Category: Congressional News

  • Mike Kelly Pumps Up SHS Seniors

    Sharon Herald As he looked out at the rows of seated Sharon High School students before him on Wednesday, Congressman Mike Kelly told them they have an image to uphold. […]

  • Fitzpatrick Witness To History In Alabama

    Doylestown Intelligencer Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick was among more than 5,000 people who gathered in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the beating of voting rights marchers that sparked the Voting Rights Act. […]

  • Meehan Wants FAA To Consider Former Willow Grove Base

    Bucks County Courier Times Congressman Pat Meehan is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to include Pennsylvania properties in its search for a site to build a new air traffic control […]

  • Congressman Keith Rothfus: Instead Of ‘Sequester,’ Take A Scalpel To Spending

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, take effect on Friday. These cuts, proposed by President Obama as part of his 2011 deal to increase the debt limit, are […]

  • Toomey, Pitts ‘Win’ Club For Growth Scorecard

    Politics PA The Club for Growth, a conservative organization that favors reduced federal spending and deregulation, has issued its scorecard for 2012 votes in Congress. Sen. Pat Toomey (R) and Rep. […]

  • Thune And Shuster: The FAA’s Unfriendly Skies

    Washington Times Leaders are supposed to solve problems. When confronted with challenges, they step forward with solutions. Yet as the deadline for sequestration looms, we are sadly faced with an […]

  • Radio Smart Talk: Rep. Scott Perry; Women Who Make A Difference

    WITF Washington’s inability to reach a federal budget deal could come to a head later this week. Friday, March 1 is when $85 billion in automatic spending cuts are scheduled […]

  • Murphy Talks Mental Health, Gun Violence On ‘Face The Nation’ (Watch Video)

    Politics PA Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Allegheny) tried to find middle ground for Republicans on the national debate on gun violence by not promoting traditional gun control measures but rather by […]

  • Cutting What We Don’t Need

    Congressman Joe Pitts In Washington, words that you hear almost nowhere else get thrown around as if everyone understands what they mean: reconciliation, appropriations, reauthorization, and now sequestration. Some bit […]