Congressional candidate Lou Barletta accepted the endorsement of one of the nation's leading pro-life groups. The National Right to Life Committee endorsed Republican Barletta in his race against incumbent Democrat Congressman Paul Kanjorski.

But the argument continued yesterday when Hazleton v. Lozano, the nation's premier test of a city's power to govern illegal immigration, went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia... During a recess, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who is running for the U.S. House, defended the ordinances, saying they don't conflict with federal law because, ultimately, "only the federal government will determine immigration status" after a person's paperwork is submitted to authorities in Washington.

Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton, has attacked Kanjorski for steering almost $10 million in defense earmarks to a company controlled by his relatives. The company went bankrupt in 2006. Kanjorski says he did nothing wrong and accused Barletta of leveling false accusations. Barletta also criticized Kanjorski over the $700 billion Wall Street rescue package.

Republican U.S. Congressional candidate Lou Barletta came to Monroe County on Monday to accept the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Business.

In the waning days of the campaign for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, Republican Lou Barletta not only leads in the polls, but also secured a symbolic endorsement Thursday from the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association... Franklin & Marshall poll results announced last week showed Barletta up five points (40-35) over incumbent Democratic Congressman Paul Kanjorski... Currently, The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association has 8,100 active and retired members.

James Pindell, the managing editor of Politicker.com and its 15 state political news sites, says 12-term Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski has "lost his image" and will lose to Republican challenger Lou Barletta in the 11th Congressional District race.

"I think the key thing is ... to restore confidence. I believe that has been the biggest drag on the economy ... I believe, investors in America as a whole have lost confidence in our government, and the approval rating of 9 percent is further proof," Barletta, the Hazleton mayor, said Thursday when meeting with the editorial boards of the Standard-Speaker and The Citizens' Voice. Congress failed to draft an energy policy, took a five-week vacation this year when most Americans couldn't afford one, and worries more about party affiliation than progress, he said.

Barletta, a Republican trying for the second time Nov. 4 to defeat Kanjorski, says government can take some simple steps to deprive illegal immigrants of jobs and housing, leaving them with no choice but to go back to their home countries.

Twelve-term incumbent Democratic Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski on Monday voted for the proposed $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system – saying the measure would not bail out Wall Street, but would rescue the middle class on Main Street.

Congressman Paul Kanjorski's inside knowledge of world finance -- and his contacts with some of the nation's most influential money men -- might constitute his greatest strength and biggest vulnerability.