Category: Congressional News
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Gov. Corbett Hopes To Sign Bill For Voucher Program By End Of Month
Charles Thompson Harrisburg Patriot-News This should be the time for the final charge to deliver a school voucher program to Pennsylvania, advocates say. Gov. Tom Corbett says he wants families to […]
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Op-Ed: End Bonuses For Bailouts
Congressman Jim Gerlach Phoenixville Patch Editor’s Note: The following was submitted and written by U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach. To submit your own opinion pieces to Phoenixville Patch, e-mail [email protected]. Opinons […]
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Murphy Joins House GOP Leadership To Move Jobs Bill
Peters Patch U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy announced Thursday that, in the coming weeks, House Republicans will formally introduce an energy and infrastructure jobs bill—and hope to move the legislation through […]
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Meehan: Entrepreneurs Drive America’s Economy
Rep. Pat Meehan Delaware County Times The numbers say it all. Companies with fewer than 500 employees added seven million jobs between 2001 and 2007, while larger corporations cut nearly […]
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‘Legal Workforce Act’ Undermines States’ Rights, Must Be Defeated
Rep. Lou Barletta Washington Examiner On May 3, 2011, the chief of police in Beaver Meadows, Pa., stopped a man for speeding. The driver spoke no English, so a translator […]
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Mike Kelly, GOP Freshman: Senate Dems Should ‘Get Off Their Rear Ends,’ Pass A Budget [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller Freshman Republican Rep. Mike Kelly, gathering with a group of his first-term House colleagues, demanded that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democrat-controlled Senate “get off […]
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Mike Kelly: A Representative Who Gets It
Doesn’t Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) pretty much say it for you…and for every other sane, responsible, patriotic American? Click here to watch the video.
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Congressman Lou Barletta Speaks At Carbon GOP Rally
Ron Gower The Times News One of the largest gatherings at a Carbon County Republican Committee dinner in recent years attended the fall rally Tuesday night at Capriotti’s Restaurant in […]
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FEC Fines Callahan
Politics PA Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan has been fined by the Federal Elections Commission for using $9,932 of funds from his mayoral campaign for his congressional campaign, Colby Itkowitz of […]