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Category: Congressional News

  • Counterfeit Drug Trade Targeted By Meehan Bill

    Delaware County Times U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, of Upper Darby, discussed legislation Friday that would increase penalties for trafficking counterfeit drugs. Meehan was the prime sponsor of the Counterfeit […]

  • President Obama Should Reconsider, Reverse Immigration Executive Order

    The Hill Since he delivered the State of the Union address in January, President Obama has often spoken about “fairness” and how “everyone should play by the same rules.” Those […]

  • GOP Hopefuls Burn Casey, Obama On Coal

    Politics PA Under President Obama, EPA regulations have stifled job creation and destroyed jobs, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith and other Pennsylvania Republicans told reporters during a campaign stop […]

  • Gerlach, Meehan Fight Medical Device Tax In Obamacare

    Journal Register Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Patrick Meehan took their fight against the medical device tax on the road Tuesday with a visit to the headquarters of Neuronetics, a medical […]

  • House Repeals Medical Device Tax That Pays For Health Care Reform

    Allentown Morning Call As part of the Republicans’ effort to handicap the Democrats’ health care reform law, the House voted Thursday afternoon to repeal a new 2.3 percent tax on medical device sales […]

  • One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

    Rep. Joe Pitts Pottstown Mercury Starting in 2014, a bottle of whiskey, a pack of cigarettes, ammunition and a pacemaker will all have something in common: they will all be […]

  • Penn. To Obama: ‘Back Off!’

    Joel Gehrke Washington Examiner Mike Krancer, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Environmental Protection, suggested that President Obama’s environmental regulators need to “back off” and let his office handle oil and natural gas […]

  • Job Creator: Romney Vs. Obama

    Emily DiCicco Politics PA Who is the real job creator, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? Fiercely debated, the question remains a central theme in both presidential hopeful’s campaigns. Republicans attacked […]

  • Clinging To The Constitution And The Fight For First Amendment Rights

    Congressman Mike Kelly Human Events In 2008, then-Senator Obama apologized for saying that people from small towns in Pennsylvania “get bitter” and “cling to guns or religion” when faced with […]