Seeking Harrisburg help, Onorato wants reassessment delay

Faced with the pThe court a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090430_Court__Allegheny_must_reassess.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.philly.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090430_Court__Allegheny_must_reassess.html','ruled')" target="_blank">ruled in April that the county had to do the reassessment, which Onorato has been fighting in order to prevent property tax increases. Since then, Onorato,…

Thompson Asks Halt to White House Auto Task Force Actions

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN GLENN THOMPSON (R-5)

Washington, DC—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today joined Reps. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), in a press conference to discuss their letter to President Barack Obama asking that his Auto Task Force be returned to an advisory role and the Congress be involved in crafting legislation to address the Chrysler and GM crises.

“The White House Auto Task Force was supposed to drive us…

HOUSE PASSES ALTMIRE PROVISION REQUIRING STUDY ON HOW TO MAKE AIR AMBULANCES SAFER

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JASON ALTMIRE (D-4)

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — U.S. Congressman Jason Altmire (PA-04) is continuing to make progress in his ongoing effort to ensure air ambulances are safely transporting critically ill and injured patients. A provision written by Congressman Altmire that forces the government to study the safety of air ambulances passed the House today as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Reauthorization Act (H.R. 915) by a vote of 277-136. As…

Can We Trust Senator Specter on Anything? The Curious Case of Arlen Specter

By PAT TOOMEY FOR U.S. SENATE

Allentown, PA – If one wants to know what kind of senator Arlen Specter will be, all one has to do is look at his behavior over the past couple of weeks. It is clear he will be the kind of senator who will always put power before principle.

Only weeks after promising to be an “independent” voice in Washington and telling Meet the Press’ David Gregory he will…

DSCC poll shows Specter romping Sestak

A newly-commissioned poll shows Senator Arlen Specter easily topping Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) in a potential matchup during next year’s Democratic primary.

The poll, commissioned by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and first reported by

Specter ups the ante on CIA

Senator Arlen Specter on Thursday called for full transcription of CIA briefings, stepping up a brewing feud between the agency and Democrats in Congress.

In a letter CIA Director Leon Panetta, White House Counsel Gregory Craig and lawmakers on intelligence committees, Specter said his time on the Senate Intelligence Committeee made clear that “there were frequent disputes as to whether the CIA did the requisite briefings.”

“Such controversies could be resolved by having the briefings…

Gitmo – Obama’s liberalism makes us weaker

President Barack Obama is renewing his call to close the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but he is not finding too much support out on that ledge. In fact, many in the Democrat Party joined Republicans in rejecting the President’s plan on this issue, because they all came to an obvious conclusion—no one in America wants to have a…

2009 primaries show a post-Obama ballgame

Most of this Web site is, quite understandably, devoted to statewide or at least district-wide issues. Sometimes, though, things happen in a local election that have broader implications.

One such event happened yesterday in Cheltenham Township, when the two Cheltenham for Change candidates, Art Haywood and Kathy Hampton, defeated incumbent commissioners Paul Greenwald and Jeffrey Muldawer in the Democratic primary. Haywood and Hampton campaigned as a team: both are African-American (there has never been a…

Gerlach and Sestak work together to protect residents during natural gas construction drive

In a speech at a recent GOP dinner, potential gubernatorial candidate and Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) laid out a five-point plan for Pennsylvania. The plan, according to news reports, touched on the elimination of double taxation on businesses, the state’s need to break reliance on foreign oil, transparency in government, aid for Pennsylvania’s schools and students, and the preservation of the Pennsylvania’s parks.

Gerlach’s mention of energy independence and transparency in government comes more than…

Becker-Posner on the state of conservatism in the United States

Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker and Appealate judge and economics pioneer Richard Posner have recently been analyzing on their