PENNSYLVANIA – Yesterday, a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, putting the whole ACA at risk. If Republicans like Pat Toomey succeed in gutting the Affordable Care Act, more than 5.3 million Pennsylvanians with pre-existing conditions could be at risk of losing their ... Read more
PA House GOP breaks for Christmas without acting on bipartisan wage increase for workers HARRISBURG — Your Republican State Representatives sure aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. Yesterday came and went with the House GOP failing to act on a bipartisan Senate bill to increase Pennsylvania’s abysmal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 an hour. Now, ... Read more
PENNSYLVANIA – Last night, Republican-appointed judges on the Federal Appeals Court struck down key provisions of the Affordable Care Act thanks to a lawsuit backed by President Trump. “Trump and Republicans are now one step closer to destroying our health care system,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party Spokesman Andres Anzola. “Trump and the Republican Party will spend ... Read more
PENNSYLVANIA — Tuesday night in Hershey, at yet another of his bizarre rallies, President Donald Trump referred to hardworking FBI agents as “spies” and “scum.” Republican and former FBI agent Rep. Brian Fizpatrick claims to be an independent voice, but has been utterly silent after Trump slandered his former colleagues in his home state. “When ... Read more
As Trump and Pence rallied in the commonwealth, Pennsylvania Democrats exposed the Administration’s failure to deliver on health care, jobs and other key issues facing working families. Check out some of the coverage below. Before Trump and Pence even arrived in PA, Democrats and advocates pointed to the Trump Administration’s support for a lawsuit that would ... Read more
* Last week, the embattled White House got another judicial appointment over the goal line with Sarah Pitlyk. Toomey was a “Yes” vote to confirm. * Until her confirmation to the federal bench for the Eastern District of Missouri, Pitlyk, 42, an attorney for the anti-choice Thomas More Society, had never tried a case. She ... Read more
PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania Democratic Party this week announced the award of bonus delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention and posted pledge forms for individuals to pledge to be a delegate both online and in hard copy. Interested Democrats must submit a delegate pledge form to the state party, either online or in hard ... Read more
PENNSYLVANIA – Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills released the following statement in response to President Trump and Vice President Pence’s rally in Hershey, PA: “As a candidate, Donald Trump promised that he would help Pennsylvanians by stopping the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs and defending protections for pre-existing conditions. As President, he has ... Read more
Top PA Dems Blast Trump’s Broken Promises On Health Care & Agriculture PENNSYLVANIA — This morning, on a statewide press call, top Pennsylvania Democrats called out the President’s toxic record on health care as well as the harmful impacts of his erratic trade policy on farmers and rural communities ahead of President Trump’s visit to ... Read more
PENNSYLVANIA – Last week, Republican State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, a climate change denier who once claimed that CO2 is good for the environment because it helps to grow vegetables, was appointed by the PA House GOP to the state’s Climate Change Advisory Committee. “It’s outrageous that Harrisburg Republicans think Daryl Metcalfe belongs on this committee,” ... Read more
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