You can throw “turning on the lights to the Capitol Christmas Tree” on the list of items that have happened before the General Assembly passed a budget for Governor Tom Wolf to sign. After the […]
Before a cheering and whooping crowd in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Donald Trump, spewing the blustery rhetoric of a demagogue, declared that the United States should ban all Muslims from entering the country. He claimed to […]
Earlier today, the Raging Chicken Press caught wind that the House was going to have non-voting sessions Saturday and Sunday. Multiple sources confirm that the House has cancelled session until Friday at 5 PM, which […]
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 […]
Wow. The tentative deal, though, came off its wheels over the weekend, when it became clear that House leaders couldn’t sell rank-and-file members on the finer details of the blueprint. In part, the larger budget […]
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 […]
[12:30 PM] I will be spending the next two days in the Capitol reporting on what is happening. On today’s docket, the Senate will move forward with the compromise budget between Senate Democrats, Republicans and […]