Category: News

  • Toomey Urges Austerity Before Jobless Benefits

    Mike Wereschagin Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sen.-elect Pat Toomey said Thursday that Congress should extend unemployment benefits but must pay for them by cutting money elsewhere. With Republicans about to take control […]

  • Gov.-Elect Tom Corbett Calls Meeting With Obama Productive

    Kari Andren Harrisburg Patriot-News Gov.-elect Tom Corbett was among nearly two dozen newly elected governors who met with President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday. The roughly hour-and-a-half meeting at […]

  • Newly Elected State Lawmaker Touts Fiscal Conservatism

    Margaret Smykla Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A first-time fiscal conservative running for state office at a time when voters are railing against incumbents is bound to attract notice, and in the state’s […]

  • House GOP: No Lame-Duck Slots Awards

    Mike Wereschagin Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Some House Republicans want the state Gaming Control Board to hold off on awarding its last slots licenses until incoming leaders in Harrisburg appoint new board […]

  • Nancy Pelosi’s Unwelcome Christmas Gift

    Karl Rove The Wall Street Journal After ignoring congressional Republicans for 22 months and 10 days, President Obama hosted a “come together, right now” session with them Tuesday. The topic: […]

  • Senator-Elect Toomey Talks With Channel 11

    WPXI In about a month Republican Pat Toomey will be sworn in as the United States senator representing Pennsylvania. On Thursday, Toomey spoke with Channel 11’s Rick Earle in a […]

  • Pa. Gov-Elect To Meet With Transition Team Members

    Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett is meeting with his transition team to begin building a new administration. The Republican plans to huddle with team members Tuesday at their charter meeting in […]

  • Three In Governors’ Mansions Got Their Start In W.Pa.

    Salena Zito Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Gov.-elect Tom Corbett isn’t the only Republican whose blue-collar roots in Western Pennsylvania helped propel him to a governor’s mansion in this month’s elections. It’s an […]

  • Congressman-Elect Kelly Plans To Decline Government-Paid Health Coverage

    Kevin Flowers The Erie Times-News Congressman-elect Mike Kelly was among the Republicans who blasted the Democrats’ health-care law leading up to the midterm elections. Now many of those Republicans face […]