Wanna Kill Medical Marijuana In Pennsylvania? Sink It with 197 Amendments It appears that the Pennsylvania House is a black hole. It is a place where sensible policy goes to die, and it’s latest legislative victim appears to be Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law, Senate Bill 3. Since November, House Republicans have attached most of the 197…
Staffer Making $76,000 a Year Says Not Collecting Pay During #PABudget is “Terrible Policy”
Staffer Making $76,000 a Year Says Not Collecting Pay During #PABudget is “Terrible Policy” Oh really? The idea that lawmakers shouldn’t get paid if a budget isn’t passed is a great sound bite, but terrible policy. #pabudget#sorrynotsorry — Jason E. High (@jasonehigh) January 4, 2016 According to Pennwatch, Jason High, State Senator Scott Wagner’s Chief…
Is House Speaker Mike Turzai Stacking the Deck for Republicans in an Upcoming Special Election or Wasting State Resources?
Is House Speaker Mike Turzai Stacking the Deck for Republicans in an Upcoming Special Election or Wasting State Resources? Stacking the deck? Fiscally irresponsible? Those are the allegations being hurled at House Republican Leadership with regards to the special election to replace former House Representative Louise Bishop. The long time representative was caught taking a $1,500 bribe in the…
#PABudget: What Happened to the Latest Deal & Why Wolf Must Veto the Stop Gap
#PABudget: What Happened to the Latest Deal & Why Wolf Must Veto the Stop Gap There are many theories as to why the latest budget deal blew up. So let’s run threw a few of them. Did They Have the Votes on the House Floor? This is theory number one. After the events on Tuesday when…
An End to the #PABudget?
An End to the #PABudget? Reports are coming in that we can have a budget before Christmas, and the House just took the preliminary steps that moves that train out of the station. The House floor just passed a resolution changing the rules when it comes to reverting bills back to previous printer numbers. In order to…
Scott Wagner Suffers First Defeat of the 2016 Election
Scott Wagner Suffers First Defeat of the 2016 Election Over the weekend, State Representative Todd Stephens dropped out of the Attorney General’s primary race when the Southeastern Republican Caucus voted to support State Senator John Rafferty 55-2. One of Todd Stephens’ largest supporters was State Senator Scott Wagner. In October, Politics PA reported: “We need a Republican Attorney…
#PABudget: It’s Official. The Pennsylvania House is a Dumpster Fire
#PABudget: It’s Official. The Pennsylvania House is a Dumpster Fire There are plenty of descriptors that can explain what is happening in the House with getting a budget completed, and one of them should be “dumpster fire.” For the past several months, we’ve been told that the budget deal should be finished by mid-July, then mid-August,…
#PABudget: House Democrats Hold All the Power in Ending Budget Stalemate
#PABudget: House Democrats Hold All the Power in Ending Budget Stalemate House Democrats maybe an extreme minority in the lower chamber, but in a parliamentary way of thinking, they hold all the chips when it comes to ending the budget stalemate because of the dysfunction and division among House Leadership and the Conservatives and mainstream Republicans…
#PABudget Zombie Amendments Gives $150,000 in Grift to Natural Gas Group & Continues Attacks on Abortion Providers
#PABudget Zombie Amendments Gives $150,000 in Grift to Natural Gas Group & Continues Attacks on Abortion Providers For the third consecutive year, zombie amendments that give grift to a small natural gas non-profit and attack abortion providers have made it into the Senate’s Fiscal Code, HB 1327. In 2013 and 2014, the Raging Chicken Press reported that a small…
#LetReedLead is Now a #PABudget Hashtag
#LetReedLead is Now a #PABudget Hashtag Over the past couple of weeks, it’s been reported that there’s a schism between House Speaker Mike Turzai and Majority Leader David Reed. The tension boiled over when Speaker Turzai blabbed his plans to oust David Reed from the Leadership position to a few lobbyists and there was a fight…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 