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Re: Create a Mount Rainier RR National Historic Site?
Author: George Andrews
Date: 05-23-2020 - 20:51
PennDude Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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> > Steamtown had an Angel in Congress ( I can't
> > remember who at the moment ) who shepherded the
> > funding bill through various committees.
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> That would be the late Representative Joseph M.
> McDade, who represented the Scranton area from
> 1963 through 1999. McDade was a Republican who
> was on the House Appropriations Committee. He
> passed away at the age of 85 in 2017.
Yea, he was the guy I was thinking of; 36 years in The House gives a Rep lotsa Clout. ( My dad was born & raised in Scranton. )
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> George Andrews Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Steamtown had an Angel in Congress ( I can't
> > remember who at the moment ) who shepherded the
> > funding bill through various committees.
>
> That would be the late Representative Joseph M.
> McDade, who represented the Scranton area from
> 1963 through 1999. McDade was a Republican who
> was on the House Appropriations Committee. He
> passed away at the age of 85 in 2017.
Yea, he was the guy I was thinking of; 36 years in The House gives a Rep lotsa Clout. ( My dad was born & raised in Scranton. )
