Archive for November, 2009
Kanjorski Releases Amendment to Address Companies That Are “Too Big to Fail” and Prevent Future Bailouts
By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN PAUL KANJORSKI (D-11)
WASHINGTON – Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, today released his amendment to the Financial Stability Improvement Act that would empower federal regulators to rein in and dismantle financial firms that are so large, inter-connected, or risky that their collapse would put at risk the entire American economic system, even if those firms…
Full StorySeeking conservative mantle, Rohrer enters governor’s race (Video)
WEST LAWN—Hoping to seize on growing unrest within conservative ranks and promising to run an unconventional, grassroots campaign, state Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks) formally entered the GOP primary for governor Tuesday evening.
Speaking before a raucous crowd of supporters in what eventually became a town-hall style Q & A inside a fire station here, Rohrer ruminated on his upbringing, his time in public service, and the fears he shares with conservatives that the state—and the…
Full StoryThe First Read — November 18, 2009
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Seeking conservative mantle, Rohrer enters governor’s race (Vide0)
WEST LAWN—Hoping to seize on growing unrest within conservative ranks and promising to run an unconventional, grassroots campaign, state Representative Sam…
Rohrer passes on a chance to criticize Corbett
WEST LAWN—Tom Corbett’s first opponent has rarely passed up a chance to criticize the Attorney General for investigating lawmakers by day while campaigning by night. But unlike Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6), state Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks) isn’t going there.
Speaking to reporters after he
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Even before state Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks)
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WEST LAWN—pa2010.com Central is on scene for state Representative Sam Rohrer’s gubernatorial announcement.
Snyder County commish mulling a run in PA-10
Snyder County Commissioner Malcolm Derk said Tuesday that he was considering a campaign for the Republican nomination in the 10th Congressional District, raising the possibility that an area elected official would take on sophomore Congressman Chris Carney (D-10).
Republicans this year have been unable to recruit a viable challenger against Carney, who is Full Story
Report: Santorum also backing Corbett
Former Senator Rick Santorum is throwing his support behind state Attorney General Tom Corbett’s gubernatorial bid, giving the early GOP front-runner the backing of one of the state’s most prominent conservatives.
In a letter obtained and published Tuesday by p“With public confidence in our Democratic Governor Ed Rendell and legislature near historic lows, Tom’s campaign for Governor could not come at a more critical time,” Santorum writes in the letter. “After all, there is no margin for error when it comes to rectifying the enormous problems Pennsylvania faces today.”/p
pHe goes onto ask supporters to contribute to Corbett’s campaign./p
pDisclosure of Santorum’s letter comes just hours before state Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks) is a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/11/looking-ahead-a-rohrer-announcement-an-onorato-policy-paper/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F11%2Flooking-ahead-a-rohrer-announcement-an-onorato-policy-paper%2F','set+to+launch')" target="_blank"set to launch/a a a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/11/inching-toward-guv-race-rohrer-looks-to-test-power-of-conservatives/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F11%2Finching-toward-guv-race-rohrer-looks-to-test-power-of-conservatives%2F','conservative+challenge+to+Corbett.')" target="_blank">conservative challenge to Corbett.
More thoughts on Corbett
Very interesting posts by I did—some of the problems faced by Tom Corbett in “leveraging” the attorney general position into the governorship, especially after the recent Perzel indictment(s).
I can’t explain it, but I just have a very mixed reaction to Corbett. He seems decent enough, and I suppose that locking people up…
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