PA Republicans Object to Capital Funds for Specter Library and Murtha Public Policy Center

Pennsylvania:  Turning Left?

Link to July 7 Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Uproar follows new Pa. budget. Rendell plans to spend $20 million on centers devoted to two longtime Penna. lawmakers."

Excerpt: "Why in the heck are we putting money into an Arlen Specter library when the man has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in his lifetime as a politician?" said Matt Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank in Harrisburg. "Why did Gov. Rendell feel the need to do the same for John Murtha? The number of companies that have benefited from this man bringing pork to his district could have easily underwritten this."