How They Voted: Pay Raise and Gambling

Monday, May 08, 2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The following chart shows how members of the state House and Senate voted on the controversial pay raise adopted last summer and later rescined, and on the 2004 legislation that authorized 14 slot-machine casinos and created the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
Name		Pay Raise	Slots

Mike Diven	Brookline	N	Y

Brian Ellis	Butler	N	Not yet elected

John Maher	Upper St. Clair	Y	N

Daryl Metcalfe	Cranberry	N	N

Mark Mustio	Moon	Y	Y

Jeff Pyle	Ford City	N	Not yet elected

Jess Stairs	Mount Pleasant	N	N

Dick Stevenson	Grove City	N	N

Tom Stevenson	Mt. Lebanon	Y	N

Mike Turzai	Bradford Woods	N	N

DEMOCRATS

Majority Leader H. William DeWeese	Waynesburg	Y	Y

Vince Biancucci	Aliquippa	N	Y

James Casorio	Irwin	N	Y

Paul Costa	Wilkins	Y	Y

Peter Daley	California	Y	Y

Anthony DeLuca	Penn Hills	N	Y

Frank Dermody	Oakmont	Y	Y

Dan Frankel	Squirrel Hill	Y	Y

Marc J. Gergely	White Oak	N	Y

R. Ted Harhai	Monessen	Absent	Y

Nick Kotik	Robinson	N	Y

Frank LaGrotta	Ellwood City	Y	Y

Victor Lescovitz	Midway	Y	Y

David Levdansky	Forward	N	Y

Joseph Markosek	Monroeville	Y	Y

John Pallone	New Kensington	N	Y

Joseph Petrarca	Vandergrift	N	N

Thomas Petrone	Crafton Heights	Y	Y

Frank Pistella	Bloomfield	Y	Y

Joseph Preston	East Liberty	Y	Y

Sean Ramaley	Conway	N	Not yet elected

Larry Roberts	Hopwood	Y	Y

Ken Ruffing	West Mifflin	Y	Y

Chris Sainato	Lawrence	N	Y

James Shaner	Lemont Furnace	N	Y

Tim Solobay	Canonsburg	Y	Y

Thomas Tangretti	Greensburg	N	Y

Mike Veon	Beaver Falls	Y	Y

Don Walko	North Side	Y	Y

Jake Wheatley	Hill District	Y	Y

SENATE REPUBLICANS
Name		Pay Raise	Slots

President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer	Altoona	Y	N

Jane Orie	McCandless	N	N

John Pippy	Moon	N	Y

Bob Regola	Greensburg	N	Not yet elected

Don White	Indiana	N	Y

Mary Jo White	Vendango	N	N

DEMOCRATS

Jay Costa Jr.	Forest Hills	Y	Y

Jim Ferlo	Highland Park	N	Y

Wayne Fontana	Brookline	N	Not yet elected

Richard Kasunic	Dunbar	N	Y

Gerald LaValle	Rochester	Y	Y

Sean Logan	Monroeville	N	Y

Barry Stout	Bentleyville	Y	Y