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.
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
