Jane Clare Orie (born September 18, 1961) is an American politician, attorney, and convicted felon who served in both Houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

She resigned from the State Senate in May 2012, following her conviction on 14 counts of forgery, conflict of interest and theft of services, and served the minimum two-and-a half years of a two-and-a-half to ten-year prison sentence.

A key issue in that race was public funding for the new Steelers stadium, Heinz Field, which was unpopular in parts of the county.

Orie tried to tie Rooney to this unpopular issue, even running a television advertisement depicting the implosion of Three Rivers Stadium.

[7][8] In May 2006, Bob Jubelirer and Chip Brightbill, the Republicans' two top leaders were defeated in the primary election, victims of the legislative pay raise fallout.

A story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette alleged that the core of the investigation involves the employment of one of her district offices for campaign purposes.

[11] Justice Melvin was indicted and convicted on charges of misusing publicly funded staff for political work on her two Supreme Court races.

Pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 19, both defendants were released on their own recognizance, but they were prohibited from having non-business contacts with any of the witnesses in the case.

[1][permanent dead link‍] Under Senate rules, a member who is charged with an offense related to his or her official duties must vacate any leadership position.

[2] Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine However, while jury deliberations were underway, Judge Jeffrey Manning declared a mistrial for both the Senator and her sister upon learning that evidence submitted by the defense had been doctored.