Rep. Chaka Fattah went on ‘Morning Joe’ this week to tout his ‘Debt Free America Act.’ Part of his plan includes a 1-cent fee on all financial transactions. Watch:

[Morning Joe]

Obama polls around 50 percent in Pennsylvania. He is finished! Game over! [Some poll]

The Federal Reserve says our local Philly economy is slow. Slowing. Not good. [Philly Inc]

If there’s one thing City Council is good at, it’s forcing you to obtain permit to do things you already do. Take tobacco, for instance. If Mayor Nutter signs the bill passed yesterday by Council, business owners have to get a special permit to sell tobacco and products containing nicotine. [Daily News]

Nutter’s also made an agreement with the School District and the Commonwealth which will essentially give him more say over the city’s education policies. More transparency? Ha! [CBS]

Seventy-five percent of national voters support requiring government-issued IDs at the polls. [Rasmussen]

Senator Bob Casey got to hang out with a movie star! Jennifer Garner, of (some movie?) fame, spoke at a Casey presser yesterday in support of two bills Casey introduced to Congress that would boost children’s causes. Garner is an advocate for a charity called Save The Children. [Post-Gazette]

And speaking of Casey, he received $1000 from Rep. Anthony Weiner back in 2005. The phony outrage wing of the Republican Party are DEMANDING Casey give that money back, lest he approve of iPhone cock shots. You don’t…approve of cock shots, do you, Senator Casey? More on this later, maybe. [Morning Call]