Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area    - City 151. ... Ronald Klink (born September 23, 1951) is a Democratic politician and former Representative from Pennsylvania, USA. Klink was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1951, and graduated from Meyersdale High School in Pennsylvania in 1969. ...

Congressional elections

In 2003, Pennsylvania 13th District Congressman Joe Hoeffel decided not to run for a fourth term in 2004 opting instead to make an ultimately unsuccessful Senate run against Republican Arlen Specter. Schwartz had originally planned to run for Auditor General, but changed her plans after Hoeffel's announcement. She narrowly defeated former Philadelphia deputy mayor and Constitution Center director Joe Torsella in the primary. She then defeated Republican Melissa Brown 56%-41%, the largest margin of victory in decades for a Democrat in Pennsylvania's 13th, once considered the strongest base of the moderate Republicanism that had long prevailed in the Philadelphia suburbs. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rep. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Dr. Melissa Brown, M.D. was the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in the 13th district of Pennsylvania in 2002 and 2004 losing to incumbent Joe Hoeffel and Senator Allyson Y. Schwartz, respectively. ...

In 2006, Schwartz retained the seat by defeating opponent Raj Bhakta, who is most famous for his appearance on the television show The Apprentice 2. Raj Peter Bhakta (born December 7, 1975 in Philadelphia) is a former contestant on the second season of the reality show The Apprentice and was the Republican Partys nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvanias 13th congressional district. ... The Apprentice 2 is the second season of The Apprentice, which began on September 9, 2004 on NBC. It featured 18 candidates, whereas season one only featured 16. ...

Congressional record

On January 10, 2005, Schwartz was appointed to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure^[2]. On February 14, 2005, she was appointed to the Budget Committee^[3]. She was credited with securing $52.5 million in federal funds for local infrastructure priorities as a part of the Transportation Equity Act of 2005 bill. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has jurisdiction over: Aviation Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Railroads Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Highways, Transit, and Pipelines Water Resources and Environment A subcommittee represents each area of jurisdiction. ... The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has jurisdiction over: Aviation Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Railroads Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Highways, Transit, and Pipelines Water Resources and Environment A subcommittee represents each area of jurisdiction. ... The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which governs United States federal surface transporation spending through 2010, was signed into law by President George W. Bush in Montgomery, Illinois on August 10, 2005. ...

The following list shows votes by Allyson Schwartz on several bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before the 109th Congress. The list is based on an analysis of the potential impact of the legislation on policy and politics.^[4]

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Fundraising

Political scientists noted her talent for fundraising. While most former state legislators raise comparitavely more money through PACs than individual donations, she raised $4,597,032^[5] from individual donations and comparatively little ($558,376) in PAC donations^[6].

References

External links

• Campaign website
• Official House website
• Berkman, Michael, and James Eisenstein. “State Legislators as Candidates: The Effects of Prior Experience on Legislative Behavior and Fundraising,” Political Science Quarterly, 52, no. 3 (1999): 481-498.
• Voting record maintained by the Washington Post