Daylin Leach Running for U.S. Congress

Leach, who represents Conshohocken and Plymouth, will run for Allyson Schwartz’s 13th Congressional District seat in 2014.

  State Senator Daylin Leach, who currently represents a piece of Montgomery County including Plymouth and Conshohocken, announced Tuesday that he will seek election to U.S. Congress in the 13th Congressional District, which is currently held by Rep. Allyson Schwartz, in 2014. Leach, or the “Liberal Lion of Pennsylvania,” as he called himself in a YouTube video, is running for Congress to end injustice and discrimination, based on his experiences as a Jewish American and watching the civil right struggle as a child, according to a letter on his website. Also, Leach learned from his childhood that “sometimes people need help.” According to Leach, he was only able to succeed because “the community invested in me”  - and he wants to give back…

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Sequestration in Montgomery County

Sequestration: A Cut for Montco's Seniors

Part Two of a Four-Part Series: How budget cuts may impact local senior citizens.

Another 24 hours is lost, and Congress has yet to agree on a plan that would stop sequestration. The automated budget cuts will deliver a hit to Montgomery County programs, including those designed to assist area senior citizens. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, House Speaker John Boehner said the cuts would be a product of Obama's "failed leadership." "Most Americans are just hearing about this Washington creation for the first time: the sequester," Boehner writes in his column. "What they might not realize from Mr. Obama's statements is that it is a product of the president's own failed leadership. There is nothing wrong with cutting spending that much -- we should be cutting even more -- but the sequester is an ugly and dangerous …

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Violence Against Women Act Supports Laurel House, Montco Organizations

Congress must pass VAWA in order for funding to be maintained. Casey supporting the Act.

Last year, 530 adults were turned away from a shelter in Bucks and Montgomery counties due to lack of room, said a report on PhillyBurbs.com. "Should Congress fail to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which pays for programs that help victims of domestic violence, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said it would encourage 'a terrible, horrific betrayal of who we are as a people' and make it more difficult to help victims," said the article. VAWA, according to WhiteHouse.gov's fact sheet, is credited with decreasing domestic violence against women by 67 percent from 1993 to 2010. The fact sheet calls the Act a "landmark federal legislation’s comprehensive approach to violence against women combined tough new provisions to hold …

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Melissa Treacy

2:54 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Thank you to our readers. State Rep. Brendan Boyle has also sponsored a resolution in the State House calling on Congress to reauthorize the VAWA. For more read his post here: http://www.pahouse.com/boyle/PAHouseNews.asp?doc=28782   more ›

Letter to the Editor: Pleased With the Voter ID Ruling

Republican candidate Joe Rooney, who is seeking a seat in the 13th Congressional District, chimes in on Wednesday's Voter ID ruling.

Joe Rooney, who is running for a seat in the 13th Congressional District, issued the following statement on Thursday after Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson ruled to uphold the law that requires every Pennsylvania voter to show a valid photo ID before being allowed to vote.  "I applaud the decision of Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson to uphold Pennsylvania’s voter identification law. Judge Simpson concluded in a thoughtful, nonpartisan 70 page decision that the law did not violate the Pennsylvania State Constitution. PA voters now have almost three months to ensure that they possess the necessary identification to vote. Additionally, the law allows voters to cast a provisional ballot which will be counted once the proper ID is…

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Get Real

Realtors Heading to Washington, D.C. Rally

The Rally to Protect the American Dream has real estate agents telling Congress that home ownership matters

The National Association of Realtors has a planned event today in Washington, D.C. known as the “Rally to Protect the American Dream.” Most people don’t know about the extra efforts many realtors put forth for their industry, livelihood, and most importantly, clients.  Realtors across the country are gathering on Capital Hill to tell members of Congress that home ownership matters to people, to communities and to America. The goal of the rally is to make Congress aware that Realtors are focused on homeownership, housing and real estate issues amidst the election year rhetoric.  The aim is to fight obstacles that make it more difficult for people to buy, own, and invest in real estate.  The obstacles that many in the real estate industry …

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linda spreeman

6:27 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Maybe home ownership could be a little more financially friendly to the potential buyer by lowering or eliminating some of the outrageously high closing costs which are inclusive of many fees, transfer taxes, and other charges. The practice of mortgage companies requiring a year's worth of taxes/insurance is another practice that seems ridiculous. There is no need to require that much in escrow …   more ›