Archive for June, 2010
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Full StoryLEFTOVERS: Pileggi on Corbett, a gun rights win, an Onorato/Lentz presser
State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi took the mic at the Pennsylvania Press Club Monday—and proceeded to take a nice, big bite out of his party’s gubernatorial nominee for pledging not to raise taxes. Attorney General Tom Corbett has made just that pledge, but Pileggi, who has just as much if not more control over the state budget than the governor, doesn’t see that as lying within the realm of possibility.
“I don’t see how…
Full StoryTrivedi Silent on Looming Democrat Tax Hikes
By GERLACH FOR CONGRESS
(Glenmoore, PA) – Over the past 10 days, left wing candidate Manan Trivedi has felt right at home – because he was at home – raising money and rubbing elbows with liberal activists in California and Washington, the two places Trivedi has lived during Jim Gerlach’s entire tenure in Congress up until last fall when he decided to run for Congress. Meanwhile, Trivedi’s party leadership voiced support last week for tax…
Full StorySestak keeps up the charge on Toomey & derivatives
All the way back in 2009, one of the first attacks Arlen Specter lobbed at Pat Toomey was to link him to the financial derivatives that have been partly blamed for the economic collapse. More than a year later, Democrat Joe Sestak, the man who dispatched Specter in the primary and faces Toomey in the fall, is continuing that charge.
Sestak’s campaign put out its latest Web video Monday, a 90-second spot that sought to…
Full StoryJohn Callahan still silent on cap and trade – a national energy tax
By DENT FOR CONGRESS
Saturday marked a milestone for John Callahan – the first anniversary of the longest-standing issue he’s been ducking – cap and trade. Even though Christmas is six months out, Charlie Dent’s campaign thinks Callahan deserves the “lump of coal” award for refusing to discuss America’s energy policy.
On June 26, 2009, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a “cap and trade” bill that is in fact a job-killing national energy tax.…
Full StoryLibertarian hopeful in the 8th says he’s here to stay
Eric Wisener says he’s not “delusional” about his chances at winning the race in the 8th Congressional District as a libertarian. But things have gotten too out of hand, he says, to sit this one out.
“I can’t stand where things are,” Wisener told pa2010.com in a recent interview. “The government has gotten involved in things it never should have gotten involved in.”
The 43-year-old actor and advertising executive was nominated as the Libertarian Party’s…
Full StoryEXCLUSIVE: Biden, Pelosi to headline Philly event for Lentz & DCCC
Two of the country’s top Democrats are heading to Philadelphia to raise some cash for House candidates, and Bryan Lentz will be raking in some of that money.
Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be headlining a fundraiser July 19, according to Democrats familiar with the event. The proceeds will be split between Lentz’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, though the exact nature of that split remains unclear. Some…
Full StoryMurphy agrees with prez on McChrystal firing
The first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress says he agrees with President Obama’s decision to fire his top general in Afghanistan.
That was the message from Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) on Monday morning, when he told Fox29 that it was the “right move” for Obama to fire General Stanley McChrystal in the wake of disparaging comments McChrystal and his staff made to Rolling Stone.
“You can’t have a general criticizing our allies,” Murphy said.…
Full StoryPat Meehan Calls for Reforms of Federal Program for Vets’ Small Businesses
By MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS
DREXEL HILL, PA – Former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan joined Representative Nick Miccarelli and members of the veteran community today to call for improvements to government procurement programs benefitting service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Meehan called for reforms in Congress that would ensure that the federal government meets its goals for awarding contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and address problems of fraud in the program.
The federal Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program(SDVOSB)…
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