Lou Barletta Chris Carney

WASHINGTON - The cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee may be largely quiet on the advertising front, but the conservative advocacy organization Freedom's Watch is ramping up its spending in key House races, launching new advertisements this week in Pennsylvania and a handful of other races.

The organization's new ad in Pennsylvania, out today, accuses U.S. Reps. Chris Carney (D-Dimock Township) and Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) of being "like taxing twins."

"Both supported big tax increases two years in a row," an announcer says. "One would be the largest in our history. Higher taxes on married couples, people with children, retirement savings, even the death tax. Tell Kanjorski and Carney that higher taxes are not the answer, especially now."