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	Grade	Score		Senator	Grade	Score
Pitts, J.	A	84%		Specter, A	D	34%
Shuster, B.	B-	62%		Casey, B.	F	3%
Peterson, J.	C+	56%		State Average		18%
Platts, T.	C	51%
Dent, C.	C-	48%
English, P.	C-	42%
Gerlach, J.	C-	41%
Murphy, T.	C-	39%
Altmire, J.	F	21%
Carney, C.	F	18%
Holden, T.	F	18%
Murphy, P.	F	12%
Kanjorski, P.	F	7%
Murtha, J.	F	7%
Schwartz, A.	F	7%
Sestak, J.	F	7%
Fattah, C.	F	6%
Brady, R.	F	5%
Doyle, M.	F	5%
State Average		28%