Lou Barletta

Pennsylvania will lose one seat in Congress next year because of census population data, and the Washington Post on Monday analyzed how the state's congressional districts may be redrawn by the Republicans in charge. "One is to draw Democratic Reps.......

Local area Republicans Charlie Dent, Mike Fitzpatrick and Lou Barletta all voted for the House Republicans' 2011 budget that sliced $60 billion from various federal programs for the next seven months of the fiscal year. It's important to note, of......

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If you were looking for the easiest and fastest way to tell that there's some new sheriffs in town, then a quick glance at the state House's voting calendar these last few days should tell you all you need to know....

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. After a decade of hunting, terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden was brought to ground in Pakistan by U.S. Special Forces last night. All of us remember where we were on that horrible September day in......

Buena Mañana, Buscadores Compañeros! El hoy es Cinco de Mayo, y nosotros no piensa en una mejor manera de celebrar Lou Barletta este día de fiesta festivo Mexico' que conmemora; victoria de s sobre el francés que pasando a lo largo de una h...

Two competing, but certainly related, conversations have dominated Capitol Hill Tuesday: whether Congress will let the government shutdown this week and whether House Republicans' 2012 budget plan has support. With talks stalled and no appetite for...

The mood on Capitol Hill today is one of impatience and annoyance as the hours pass, the midnight deadline nears and no new developments surface. Republicans insist the budget impasse is about spending cuts, while Democrats claim the roadblock is......

UPDATE: Rep. Lou Barletta keeps two campaign committees. The one written about earlier has raised no money and has $153, 670 debt. The other, which should be finalized today, is expected to show cash on hand. Mea culpa. As Barletta's......

It's recess time and U.S. lawmakers are returning to their districts for a two-week respite from Washington. This holiday may be a wee bit less pleasant as they face their constituents for the first time since casting politically charged votes......

Reminiscent of the August 2009 town halls when members of Congress faced angry constituents over health care reforms, a public forum in Carbon County with Rep. Lou Barletta Wednesday night provided a glimpse of the strong emotions stirred by a......

As the news of Osama bin Laden's death settled in Monday morning, U.S. lawmakers began reacting, offering their statements of support. Here's what has been released from Pennsylvania's members of Congress so far. We'll add to the list as they......

The state Democratic Party joined an effort by a handful of U.S. House lawmakers to determine which Republicans would turn down the federally-funded health insurance provided to members of Congress. A handful of House Democrats sent a letter to...