Audio Clips

Full Story – Today's story features House Speaker Keith McCall of Carbon County. He says House Democrats are asking Senate Republicans to return to the budget bargaining table. Roseann Cadau reports from Harrisburg. Story runs 1 minute and 4 seconds. - 10/5/2009

Sound Bite – Commenting on the state budget negotiations, House Speaker Keith McCall of Carbon County says House Democrats are asking Senate Republicans to return to the bargaining table. Bite runs 5 seconds. - 10/5/2009

Full Story- Pennsylvania is back on track as legislative leaders and Governor Rendell reached an agreement on the Commonwealth's budget over the weekend. Story features House Speaker Keith McCall of Carbon County. Story runs 55 seconds. - 9/21/2009

Sound bite only- House Speaker Keith McCall of Carbon County comments on the budget agreement that was reached by legislative leaders over the weekend. Bite runs 17 seconds. - 9/21/2009

SOUNDBITE ONLY. House Speaker Keith McCall of Carbon County comments on the status of the state budget. Run time :16. - 9/14/2009

Video Clips

House Democratic leaders discuss 2009-10 state budget impasse. - 8/27/2009

House Democratic leaders discuss their efforts to break the budget logjam and outline their priorities for education, health care and jobs. - 7/22/2009

House Democratic Leaders, along with Governor Ed Rendell, discuss the House’s strong, bipartisan vote to reject a budget plan offered by the Republican-controlled Senate that would significantly slash funding for basic education and other services that protect children, seniors and the disabled. - 7/21/2009

In an effort to break the budget logjam, House Democratic Leaders discuss their plan to report Senate Bill 850 - the Senate Republican budget bill - to the House floor for discussion. This bill would cut funding to draconian levels - and is still out of balance by $1.7 billion, but throughout budget negotiations Republicans in the House and Senate have refused to discuss revenue sources like the Rainy Day Fund and have contended S.B. 850 is the panacea to our budget woes. House Democrats will continue to fight for a budget that protects children, senior citizens and Pennsylvania's working families in the areas of education, health care and jobs. - 7/10/2009

House Majority Whip Keith McCall, D-Carbon, advocates for legislation that will help prevent Pennsylvanians, especially the elderly, from being scammed by unscrupulous home improvement contractors. The new law puts a registration structure in place to assure only reputable contractors are in business. - 10/16/2008