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{{congresspedia}}[[Image:joesestak.jpg|thumb|Joe Sestak currently serves previously served the 7th Congressional district of Pennsylvania]]'''Joe Sestak''' is , a [[Democratic Party|DemocraticDemocrat]] member , is a former U.S. Representative for the 7th Congressional district of the Pennsylvania, having served 2007 to 2011.<ref name="WP">[http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Joe_Sestak Joe Sestak profile], ''The Washington Post'', accessed January 2011.</ref> ==Record and controversies=={{Congresspedia voting record}}  ===Iraq War===Sestak introduced a bill ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.960.IH: H.R.960]) on February 8, 2007, that would redeploy all U.S. troops in Iraq "to locations within the Middle East or Southwest Asia regions or to other regions or nations, or returned to the United States" by December 31, 2007. That same day, the bill was referred to the [[Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and the [[Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]]. [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16742343.htm] *See Congresspedia pages on '''[[Congressional actions on the Iraq War|congressional actions on the Iraq War]]''' and the '''[[Troop "surge" in Iraq|troop "surge" in Iraq]]'''. {{Iraq War House record}} ===Norman Hsu campaign donations===Upon hearing revelations of Representatives[[Norman Hsu]] representing 's fugitive status, Sestak has opted to give back the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania (see map thousand dollar donation that he received from Hsu.<ref>Jim Kuhnhenn, [http://nationalatlastalkingpointsmemo.govcom/printablenews/images2007/preview08/congdist/pa07_109clinton_to_give_away_fundraise.gifphp "Clinton to give away fundraiser's cash,"]) since ''AP News'' via ''Talking Points Memo,'' August 29, 2007. </ref>

====2010 election====In 2010, Sestak defeated incumbent ran for U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania. In the Democratic primary, Sestak beat party-switching Sen. [[RepublicanArlen Specter]] Rep(D-Pa. ) but lost in the general election to Republican [[Curt WeldonPatrick Toomey]] 56%-44% to take possession of the .<ref name="WP"/> Sestak's House seat in the was won by Republican [[2006 congressional electionsPatrick Meehan]].<ref>[http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Patrick_Meehan Patrick Meehan profile], ''The Washington Post'', accessed January 2011.</ref>

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==Committees and Affiliationsaffiliations==

*[[House Committee on Armed Services]] **Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces**Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations**Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces * [[House Committee on Education and Labor]]** Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education** Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions*[[House Committee on Small Business]]**Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology**Subcommittee on Finance and Tax**Subcommittee on Regulations, Healthcare, and Trade ===Twitter===

<div id="twitter" style=More Background Data=="padding:0.5em 1em 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">'''Joe Sestak posts on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JoeSestak/''' '''Latest posts:'''<small>{{congresspedia challenger footer <rss>http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/JoeSestak.rss| cidtitle=N00001535none| can_idmax=H34111033|short</rss></small>See all the [[members of Congress who Twitter]]</div>  wpid=w000268|=Articles and resources== district=PA07|incumbent=Curt Weldon=References===}}<references/>

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