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Club For Growth Releases Scorecard – How does PA Score?

@ethanD — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:14:50 +0000

The Club for Growth has released it’s 2011 scorecard and here is how the legislators in PA score. Visit ClubForGrowth.com to see the full scorecard.

Senate

State	Party	Member	Rank	Score	Lifetime
PA	R	Toomey, Patrick	9	97%	97%
PA	D	Casey, Bob	99	0%	2%

Senator Toomey’s record shows him to be a principled leader who’s values and votes haven’t shifted since he took office.

Senator Casey on the other hand attempts to call himself a moderate but his record shows him to be about as liberal as you can possibly be

House

State	Dist.	Party	Member	Rank	Score	Lifetime
PA	16	R	Pitts, Joseph	92	76%	89%
PA	18	R	Murphy, Tim	120	69%	50%
PA	10	R	Marino, Thomas	163	60%	60%
PA	3	R	Kelly, Mike	179	54%	54%
PA	9	R	Shuster, Bill	183	54%	71%
PA	5	R	Thompson, G.T.	205	48%	71%
PA	6	R	Gerlach, Jim	205	48%	44%
PA	19	R	Platts, Todd	213	48%	54%
PA	11	R	Barletta, Lou	214	47%	47%
PA	15	R	Dent, Charles	217	46%	50%
PA	8	R	Fitzpatrick, Mike	230	43%	36%
PA	7	R	Meehan, Patrick	231	42%	42%
PA	17	D	Holden, Tim	287	15%	15%
PA	14	D	Doyle, Michael	315	12%	4%
PA	12	D	Critz, Mark	315	12%	16%
PA	4	D	Altmire, Jason	326	11%	16%
PA	13	D	Schwartz, Allyson	379	6%	7%
PA	2	D	Fattah, Chaka	413	2%	4%
PA	1	D	Brady, Robert	419	1%	5%

On the house side Congressman Pitts from the 16th continues to rank the best in PA.

Pitts: Sloppy Obamacare Grant Process Pays Out Millions

@ethanD — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:22:02 +0000

Rep. Pitts discusses a poorly managed Obamacare-created grant program that will pay out more than $10 billion in the next ten years.

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Pitts: Repealing an Obamacare Slush Fund

@ethanD — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:16:49 +0000

Rep. Pitts discusses his bill, H.R. 1217, that will eliminate a $17.5 billion slush fund created by Obamacare.

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Pitts: Questions from Obamacare Costs Hearing

@ethanD — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:37:56 +0000

Rep. Pitts asks CBO Director Elmendorf about the estimate that Obamacare will cost 800,000 jobs over the next decade. Even this figure does not take into account all parts of the law that could reduce employment.

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Pitts: Obamacare Costs Jobs

@ethanD — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:37:44 +0000

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Obamacare will cost the economy 800,000 jobs over the next ten years. Rep. Pitts opening statement from the hearing, “True Cost of PPACA: Effects on Budget and Jobs.”

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