Category: News
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Republicans Target Obama In Pennsylvania
Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call New TV ad hits president on economy in key states. Pennsylvania is one of four traditionally Democratic states being targeted by Republicans in a new […]
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A New Way To Track State Spending
Sari Heidenreich Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By 2013, Pennsylvania will have a website on salaries, costs and more. State government will soon begin putting together a website that will provide one-stop access […]
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State Budget Holds The Line On Taxes, Cuts Spending
Sen. Mike Brubaker When the General Assembly began working on the state budget in February, my top budgetary goals included passing a responsible spending plan on time without raising taxes […]
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Pat Toomey: We Can’t Postpone Tough Choices
USA Today For months, President Obama’s administration demanded a clean increase in the government’s $14.3 trillion debt limit ceiling with no conditions attached. Despite a $1.4 trillion deficit for 2011 and […]
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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 […]
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PPP Poll Shows Trouble For Obama In Pa.
Meghan Schiller Politics PA A new poll has bad news for Barack Obama. Today’s press release from Public Policy Polling shows President Obama continuing to struggle with a 46% approval rating […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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With GOP Senate Support, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey Revamps His Plan For Budget If Debt Talks Fail
Robert J. Vickers Harrisburg Patriot-News Though U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has no direct influence on the cloistered budget negotiations between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, he said Friday […]