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In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, Pa. state Sen. Scott Wagner, a Republican from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters after formally announcing he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, during an event at a Penn Waste facility in Manchester, Pa.
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Their latest measure comes in the form of a bill proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Bill Cassidy , who are seeking to cap Medicaid and replace ACA funding with a new block grant program. The bill would deal a blow to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the 29 other states that chose to expand Medicaid under the ACA, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation .
Up against an unprecedented cash crunch, Republicans who control Pennsylvania's House of Representatives prepared a late Wednesday night vote on a no-new-taxes borrowing package to help plug the state government's $2.2 billion budget gap. In addition to a $1 billion loan, the House GOP's package would siphon cash from off-budget programs, including accounts for mass transit, environmental protection and economic development.
Veteran Republicans are bailing on Congress in growing numbers, as GOP control of Washington fails to produce the unity or legislative successes party leaders wish for. With President Donald Trump willing, if not eager, to buck fellow Republicans and even directly attack them, a number of lawmakers no longer wish to be involved.
Tom Marino, incumbent candidate for 10th Congressional District, speaks during an interview with the Times Tribune editorial board Wednesday. Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer With U.S. Rep. Tom Marino headed for the job of national drug czar - again, maybe - plenty of people want to replace him.
It was an extraordinary night. In just a few hours, the 2016 campaign would finally end, and I was lucky enough to cover the Clinton team's final major rally in Philadelphia .
The way President Donald Trump talked about the meeting with congressional leadership Wednesday, it would be easy to forget Republicans were even there. It's too early to tell whether Trump's willingness to strike a deal with Democrats to fund the government in the short-term was a sign of a new strategy to work across the aisle, or simply an impulsive decision from a president already frustrated with his own party.
President Trump has forwarded to the Senate his nomination of Pennsylvania Congressman Thomas A. Marino to be the next drug czar. Marino's can be confirmed by a simple majority of the Senate, said Daniel C. Bucheli, press secretary for the office on National Drug Control Policy.
Trump is winning the statue war With Democrats howling about tearing down statues and supporting violent protesters, Trump is free to run the nation. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2xy8DHq Just last month, Democrats were talking about how they needed to rebrand their party around a positive message.
Well, finally we are getting that "summer of recovery." The July jobs report released recently was a blockbuster - solid job gains across the economy, the lowest unemployment rate in more than a decade and a nice bump in wages.
Far from avoiding talk of the accelerating probe into his campaign's ties to Moscow, Trump is instead using it to stoke the outrage of his most loyal supporters. The probe, he argues, is an outgrowth of the bias and resentment media elites and Democrats hold against his white, working-class base.
Public defenders are pleading for leniency for a 78-year-old, lifelong criminal who admitted robbing a Reno bank with a steak knife so he could return to prison instead of spending his last years homeless and sick. The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who killed herself says it will sue her school district for not stepping in to address the problem of cyberbullying.
Aiming to instill some discipline in the White House, Kelly showed Anthony Scaramucci the door just days after the new communications director had unleashed an expletive-laced tirade against senior staff members. President Trump dismissed any talk of disarray.
Foxconn is expanding its presence in the US with a $10 billion investment in Wisconsin, which is initially projected to create about 3,000 jobs in the region. The Taiwan-based firm's new Wisconsin manufacturing facility will make LCDs, which will "be used in everything from self-driving cars to aircraft systems and in the fields of education, entertainment, healthcare, safety and surveillance, advanced manufacturing systems, and office automation, among others," Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement .
To capitalize on Donald Trump's low approval ratings they are rolling out Elizabeth Warren , Nancy Pelosi , and Chuck Schumer . Delivering the message that the party has fresh ideas are three emissaries who are a combined 211 years of age, deploying a phrase - "a better deal" - that harks back to the hottest policy proposals of 1933.
But that's more appearance than reality. In the real world, the progress toward unity and healing has already begun at the topmost levels of the party.