Congress
Pennsylvania Politics 2014: The 4 Stories We’ll All Be Following
2014 will be a huge year in Pennsylvania politics — and particularly Philly area politics — with contested house seats, jockeying for position in a […]
Chaka Fattah Getting His Own TV Show
Starting next month, U.S. Rep Chaka Fattah gets his own twice-monthly television show.
PHOTOS: Newest Kennedy Born at the Jersey Shore
On Tuesday, Absecon 6th grade teacher Amy Petitgout–aka the wife of ex-Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy’s–gave birth to a little girl. (Pat=son of Teddy.)Today, two-day-old Nora made […]
Ed Rendell Backing 300mph Bullet Train
Transportation fetishist Ed Rendell, no surprise, is backing a plan to bring an ultra-fast Japan-style magnetic levitation bullet train to the northeast corridor.
Jon Runyan Won’t Run for Re-Election
Moderate Republican congressman Jon Runyan won’t run for reelection in 2014, leaving New Jersey’s third district (BurlCo, Ocean County) wide open. The 40-year-old Runyan (of […]
3 Million Will Get Hit By Food Stamp Cuts in PA, NJ
The temporary boost in food stamps that arose out of stimulus spending to combat the recession has officially ended. $5 million has been cut nationwide […]
Now’s the Time: End the Filibuster
Fresh off the government shutdown,Republicans in the Senate are giving us …another shutdown. This time it’s in miniature: They’re threatening to filibuster one of President […]
Cory Booker Is Jersey’s New Senator
It got close-ish at the end there, but was there ever any doubt? Booker won 55%-44% in an election featuring one of the lowest-ever statewide turnouts in […]
Are Conservatives Really Ready to Default on America’s Debt?
One of conservatism’s really great beliefs (I’m serious about this) is about the unknowability of the future: That well-intentioned actions can have big unintended consequences; […]
Feds Have Been Investigating Chaka Fattah for *7 Years*
Fox 29 reports that the F.B.I. has issued a subpoena requesting U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s tax records, focused specifically on property that the congressman owns. […]
Shots Fired on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill was briefly locked down today after reports of shots fired on Capitol Hill at around 2:30 p.m. One woman–reportedly the suspect–is suspected dead. […]
Americans Are Losing Faith in Each Other. Are We Losing Our Democracy, Too?
So, America, are you ready for a dictator yet? That seems like a crazy question to ask, doesn’t it? After all, we Americans practically invented […]
The Government Is Shut Down! Obamacare Has Started! The World Has Gone Higgledy-Piggledy!
The New York Times reports that the government is shutting down for the first time in nearly 20 years: “The impasse meant that 800,000 federal […]
The PA Congressmen You Should Blame When the Gov’t Shuts Down
UPDATE: The federal government is shutting down, as the House, Senate and White House were unable to resolve a budget standoff over the president’s healthcare […]
Philly’s National Parks Are Definitely, Maybe Shutting Down Tomorrow
So, you may be wondering, what does the coming government shutdown mean for Philadelphia? Well, a wide swath of federal workers will be furloughed […]