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PA Earns 1 ‘A’, 12 ‘Fs’ on Taxpayer Organization Congressional Grades
The National Taxpayer’s Union (NTU) has released their annual report card for Congress for 2008, giving a record number of members the ignominious title “Big Spender”, including 12 members of the Pennsylvania delegation. Only one member of Congress from PA earned the honor “Taxpayer’s Friend” – Joe Pitts.
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Representative
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Grade
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Score
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Senator
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Grade
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Score
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Pitts, J.
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A
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84%
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Specter, A
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D
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34%
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Shuster, B.
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B-
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62%
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Casey, B.
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F
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3%
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Peterson, J.
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C+
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56%
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State Average
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18%
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Platts, T.
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C
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51%
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||||
Dent, C.
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C-
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48%
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||||
English, P.
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C-
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42%
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||||
Gerlach, J.
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C-
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41%
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||||
Murphy, T.
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C-
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39%
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||||
Altmire, J.
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F
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21%
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||||
Carney, C.
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F
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18%
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||||
Holden, T.
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F
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18%
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||||
Murphy, P.
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F
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12%
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||||
Kanjorski, P.
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F
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7%
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||||
Murtha, J.
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F
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7%
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||||
Schwartz, A.
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F
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7%
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||||
Sestak, J.
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F
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7%
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||||
Fattah, C.
|
F
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6%
|
||||
Brady, R.
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F
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5%
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||||
Doyle, M.
|
F
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5%
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||||
State Average
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28%
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