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Flanked by a panoply of health reform advocates in a packed Capitol meeting room i Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showcased the sweeping plan he had unveiled the day before to overhaul the nation's health insurance system and expand coverage to millions.

Members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation, today at a briefing on Capitol Hill, had an opportunity to learn how the Federal Highway Administration plans to evaluate the current application from the Turnpike Commission to toll Interstate 80.

The field of potential Republican challengers intent on taking on incumbent U.S. Rep.

It's not often I get a chance to offer a hearty "well done!" to Philadelphia's stable of Democrats, but last week our delegation to the House really did good.

An insurance agent from Meadville says he'll seek the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District in northwestern Pennsylvania.

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Senator John Kerry introduced a bill designed to help family doctors fund conversion to electronic health records.

It was well past 11:30 last Friday night when a cluster of reporters starved for information descended on Nadeam Elshami as he exited the Speakera s Office in the U.S. Capitol.

For weeks, Pennsylvania's Rep. Jason Altmire refused to commit to either side on the health care reform legislation.

President Barack Obama weighed in on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act last night in an interview.

Affordable health care for the masses or a government takeover? Which side of the aisle you occupy in the House of Representatives most likely determines your view of the Affordable Health Care For America Act that was passed on Saturday night.

The House passed the historic Affordable Health Care Act for Women by a narrow margin Saturday night with major gains for women including eliminating gender rating in insurance prices, banning pre-existing conditions, capping out of pocket expenses, expanding Medicaid to include individuals at 150% of the federal poverty level, improving Medicare ...

We can't know, at this point in time, what the Senate will ultimately decide about health care reform; to paraphrase the poet Robert Frost, the Democrats have promises to keep but miles to go before they sleep.

In case you're wondering which Pennsylvania members of Congress supported the Pelosi Health Care Bill, which will raise taxes and put your family's current health care coverage at risk, see the list below.

Well, we got the names. Now there's no secret who was willing to step out for Pelosicare.

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stupak, Pitts, Kaptur, Dahlkemper, Smith, Ellsworth and Lipinski amendment to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" . The amendment maintains the current policy of preventing federal funding for abortion and for benefits packages that include abortion.

When Democrats lost races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia this week, officials in both parties suggested that the outcome could undermine President Obama 's push for a health care bill, scaring off politically vulnerable moderate Democrats at the very moment the White House needed them to get the bill through.

Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper, a politically vulnerable freshman from Erie, Pa., said abortion is the 'one major issue' standing in the way of her vote for the health care reform bill.

A man who could be governor of Pennsylvania was in Sharpsville on Sunday afternoon.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 6:27 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jon Delano PITTSBURGH 1 of 1 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi makes remarks during an event to mark sending of the house health care reform bill to the House floor for debate on Oct.