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ICYMI: Affordable PA Spotlights Rising Costs for Working Families and Summer Travel

Jun 1, 2026

Pennsylvania Families Call on their Congressmen to Vote to Lower Rising Costs

NEW AD: NEPA Cancer Survivor Calls Out Rep. Bresnahan’s Vote to Cut Medicare and Medicaid

May 26, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Third Ad in PA-08 Here

South Central PA Moms Highlight Impact of Rising Costs

May 26, 2026

Pennsylvania Moms and Families are Feeling the Pinch of Increased Costs for Everyday Living Expenses

PA Families Pay the Price as Congressmen Vote to Continue Iran Conflict

May 15, 2026

Gas prices across Pennsylvania have surged to over $4.50/gallon

ICYMI: Lehigh Valley Constituents, Union Members Demand Rep. Mackenzie Act To Lower Costs At Town Hall

May 12, 2026

Rep. Mackenzie failed to respond to invitations to join constituents and hear their concerns

NEW: Storybook Highlights How Rising Costs Are Impacting Pennsylvania Moms and Families

May 6, 2026

Pennsylvanians Urge Their Representatives To Act and Lower Costs

PA Congressmen Vote for Farm Bill that Leaves Pennsylvania Families Hungry

Apr 30, 2026

Constituents Urge Them to Address Rising Food Costs

Constituents Urge PA Congressmen to Reject Farm Bill That Fails to Address SNAP Cuts

Apr 29, 2026

The current Farm Bill proposal does nothing to address the growing food insecurity crisis created by the $186.5 billion in SNAP cuts

ICYMI: Local Lehigh Valley Paper Reports More Pennsylvanians Unhappy With The State Of Health Care

Apr 24, 2026

Rep. Mackenzie Has Supported Health Care Cuts that Have Skyrocketed the Cost of Care

Plane Banners Over Local Baseball Games Call Out PA Reps For Rising Gas Costs

Apr 23, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Support the War in Iran that Has Skyrocketed Gas Prices

Affordable PA Launches New Digital Spot Calling Out Rep. Bresnahan for Unloading Medicaid Stock Before Voting for Cuts

Apr 21, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s New Ad “Ride” Here

Lehigh Valley Constituents, Union Members Invite Mackenzie to Town Hall on Affordability

Apr 17, 2026

Rep. Mackenzie Has Not Held an Open, In-Person Town Hall Since His Second Month in Office

PA Congressmen Double Down on Historic Cuts to Assistance for Working Families

Apr 16, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Voted to “Express Support” For the 2025 Republican Tax Law That Guts SNAP and Medicaid

Everyday Pennsylvanians Pay the Price on Tax Day While Billionaires Profit

Apr 15, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Have Backed Policies that Benefit the Top 5% At the Expense of the Other 95%

Trump’s Budget Eliminates Critical Program That Helps American Families to Fund Foreign War

Apr 10, 2026

The Budget Would Cut LIHEAP, a Critical Program that Helps Families Afford Utilities, At a Time of Rising Costs

ICYMI: Health Care Enrollment Plummets Additional 40% Since Congressmen Let Tax Credits Expire

Apr 9, 2026

Joanna Rosenhein, Director Of Campaigns at the Pennsylvania Health Access Network: “[Pennsylvania Families are] in an Impossible Situation Either Way … They’re Either Paying a Really High Monthly Premium for a High-Deductible Plan or They Might Choose To Go Without Coverage”

Do These PA Congressmen Support More Cuts to Constituents’ Health Care?

Apr 6, 2026

Axios Reports House Republicans Are Weighing More Health Care Cuts to Pay for Iran War

Lehigh Valley Caregivers Highlight Impact of Health Care Cuts

Apr 3, 2026

Care Workers Stand to Be Especially Impacted By Medicaid Cuts, Lapsed Health Care Tax Credit

“Have You Been Harmed By Illegal Tariffs?” Affordable PA Billboards Call On PA Congressmen to Fight for Constituents’ Tariff Refunds

Mar 31, 2026

Trump’s Tariffs Cost PA Households Over $1,700 Since “Liberation Day”

One Month Into Iran War, Pennsylvanians Are Paying the Price at the Gas Pump

Mar 27, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Must Stop Supporting the War That Is Raising Costs on Their Constituents

As ACA Marks Sixteen Years, Recent Cuts Force 85,000 Pennsylvanians to Drop Coverage

Mar 23, 2026

PA Congressmen Failed to Extend Expiring Health Care Tax Credits That Helped Tens of Thousands in Their Districts Afford Care

Factory Leader Admits in Front of Frustrated Rep. Perry That Tariffs Hurt Customers

Mar 19, 2026

Rep. Perry Supports Trump’s Tariffs and the War in Iran That Are Driving Higher Prices

“I'm Disappointed”: Constituents Speak Out on PA Congressmen’s Vote That Threatens Critical Assistance Programs

Mar 19, 2026

The Congressmen Voted for an Amendment that Risks Programs that Serve Working Families

No Luck, Just Cuts: NEPA Electeds Raise Costs on Constituents

Mar 18, 2026

NEPA Residents Need a Pot of Gold to Afford the Rising Cost of Health Care, Energy, and Other Basic Necessities

Pennsylvania Congressmen’s Votes for Amendment Would Put Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid at Risk

Mar 17, 2026

NEW AD: NEPA Resident With Chronic Illness Calls Out Rep. Bresnahan’s Medicaid Cuts and Stock Trades

Mar 17, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Second Ad in PA-08 Here

PA Gas Surges to $3.67 Due to Congressmen's Support of War Costing U.S. Billions Per Day

Mar 13, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Voted to Cut Federal Assistance Programs That Help Working Families for a Fraction of the Cost of This War

On National Working Moms Day, Affordable PA Highlights How Rising Costs Are Hurting Pennsylvania Mothers and Families

Mar 12, 2026

The Guardian: Mothers Bear Brunt Of Rising US Costs: ‘It’s Always A Fight’

NEPA Health Care Workers Call on Rep. Bresnahan to Reverse Health Care Cuts

Mar 11, 2026

Geisinger Community Medical Center Relies on Medicaid Funding

ICYMI: Affordable PA Displays the Consequences of Rep. Perry’s Cuts to SNAP and Support of Tariffs at Harrisburg Ice & Fire Festival

Mar 10, 2026

Rep. Perry’s Votes in DC Are Making It Harder for Pennsylvanians to Put Food on the Table

Rep. Bresnahan Fails to Reverse SNAP Cuts in Farm Bill Markup

Mar 9, 2026

Bresnahan’s Cuts to Federal Food Assistance & Support of Cost-Raising Tariffs Harm PA’s SNAP Recipients, Farmers, and Economy

Affordable Pennsylvania Launches St. Patrick’s Day Themed Billboards Calling Out Rep. Bresnahan for Medicaid Cuts

Mar 9, 2026

Bresnahan’s Health Care Cuts Have Put Pennsylvanians Between a (Sham)rock and a Hard Place

Pennsylvania Congressmen Need to Fight For Their Constituents’ Tariff Refunds

Mar 6, 2026

Tariffs Cost American Households More Than $1,700 on Average Last Year

Lehigh Valley’s Latino Community Talks Rising Costs

Mar 4, 2026

Community Members Came Together for a Conversation on the Impact of Higher Prices

NEW AD: Home Care Worker Calls Out Mackenzie For Prioritizing Billionaire Tax Breaks Over Pennsylvanians’ Health Care

Mar 3, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Ad “Lynn” Here

Affordable PA, Young Professionals of Color, and the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus Host Black History Month Reception Focused on Affordability

Mar 2, 2026

Black Working Families Are Disproportionately Affected by Cuts to Assistance Programs and Tariffs

State of the Commonwealth: Pennsylvanians Are Struggling Under Republican Cuts

Feb 23, 2026

Pennsylvania Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Voted for Cuts to Health Care and Food Assistance to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks

Affordable Pennsylvania Statement on SCOTUS Tariff Ruling

Feb 20, 2026

Pennsylvania U.S. Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Have Continually Backed Trump’s Tariffs Despite Rising Costs for Their Constituents

NUEVO ANUNCIO: Residente de Allentown le pide al representante Mackenzie que “deje de subirnos los costos”

Feb 19, 2026

Escuche aquí el tercer anuncio radial de Affordable PA

NEW AD: Allentown Local Calls on Rep. Mackenzie to “Stop Raising Our Costs”

Feb 19, 2026

Listen to Affordable PA’s Third Radio Spot Here

ICYMI: NEPA Community Talks Rising Energy Costs

Feb 18, 2026

Rep. Bresnahan Voted to Cut Clean Energy Tax Credits That Lower Electricity and Gas Prices

NEW: Affordable Pennsylvania Launches Seven-Figure Ad Campaign Holding Rep. Bresnahan Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs

Feb 17, 2026

ICYMI: Pennsylvania Capital-Star: One In Five Pennie Enrollees Drops Health Coverage Following Expired Subsidies

Feb 13, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Allowed Critical Health Care Tax Credits To Expire Last Year, Skyrocketing Premiums

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Health Care Workers Ask Ryan Mackenzie to Have a Heart

Feb 12, 2026

Constituents Penned Letters to the Congressman Asking Him to Reverse Medicaid Cuts

Pennsylvania Congressmen Vote Yet Again for Higher Costs for Constituents

Feb 12, 2026

Pennsylvania U.S. Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, And Perry Voted To Continue Tariffs on Canada, PA’s Biggest International Trade Partner

Affordable Pennsylvania Slams PA Congressmen for Continuing To Support Trump’s Tariff Power

Feb 11, 2026

Pennsylvania U.S. Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, And Perry Voted To Ban All Challenges To Tariffs Until The End Of July

NEW TV AD: PA-10 Constituents Call On Rep. Perry To Stop Raising Costs on Pennsylvanians

Feb 9, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Tenth Ad “Squeezed” Here

FACT CHECK: Cost of Living & Inflation Are Up Thanks to Congressional Republicans’ Policies

Feb 6, 2026

Rep. Mackenzie Claimed Cost of Living and Inflation Is Down When Stats Show the Opposite

NEW AD: Urgent Care Nurse Serving Lehigh Valley Community Says “Ryan Mackenzie Needs to Serve Us”

Feb 4, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Ninth Ad “Sara” Here

ICYMI: Advocates, School Leaders, and Parents Discuss Impact of Rising Costs on Community’s Children

Jan 30, 2026

Congressman Mackenzie Has Failed to Lower Costs By Prioritizing Billionaires Over Pennsylvania Families

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Own This Health Care Cost Crisis

Jan 30, 2026

Open Enrollment Ends This Weekend and Congress Has Yet To Restore Critical Tax Credits That Keep Care Affordable

New Report Finds Pennsylvanians Paid Over $1,700 More For Essentials Last Year

Jan 26, 2026

Joint Economic Committee Report: State-by-State Cost Data: Families Spent Over $1,600 More in 2025 Due to Inflation Under Trump

FACT CHECK: Republican Tax Law Raises Costs on Working Families

Jan 23, 2026

Rep. Perry Claimed Last Summer’s Reconciliation Package Was a Working Families Tax Cut In Recent Interview

One Year In, Bresnahan’s Record Is Cuts to Food Assistance, Higher Health Care Premiums, and Rising Prices for Constituents

Jan 20, 2026

Rep. Bresnahan Has Voted to Cut Medicaid and SNAP, Let Critical Health Care Tax Credits Expire, and Backed Cost-Raising Tariffs

Mackenzie Touts “Achievements” In First Year While Constituents Face Steep Health Care Premiums, Loss of Critical Assistance, and Higher Costs

Jan 20, 2026

Rep. Mackenzie Has Voted to Cut Medicaid and SNAP, Let Critical Health Care Tax Credits Expire, and Backed Cost-Raising Tariffs

As Extended Open Enrollment Deadline Nears, Pennsylvanians Remain Uninsured Due to Sky High Costs

Jan 15, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Allowed Critical Health Care Tax Credits To Expire Last Year, Skyrocketing Premiums

NEW AD: School Therapist Serving Low-Income Lehigh Valley Children Calls on Rep. Mackenzie to “Put Our Families First”

Jan 13, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Eighth Ad “Michelle” Here

Rep. Perry Fails To Prevent Skyrocketing Health Care Costs for Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians

Jan 8, 2026

Rep. Perry Opposed Renewing Tax Credits That Help 25,000 of His Constituents Afford Care

Following Tireless Constituent Advocacy, Reps. Mackenzie and Bresnahan Vote to Restore Health Care Tax Credits

Jan 8, 2026

After Voting For Multiple Funding Bills That Did Not Extend the Tax Credits Last Year, the PA Congressmen Supported A Renewal

Affordable Pennsylvania Calls on PA Congressmen to Restore Health Care Tax Credits for 20,000+ Constituents

Jan 7, 2026

Pennsylvania Independent: “More Than 496,000 Pennsylvanians on the State ACA Marketplace Will Pay an Average of $581 More a Year for Their Health Insurance”

NEW AD: Pennsylvanians Call on Rep. Perry to Prioritize Their Health Care Over Tax Breaks for Billionaires

Jan 5, 2026

Watch Affordable PA’s Seventh Ad “Can’t Count On” Here

As Holiday Costs Climb, Affordable PA Tells Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry “Tis The Season for Lower Costs”

Dec 23, 2025

Affordable PA Calls on the PA Congressmen to Fight for Lower Costs As Families Struggle with Higher Prices

Pennsylvanians Face Rising Energy Costs Due to Republican Taw Law Cuts

Dec 19, 2025

Lehigh Valley News: 'Life Is Becoming Unaffordable': Residents Oppose PPL’s Proposed Rate Hike At Hearing In Catasauqua

Scranton Times-Tribune: Customers, Elected Officials Blast Proposed PPL Rate Increase

After Reps. Mackenzie and Bresnahan Sign Onto 3-Year Tax Credit Extension, Affordable PA Urges Congressmen To Ensure Extension This Year

Dec 17, 2025

The Tax Credits Are Set To Expire on Dec. 31st, 2025

Hundreds of Constituents Sign Onto Petition Calling on Rep. Bresnahan to Lower Costs

Dec 16, 2025

Constituents Delivered a Petition Calling on Bresnahan to Reverse SNAP and Medicaid Cuts

Affordable Pennsylvania Urges PA Congressmen to Prevent Skyrocketing Health Care Costs for Working Families

Dec 12, 2025

Reps. Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry Must Stand Up For Their Constituents and Vote To Extend Health Care Tax Credits

ICYMI: Lehigh Valley Home Care Worker Advocates for Health Care Tax Credit Extension

Dec 11, 2025

CNN: "The Affordable Care Act Saved My Life": Pennsylvania Home Care Worker Worries About Rising Health Insurance Premiums

Affordable Pennsylvania Statement on Congressman Bresnahan’s Health Care Event

Dec 10, 2025

Rep. Bresnahan Supported Health Care Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks, Failing to Prevent Skyrocketing Health Care Costs

As Critical Deadline Nears, Pennsylvania Reps Kick the Can Down the Road on Expiring Health Care Tax Credits

Dec 5, 2025

NOTUS: The Plan to Address Expiring ACA Subsidies Is That There Is No Plan

ICYMI: Rising Food, Shelter And Healthcare Costs Hitting Hard In Lehigh Valley

Dec 3, 2025

Financial Times: ‘Scraping For Crumbs’: Americans Squeezed By Affordability Crisis

Affordable Pennsylvania Launches Billboards Calling Out Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry for Rising Costs

Dec 1, 2025

The Billboards Call on the PA Reps to Lower Costs This Holiday Season

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry: Pennsylvanians Aren’t Grateful for Rising Costs

Nov 26, 2025

Affordable PA Calls on the PA Congressmen to Fight for Lower Costs As We Enter the Holiday Season

Affordable Pennsylvania Hosts Open Enrollment Clinic to Help Pennsylvanians Choose Care

Nov 24, 2025

Southcentral PA Community Members Received Free Guidance from Local Insurance Experts When Selecting Their Plans

Lehigh Valley Calls on Rep. Mackenzie to Reverse SNAP and Medicaid Cuts, Lower Costs for Working Families

Nov 20, 2025

WFMZ/69 News: Protesters Demand Rep. Mackenzie Protect SNAP, Medicaid

Affordable Pennsylvania & Partners Collect Donations to Fight Hunger in Central PA

Nov 20, 2025

Affordable PA Joined The Caring Cupboard and Unrig Our Economy For a Food Drive to Benefit Central PA

Rep. Bresnahan Claims 3-Year Extension of Tax Credits That Help 25,000 Constituents Afford Health Care Is “Too Long”

Nov 19, 2025

Premiums in PA-08 Are Expected To Increase 71% Without These Tax Credits

Affordable Pennsylvania and Local Partners Step Up to Feed NEPA Families as Rep. Bresnahan Lets Costs Continue to Rise

Nov 18, 2025

FOX56: Ensuring No One Goes Hungry, The Wilkes-Barre Community Hosts Holiday Food Drive

Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Vote To Continue High Costs and Hardship for Working Families

Nov 13, 2025

The Pennsylvania Congressmen Voted on a Funding Package That Fails to Address Rising Costs

On Veterans Day, Affordable PA Calls on PA Congressmen To Stand With Our Nation’s Veterans

Nov 11, 2025

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Have Voted to Gut Benefits Veterans & Military Families Rely on to Pay for Billionaire Tax Breaks

Congressman Mackenzie Fails to Take Meaningful Action To Combat Hunger in the Lehigh Valley

Nov 7, 2025

Rep. Mackenzie Voted to Cut SNAP That Helps Families Put Food on the Table and Supported Tariffs That are Jacking Up Costs

Affordable Pennsylvania Statement on SCOTUS Considering Trump’s Tariff Power

Nov 5, 2025

Yale Budget Lab Found Trump’s Tariffs Would Increase Average Household Costs by $1,800 Annually

ICYMI: Affordable Pennsylvania Helps NEPA Families Choose Health Care Plans

Nov 4, 2025

Pennsylvanians Will See An Average Premium Increase of 102% in 2026

As Government Shutdown Enters Second Month, Constituents Call on PA Congressmen to Act

Nov 3, 2025

As the federal shutdown enters its second month, Pennsylvanians are calling on their representatives Congressmen Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry to stop playing politics, permanently extend the tax credits that make health care affordable, and reopen the government.

Pennsylvanians On SNAP At Risk Of Going Hungry As Government Shutdown Enters Second Month

Oct 31, 2025

SNAP Set To Run Out As Trump Administration Refuses To Fund Benefits

ICYMI: Costs Keep Rising for Lehigh Valley As Congressman Mackenzie Kicks Can Down the Road

Oct 28, 2025

Rep. Mackenzie Supported Tariffs, Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP That Jack Up Costs on Constituents

ICYMI: Affordable Pennsylvania Joins Local Orgs to Fight for Lower Costs and Give Away Free Halloween Costumes

Oct 27, 2025

Lehigh Valley Community Members Called on Rep. Mackenzie to Permanently Extend Tax Credits To Keep Health Care Affordable

ICYMI: PA-10 Constituents Rally For Lower Health Care Costs

Oct 23, 2025

Harrisburg Community Members Called on Rep. Perry to Reverse Health Care Cuts and End the Government Shutdown

NEW AD: Affordable Pennsylvania Launches Digital Spot Calling Out Rep. Mackenzie for Rising Costs and Government Shutdown

Oct 21, 2025

The Ad Highlights How Mackenzie Has Voted for Higher Costs for Working Pennsylvanians

Rep. Mackenzie Has Failed to Act to Preserve Tax Credits He Claims to Support

Oct 15, 2025

NEW AD: Affordable Pennsylvania Launches Ad Calling Out Rep. Perry for Medicaid Cuts and Government Shutdown

Oct 10, 2025

The Ad Highlights How Perry Has Failed to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Care and Calls on Him To Reverse Cuts to Medicaid

ICYMI: Affordable Pennsylvania, Unrig Our Economy, and Action Together NEPA Launches Rep Bresnahan’s Soaring Costs Campaign As NEPA Constituents Rally to Protect Affordable Health Care

Oct 8, 2025

ICYMI: Almost One Week Into Government Shutdown, NEPA Community Members Call for Lower Health Care Costs and Reopening The Government

Oct 7, 2025

Rep. Bresnahan Has Failed to Permanently Extend Critical Health Care Tax Credits That Benefit Tens of Thousands of His Constituents

Affordable Pennsylvania Condemns PA Congressmen for Government Shutdown; Urges Action To Protect Health Care

Oct 1, 2025

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Prioritize Billionaire Tax Breaks Over Reversing Health Care Cuts, Forcing a Government Shutdown

ICYMI: Rep. Scott Perry Calls Extending Health Care Tax Credits a “Colossal Mistake”

Sep 30, 2025

Rep. Perry’s constituents could see health insurance costs increase by 170 percent

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s Actions Speak Louder Than His Words On Tariffs That Are Raising Costs For Lehigh Valley Families

Sep 29, 2025

Mackenzie has voted four times to keep tariffs in place while prices for Lehigh Valley businesses and families continue to skyrocket

ICYMI: Rep. Scott Perry’s Constituents Demand He Reverse Harmful Cuts to PA Families in Budget Fight

Sep 25, 2025

Advocates from Across the District Rally to Protect 36,900 from Losing Health Care Coverage and up to 66,000 from Losing SNAP benefits

ICYMI: Bresnahan’s Constituents Call on Him To Permanently Preserve Health Care Tax Credits

Sep 24, 2025

NEPA Residents Rallied to Protect Affordable and Accessible Care

Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Vote To Continue Cuts to Health Care for Working Families

Sep 19, 2025

The Pennsylvania Congressmen Voted on a CR That Prioritizes Billionaire Tax Breaks Over PA Families’ Care

Congressmen Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Vote to Keep Raising Prices on American Businesses and Consumers

Sep 16, 2025

PA Congressmen Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry Voted to Keep Sky High Tariffs

Affordable Pennsylvania Calls on Bresnahan to Permanently Expand Enhanced Health Care Tax Credits

Sep 10, 2025

Rep. Bresnahan Supported a Measure That Allows Credits to Expire in 2027, Skyrocketing Health Care Costs for 20,000+ Constituents

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