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

Sep 3, 2026

State Sen. Maria Collett & Pennsylvania Seniors Speak Out About Personal Impacts of Affordability Crisis

Sep 3, 2026

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie Calls Republican Tax Law an “Accomplishment” as Families Pay the Price

Aug 28, 2026

Average households are paying $3900 more for Mackenzie’s accomplishments

Pennsylvania Children at Risk of Losing Free School Meals as SNAP Cuts Take Effect

Aug 26, 2026

As Children Head Back To School, Many Will Be Forced to Learn Hungry Thanks to Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan and Perry’s support of Republican Tax Law

ICYMI: South Central PA Residents Demand Answers on Rising Costs at Harrisburg Affordability Town Hall

Aug 21, 2026

ICYMI: Lehigh Valley Residents “Raft Up” to Demand a Lifeline on Affordability

Aug 19, 2026

ICYMI: Affordable Pennsylvania and Hope Station Help Carlisle Families Prepare for Back-to-School Season

Aug 17, 2026

ICYMI: PA-10 Families Project Their Stories on Harrisburg Building, Call on Rep. Perry to Lower Costs

Aug 14, 2026

South Central Pennsylvania families put their experiences with rising costs in lights and call on Rep. Scott Perry to “throw us a lifeline”

FACT CHECK: Rep. Scott Perry’s Votes Raised Costs For Health Care and Electricity

Aug 13, 2026

Perry Acknowledges Constituents Are Struggling With Health Care and Energy Costs While Deflecting Responsibility for Policies He Supported

ICYMI: NEPA Families Demand Rep. Rob Bresnahan Answers For Rising Costs

Aug 11, 2026

Scranton community conversation highlighted how federal policies are making health care, groceries and other necessities more expensive for working families

As Students Head Back to School, PA Families Face 11% Higher Costs

Aug 7, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan and Perry are making it harder for families to afford the basics

ICYMI: PA-10 Residents Take the Stage to “Navigate the Rough Seas of Affordability” and Demand Rep. Scott Perry Throw Them a Lifeline

Aug 6, 2026

PA-10 Families Highlight 14 Ways Rising Costs Are Making It Harder to Stay Afloat

New Poll Finds Bipartisan Support for Lower Health Care Costs Across Pennsylvania

Aug 5, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry are out of step with their own constituents after voting for historic Medicaid cuts

Nearly Half of Pennsylvanians Say They're Worse Off Financially Than A Year Ago

Jul 31, 2026

New Quinnipiac Poll Shows Growing Financial Struggle as Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Continue Backing Cost-Increasing Policies

Rep. Summer Lee, State Sen. Maria Collett, & Pennsylvanians Warn About Dangerous GOP Policy Threatening Sick People With Deadline Looming

Jul 28, 2026

Pennsylvania Families Face Food Insecurity Due To Republican Tax Law SNAP Cuts

Jul 24, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Voted to Give Tax Break to Billionaires by Cutting Food to Hungry Pennsylvania Children

Pennsylvanians Have Paid More Than $3,400 More For Necessities Since 2024

Jul 21, 2026

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Promised Relief But Continue to Back Cost-Increasing Policies

New Survey: Americans Want Lower Costs Now as Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Continue to Back Policies Driving Up Costs

Jul 17, 2026

Pennsylvanians paying the price for Reps. who promised to lower costs but voted otherwise

As Another Heat Wave Hits, Affordable Pennsylvania Calls on Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry to Address Rising Utility Costs

Jul 16, 2026

Pennsylvania families are already struggling with rising costs, and the Republican Tax Law will make keeping the lights on more expensive

ICYMI: Lehigh Valley Families Send a Sidewalk Chalk SOS to Rep. Ryan Mackenzie Over Rising Costs

Jul 14, 2026

Constituents Call on Congressman to Hear Their Affordability SOS Calls for Action

New Report: Rising Health Care Costs Force 160,000 Pennsylvanians to Drop Coverage

Jul 10, 2026

Affordable Pennsylvania asks Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan and Perry to listen to constituents who are doing everything right, but still falling short

Pennsylvania Families Face Skyrocketing Grocery Prices This Summer From Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan and Perry’s Support of Tariffs, Cuts to SNAP

Jul 8, 2026

Cuts and rising costs are forcing families to stretch already-tight budgets during the year's most expensive season, and even go without in worst case scenarios

Affordable PA Calls on Bresnahan, Mackenzie and Perry to Face Constituents IRL

Jul 3, 2026

New data show PA Congressmen have hit record low for in-person town halls, each having held zero in 2026

As Congress Marks Anniversary of Republican Tax Law, Pennsylvania Families Ask: Who Is It Really Working For?

Jul 30, 2026

Affordable Pennsylvania urges Reps. Rob Bresnahan, Ryan Mackenzie, and Scott Perry to consider constituents who are struggling with medical, food and gasoline costs

Affordable Pennsylvania Launches Summer SOS Campaign to Hold Members of Congress Accountable for Rising Costs

Jun 25, 2026

Constituents across Pennsylvania will share their stories and demand action on the affordability crisis

Reps. Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry Back Cuts That Hit Black Families Hardest While Costs Rise Across Pennsylvania

Jun 19, 2026

Data show Medicaid and SNAP cuts from the Republican Tax Law disproportionately harm Black Pennsylvanians

Unwell residents of PA-08 Hang in the Balance While Bresnahan Waffles on Medicaid Cuts and Rule

Jun 18, 2026

Rep. Has Not Shown Plan For “Fighting” Medicaid Cuts That Threaten Care for Cancer Patients, People With Serious Illnesses

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

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