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Richard Ianieri, the defense contractor charged today with accepting $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor, was president of a company that gave more money to Rep.

According to Federal Election Commission records, Ianieri gave more than $50,000 to Democrats, including $13,500 to Murtha's re-election campaign and leadership fund, Majority PAC.

WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers.

Congressman Bill Shuster has endorsed Pat Toomey for the United States Senate and released the following statement: "For as long as I have known Pat Toomey, he has been a reliable and steadfast supporter of limited government, lower taxes and personal freedom.

Fulton County, Pa., community leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new Fulton County Medical Center facility they say will create jobs and help the county's distressed economy.

June 30, 2009 - NAFCU welcomed the support in the fight against interchange fee price caps reflected in a letter Friday from Reps.

In the ideal future officials imagined Monday, locally built high-speed trains would whisk commuters from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh in fewer than four hours, with the option to stop in State College or continue to Cleveland.

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the ranking Republican on the Railroads Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, this week held a field hearing on the future of passenger rail in the Pittsburgh area at the United States Post Office and District Courthouse in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh played host to the rail subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure this morning, bringing industry and policy leaders to the city to discuss the future of high-speed passenger trains.

VIDEO: Rep. Bill Shuster - 56th Stryker Brigade - Stress On Citizen Soldiers is "A Great Concern" EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS VIDEO: Ret.

Congressman Bill Shuster has returned home from a short trip to Iraq. The representative was part of a bipartisan delegation that meet with members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade and other local troops.

The United States that Grover Norquist envisions is full of freedoms and transparency.

ARLINGTON, Va. The Retail Industry Leaders Association applauded the introduction of legislation that will address hidden and rising interchange fees charged to merchants and consumers by debit and credit card issuers for the processing of transactions.

John Conyers reignites lobbying war between credit card companies and merchants who take cards as payment.

Lower Pottsgrove's congressman, Rep. Charlie Dent , spent his weekend in war-torn Iraq.

A local U.S. representative recently travelled to Iraq to bring a familiar face to the deployed troops of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade.

Consumers are good at determining when a company is pulling a bait-and-switch. That same critical eye should be used when Congress tries to sell the American people an ambitious proposal like cap-and-trade. Sure it may look environmentally conscious, but cap-and-trade has "buyer beware" written all over it.

Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. and Representative Bill Shuster introduced HR 2695, the "Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009." This legislation would allow merchants to collectively negotiate with banks for the cost of certain credit-card fees and ultimately reduce the costs of everyday goods for consumers.

Merchants and retailers would be able to negotiate with banks to reduce costs associated with credit card purchases, according to legislation introduced on Thursday by lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. John McHugh , the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, was appointed yesterday by President Obama to the secretary of the Army post.