by Borys Krawczeniuk | Apr 26, 2017 |
If U.S. Rep. Tom Marino’s drop in campaign fundraising means he’s on the way out, Rep. Lou Barletta’s and Rep. Matt Cartwright’s look like they want to stick around. For Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, his campaign committee just had its second-best...
by John Cole | Apr 6, 2017 |
Gerrymandering — wherein the political party in power draws district lines that will preserve said power — is a game as old as politics itself. “Both sides do it” is a common excuse for this activity, and there’s merit to that. However,...
by Borys Krawczeniuk | Jan 23, 2017 |
The Washington Examiner, a conservative Washington, D.C., online newspaper, has posted its list of President Donald Trump’s eight favorite members of Congress. They include, you guessed it, Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, and Rep. Tom Marino, R-10, Lycoming...
by Borys Krawczeniuk | Jan 27, 2016 |
Brian Kelly wanted to be a congressman. He lost. He wanted to be Wilkes-Barre’s mayor. He lost. Now he wants to be a congressman, then a U.S. senator after his first term in the House is up. I’m not making this up. Mr. Kelly, the retired IBM systems engineer and...
by Borys Krawczeniuk | Jan 13, 2016 |
Here are the local congressmen’s reaction to the president’s State of the Union speech: U.S. REP. MATT CARTWRIGHT, D-17, MOOSIC: “Tonight’s State of the Union address was the President’s last, and he spoke of a great many good things and improvements...
