MARINO RESPONDS TO CARNEY CAMPAIGN’S MISLEADING ATTACKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

By MARINO FOR CONGRESS

Williamsport, PA – Following a press release from Chris Carney’s campaign in which Carney falsely accused Marino of supporting the elimination of Social Security, Tom Marino issued the following statement.
“Yet again, Chris Carney has decided to resort to personal attacks and innuendo rather than talking straight about the issues that are important to the people of the 10th Congressional District.  During a recent radio interview, I was commenting on…

Manan Trivedi Earns DFA Endorsement

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

Elverson, PA – Building on the grassroots energy that carried him to success in the primary, Manan Trivedi received the endorsement today of Democracy for America (DFA). The nation’s largest grassroots political action community, DFA has a long history of backing candidates who stand up to Washington and giving them the extra boost they need to win in November. Since its founding, the organization has grown to over 1 million voices…

Tom Marino Pushes for Cuts to Social Security

By CARNEY FOR CONGRESS

CLARKS SUMMIT – Tom Marino, in an interview yesterday, made clear that as a congressman he would cut Social Security to such an extent that those on the cusp of receiving Social Security benefits would get nothing. Asked by WKOK what programs he would cut, Tom Marino, who is 58 years old, answered: “Let me address Social Security. … My generation and probably the generation that follows me, we are going…

GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel: Joe Sestak is the Kind of Leader the Senate Needs

By SESTAK FOR SENATE

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Calling him a principled and independent leader who will always do what’s right regardless of partisan politics, former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel endorsed Joe Sestak in his bid for the U.S. Senate today.

Speaking in front of the Point of View Statue in downtown Pittsburgh, the two-term Republican senator and Vietnam combat veteran said Admiral Sestak will always stand on the side of working families and fight for…

Rothfus says Altmire’s mosque opposition just posturing

If there’s one thing on which Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) and Republican opponent Keith Rothfus agree, it’s that an Islamic community center shouldn’t be built two blocks from ground zero in New York.

But their agreement ends there, and Rothfus says Altmire is just playing politics—albeit with a subject that has become a political rallying cry for candidates across the ideological spectrum.

“He saw this as an opportunity to step away from the president, rather…

Altmire hits the airwaves (Updated)

Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) was set to take his campaign for a third term to the airwaves on Tuesday.

Altmire is starting with an ad buy on cable television, according to someone familiar with the buy. The precise size of the buy remains unclear. The 30-second spot, embedded at bottom, depicts the sophomore as an independent willing to buck his party, noting his votes against health care reform and the financial bailouts.

His first air…

Lentz, Meehan and jobs

Let’s talk jobs.

I was listening to the debate that aired Sunday night between Democrat Bryan Lentz and Republican Pat Meehan, rivals in the 7th Congressional District. To no surprise they both agreed that jobs were, far and away, the most important concern to voters. At this point though, Meehan and Lentz had divergent views and supplied different answers on how to address the problem. From the exchange that took place in the debate, I…

TOM CORBETT: THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO HAS RAISED PROPERTY TAXES

By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR

SHALER: Even as he is promising millions of dollars in new spending, Tom Corbett is running for Governor on a “no new taxes” pledge.  But the one time he was responsible for enacting a budget, Corbett cast the deciding vote in favor of a 20% property tax hike – while nearby communities were cutting property taxes.

As a Township Commissioner, Corbett supported the first property tax increase in Shaler in a…

A nuclear Iran

American assurances to Israel that it can contain a nuclear Iran are confusing to me.

This is coming from the same America that said that it could contain North Korea’s program, which is since up and running. This is the same America that said that is aimed to forge new relations with Russia, which is now fueling the nuclear plant under a somewhat suspicious promise that it will keep the Iranians from using the fuel…

Welcome to Joe Sestak’s Extreme Makeover

By TOOMEY FOR SENATE

Allentown – After campaigning for months as “the real Democrat,” “Obama’s strongest ally,” and “a progressive,” Congressman Joe Sestak is now laughably trying to pretend he’s an independent who will stand up to his own Party.  But the truth lies in Sestak’s voting record and his votes show that he has walked in lockstep with Nancy Pelosi on every major issue, voting with the liberal speaker 100% of the time in…