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Pennsylvania Treasurer Casey Sides With Taxpayers in Pay Raise Lawsuit

House of Representatives Committee on
Ways and Means to recognize Brazil as a serious offender of intellectual
property rights.-China economic
relations this Thursday, April 14th, will take China to task over its failure
to comply with requirements as part of its new membership in the World Trade
Organization (WTO), including its record of intellectual property rights
abuses.

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that a system of unvouchered expenses such as that established by Act
44 is violative of Article II, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania
Constitution.

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Casey has also said that any
future salary increase must be tied to a reasonable , objective standard such
as the Consumer Price Index.

http://www. DPR has issued a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA
22nd), urging the Committee to also confront Brazil on its record which,
according to the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), cost
American businesses an estimated $900 million in losses in 2003 alone. The organization, founded in 1983,
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, The General Assembly violated the
Pennsylvania Constitution when it voted itself a pay raise in the middle of
the night on July 7, 2005, according to a legal brief filed today with the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court by State Treasurer Robert P.
What is unusual is that Casey is the respondent in this lawsuit and his
position supports that of the petitioner, citizen-activist Gene Stilp. On April 4th of this year,
USTR gave Brazil six months to reverse its intellectual property abuses or
loose its favored trade status with the United States.

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"Brazil's intellectual property rights abuses under
President Lula threaten the strength and growth of the American economy. FRC shapes public debate and
formulates public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions
of marriage and the family.

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Casey's action is no surprise considering his well-documented public
opposition to the legislative pay raise, the manner in which it was passed by
the General Assembly, and the use of "unvouchered expenses" as a way to
circumvent the State Constitution's prohibition against legislators raising
their pay in the middle of their terms. In it, the State Treasurer addressed specific questions
posed by the Court and asked the Court to find:

1.

Casey has repeatedly said that taxpayers are the only ones who should
decide when elected officials get a raise in their pay. In other words, if a
member of the General Assembly votes to increase his or her salary, the public
should be able to take that vote into consideration when the member stands for
reelection - before the raise goes into effect.

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(Casey
was named in the suit solely because the Treasury Department disburses the
Commonwealth's money, including legislators' paychecks. However , that case became moot when the
pay raise was repealed in November.

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In an earlier Commonwealth Court lawsuit, Treasury Department lawyers had
argued that the State Treasurer was improperly joined in the matter because he
had nothing to do with the pay raise - he did not vote for it, he did not
lobby for it, he did not support it."
China and Brazil have become increasingly close allies when it comes to
intellectual property abuses. Approved Marriage Amendment Would Close Debate
on Same-Sex 'Marriage' in Kansas

WASHINGTON, Today, Kansas voters will head to the
polls to vote on a state ballot initiative to determine the future of marriage
in the Sunflower State.

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On March 24th China announced its support for
Brazilian Luiz Felipe Seixas Correa to become the next head of the World Trade
Organization, saying he would "fight for the interests of developing countries
as the new head of the WTO.

Kansas Voters to the Polls!

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The brief Casey filed today was in response to a lawsuit Stilp filed in
the Supreme Court . that Act 44 of 2005 was unconstitutional in its entirety, having been
passed by the General Assembly in violation of Article III, Sections 1,
2, and 4 of the Pennsylvania Constitution; and
4.
The Committee, which is scheduled to hold hearings on U.3 billion in 2003 to the U.S.

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However, the State
Treasurer has no authority to stop these payments. that Petitioner Stilp has standing to bring this action;
2.

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S. In February, the Kansas House of Representatives
approved an amendment to the Kansas state constitution to define marriage as
the union of one man and one woman.

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In spite of this
warning from the USTR, just days ago, Brazil's government formally announced
that it would seize the patents of several major U. For further information, please contact: John Procter
at 202-772-2179 or jprocter@dcgpr .

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Like China U.S. Congress Must Hold Brazil to Account

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that his constitutional challenges are not moot;
3. House Ways and Means Committee Must Address Brazil's
Intellectual Property Rights Abuses

WASHINGTON, Defenders of Property Rights today
submitted a letter calling on the U.
Brazil, one of America's largest trading partners, exported goods valued
at $21.

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In January 2001, due to a petition from the IIPA for a chronic lack
of enforcement of copyright laws, the United States Trade Representative
(USTR) placed Brazil on the Special 301 Watchlist.

"Legislators in Kansas, where a Defense of Marriage Act is already on the
books, saw a need to protect marriage against activist judges on the state
level and, in a refreshing move, gave Kansas voters a chance to voice their
support for traditional marriage ," says Tony Perkins, President of Family
Research Council.

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About Defenders of Property Rights
Defenders of Property Rights was founded in 1991 to counterbalance the
governmental threat to private property as a result of a broad range of
regulations.
"We eagerly await today's results and encourage all Kansans to head to the
polls, do their civic duty, and cast their vote.

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They
not only harm American businesses but hinder investment, innovation and
development in Brazil," said Nancie Marzulla, president of Defenders of
Property Rights.com."

The Family Research Council (FRC) is nationally recognized as a leader in
the fight for traditional marriage .

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"Brazil's intellectual property abuses are alarmingly short-sighted.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. Defenders believes that society can achieve important social
objectives such as protection of our environment and preservation of our
national heritage without destroying private property rights or undermining
free market principles.

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