The Philadelphia lawmaker said Democrats ‘can’t exist as a foil to somebody else’ for the next four years.
“I think mass transit is vitally important, and obviously SEPTA is critical here in southeastern Pennsylvania.”
Both bills failed 101-100 on Tuesday afternoon just hours after CeaseFirePA held a rally urging a yes vote.
Democrat Jim Prokopiak’s race against Republican Candace Cabanas will determine the balance of power in Harrisburg.
The candidates mostly agreed on voting, abortion rights, and healthcare.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor ends the year with a majority approving of his job performance, according to a new poll, and a high national profile as a potential future leader.
Long-term nursing care facilities could close – as have 30 other PA homes in the last five years – leaving elderly, ill or injured local patients in dire consequences.
In a crabby rant with a local right-wing podcast, Harran also accused Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie of hating him.
Despite the threat of legal action, the Bucks County Sheriff’s office moves forward with the 287(g) program that will allow local deputies to act as de facto ICE agents.
The Democratic congressman hopes his Republican colleague Brian Fitzpatrick will vote against a budget that looks to gut social programs like Medicaid and SNAP that millions of families rely on.
If ICE approves the 287(g) “task force model” application and the sheriff moves forward without the commissioners’ green light, legal action will be imminent and “Bucks County taxpayers will be on the hook.”
