6/14 Morning Buzz
New poll numbers for Corbett, a GOP debate wrap-up, and PoliticsPA’s new feature: What are the Best Political Blogs in PA?
New poll numbers for Corbett, a GOP debate wrap-up, and PoliticsPA’s new feature: What are the Best Political Blogs in PA?
From elected officials and policymakers to activists and political junkies, people pay attention to what’s being written on political blogs. We want to know the best sites to find political news, insider info, and opinion in Pennsylvania.
Rep. Jim Gerlach isn’t backing down from Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan or its changes to Medicare. In an op-ed column to the Pottstown Mercury titled “Fix Medicare now to avoid breakdown,” the Congressman reiterated the GOP’s message that reform is necessary to protect Medicare from bankruptcy.
Tonight is the first Republican Presidential debate which will feature the heavyweight contenders former Governor Mitt Romney and former Speaker Newt Gingrich; the debate also features our own former Senator Rick Santorum.
Budget negotiations heat up; Redistricting hearing to take place this week; Rep. Gerlach stands up for the Ryan plan; and Ridge goes on Colbert.
Three members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation — Congressmen Mark Critz, Jason Altmire and Glenn Thompson — spent late May and early June working to ensure that the federal government continues to expand the services it provides to the returning service members’ seeking to transition back to civilian life.
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a favorable ruling on the issue that brought the Congressman to national fame when he was still the mayor of Hazleton. The Court issued a ruling in favor of Hazleton’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance and ordered the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ to reconsider the law, which it struck down in 2007.
Lou Barletta makes the list for his third week in a row; Weinergate nets not one but two mentions; and three mentions of poor driving decisions.
Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge got the Colbert treatment last night when he appeared on the Comedy Central news program to discuss Marcellus shale natural gas.
GOP Senate candidates court Tea Partiers in Levittown; western PA local electeds call for more contiguous congressional district; we profile Rep. Platts’ COS Scott Miller; and Mayor Nutter is looking strong in an internal poll.
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