Barletta calls Kanjorski’s role into question


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BY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK
STAFF WRITER
Published: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:18 AM EDT
As a member of a key House banking subcommittee, Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski had a ringside seat as the nation’s banking system cascaded into a crisis that’s threatening the American economy.

Lou Barletta, the Republican Hazleton mayor challenging Kanjorski for his 10th District seat, charges the congressman sat idly by while it all unraveled because of $2.7 million of dollars in campaign contributions from mortgage, banking, real estate and insurance industry political action committees and executives.

“This is the classic case of the fox watching the henhouse, Paul Kanjorski watching over the henhouse,â€