3/3 Morning Buzz
The jury deliberates Jane Orie’s fate, Rick Santorum is off Fox News until his 2012 decision, the entire PA delegation voted the CR to prevent a government shut down, and Forbes says Philly is America’s most toxic city.
The jury deliberates Jane Orie’s fate, Rick Santorum is off Fox News until his 2012 decision, the entire PA delegation voted the CR to prevent a government shut down, and Forbes says Philly is America’s most toxic city.
Having covered the former admiral for the entirety of his Senate campaign for pa2010, Dan Hirshhorn is pretty familiar with Joe Sestak. Check out Hirshhorn’s story today about Sestak’s next move
The National Journal, which last week brought us the 2010 liberal and conservative rankings of all members of Congress, takes a look today at the 10 lawmakers that had voting records overlapping with the opposing party. There were only 10, and of them, only two were re-elected. One was Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and the other was the Lehigh Valley’s own Charlie Dent.
Fox News’ Bret Baier just announced that the network has put a 60-day suspension on the paid contributor deals with both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum — who are both considering a run for president in 2012.
Allegheny County Republicans are quietly preparing for a special election to fill State Senator Orie’s seat, and the front runner for the GOP nomination appears to be former Congresswoman Melissa Hart.
Sunday’s New York Times featured an article highly critical of regulation of wastewater from natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, precipitated a contentious response among some players in the Marcellus arena.
With budget cuts in the works in Harrisburg, state senate Democrats are putting job creation at the top of their agenda. Senate Democrats introduced “PA Works” last Wednesday, a six-part initiative aimed at stimulating tens of thousands of jobs.
Pat Toomey’s first floor speech, Jane Orie’s last stand. Marc Scaringi’s op-ed, and air wars in the Philly burbs. Check out today’s buzz.
Senator Pat Toomey -(R) took the floor and addressed the U.S. Senate in his maiden speech with his concern over the national debt limit. The Senator’s Full Faith and Credit Act is legislation he introduced last month and offered today on the floor. The amendment would make it so that the national debt becomes the Treasury’s top priority in the event that it reaches its limit.
Members of Clean Air Council, PennEnvironment, and the National Wildlife Foundation were protesting in front of the district office of U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-6) when they were invited to air their grievances in person to members of Gerlach’s staff.
Do you agree that ByteDance should be forced to divest TikTok?
Total Voters: 30