Rep. Joe Pitts recently replied to a constituent’s letter with a rather interesting position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon need to come back to the negotiating table. Arafat has been dead since 2004 and Sharon in a coma since 2006.

Former House Speaker and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi won’t serve forever, and Rep. Allyson Schwartz is reportedly on the short list of members who could step into leadership if (or when) a vacuum emerges.

It’s official: Keith Rothfus is a top tier candidate. The National Republican Congressional Committee Thursday promoted the Allegheny County attorney to its Young Guns program in his challenge to Rep. Mark Critz.

Progressive veterans’ advocacy group VoteVets has endorsed Manan Trivedi, the Democrat running against Rep. Jim Gerlach. Trivedi served as a combat surgeon in Iraq, and the group has a noteworthy bankroll.

Two weeks ago, Lackawanna County Attorney Matt Cartwright unseated Rep. Tim Holden, the dean of the Pa. congressional delegation. Details, reports and analyses after the fact shed some light on how an incumbent who’d dodged 20 years of challengers fell.

Despite a hard-fought and sometimes contentious primary, Jason Altmire has appeared to overcome his loss and plans to throw his full support behind Mark Critz at a Monday rally in Pittsburgh with fellow Democratic lawmakers.

About two dozen protesters gathered outside Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick’s Bucks County office Thursday, accusing him of accusing President Obama of treason. Fitzpatrick had criticized the President for his recent ‘hot mic’ remarks to the President of Russia.

Democrat Larry Maggi put Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Allegheny) on notice today, attacking him for ethics violations including taxpayer funding of campaign fliers. But the Murphy campaign responded, saying Maggi consistently takes pay raises and has made questionable campaign expenditures.