Category: Congressional News

  • Cawley Breaks The Mold

    Brad Bumsted Pittsburgh Tribune-Review In six short months, Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley has taken on a huge workload and a higher profile than most lieutenant governors in recent history. With […]

  • Platts Co-Sponsors Pro-Manufacturing Legislation

    York Daily Record The legislation would improve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emission limits for boilers. U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, has co-sponsored legislation to improve an existing regulation […]

  • Congressman Fitzpatrick To Vote In Favor Of BULB Act, Shares Thoughts On Debt Ceiling Debate

    John Williams Bucks Local News Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-8), while standing in the lobby of the Lenox Corporation in Bristol, said that he would be heading south to the nation’s […]

  • Lou Barletta Brings Experience To The GOP Side

    At age 21, Rep. Lou Barletta tried out for the Cincinnati Reds. He didn’t make it and instead returned to his hometown of Hazleton, Pa., and eventually became mayor. Rep. Lou […]

  • Meehan Responds To Poor Jobs Numbers

    Keegan Gibson Politics PA It looks like the RNC and PAGOP should have waited an extra day to roll out their latest attack on President Obama. The June jobs numbers […]

  • Barletta To Swap To Suit, Tie For Baseball Uniform, Glove

    Borys Krawczeniuk Hazleton Standard-Speaker As a kid, Lou Barletta dreamed of roaming center field for the New York Yankees like his idol, Mickey Mantle. His dream fizzled, but Lou Barletta […]

  • Fitzpatrick To Promote Land Conservation

    Bucks County Courier Times Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick will be in Doylestown on Thursday to promote legislation that would extend federal land conservation tax credits. Fitzpatrick will be on hand with […]

  • Marino Supports Disaster Assistance For Area

    The Daily Review Two Pennsylvania congressmen have written a letter to President Obama supporting Gov. Tom Corbett’s request for federal disaster assistance for five counties, including Bradford and Sullivan. On […]

  • Barletta Out To His Old Ball Game

    Jonathan Riskind Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Once a Major League hopeful, the new congressman now plays for a bigger cause. His gait was a little stiff, courtesy of a pulled hamstring […]