These are “Lead” articles, i.e. articles we want to feature in each issue of Raging Chicken Press.
Last month, when the Pennsylvania House Republicans sunk the pension reform bill – a part of the budget package that Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, House Democrats and Democratic Governor Tom Wolf agreed upon – Senate […]
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. […]
The article was updated to reflect details on two other open vacancies. The article has been updated to correct the timing of the election after a writ has been issued. Stacking the deck? Fiscally irresponsible? […]
UPDATE: The House of Representatives have passed the amendment by a 100-99 vote with three Representatives choosing not to vote. As previously reported, the vote needed to be a 102 majority, but Speaker Turzai claimed […]
During the budget stalemate, amendments designed to neuter the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s regulation of the natural gas industry were slipped into the budget framework that Governor Wolf and the Senate Caucuses agreed to. […]
Editor’s note: This post has been updated for clarity and context, 7:32 pm, 12/12/15 Update: The PA House has cancelled session for Saturday and reconvene Sunday at 5 PM Earlier today, fifteen to twenty rank and […]
Over the weekend, the Raging Chicken Press caught wind of a confrontation between House Speaker Mike Turzai and Majority Leader David Reed. At the time, we stated that Mike Turzai wanted David Reed out of […]
There is a possibility that the end of the budget stalemate is near. Earlier today, I had the opportunity to catch up with a number of legislators and a couple of them believe that the […]
Over the weekend, it was reported that House Speaker Mike Turzai and Majority Leader David Reed got into a heated fight before Caucus had occurred. John Micek pointed out that there was a “schism” between the […]
There is one clear message coming from Harrisburg. House Republicans are unable to govern and pass a budget that the Governor will sign. After the Senate passed a budget that the Governor will sign by […]
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