Biden “supports releasing available doses immediately, and believes the government should stop holding back vaccine supply so we can get more shots in Americans’ arms now.”
Mastriano "proudly fanned the flames of insurrection" over the last few months, one lawmaker said. He also organized a bus trip to the Capitol on Wednesday.
A new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Pennsylvania for the first time.
President-elect Joe Biden received the official stamp of victory Thursday, when Congress certified the Electoral College votes. Far-right rioters had stormed the Capitol, delaying the process.
Judge Garland was denied a confirmation hearing by then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2016, when President Obama nominated him to the Supreme Court.
Lawyers and judges around the state are already lining up supporters and trying to figure out if they can raise enough money to win.
Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has disputed the razor-thin results of their election.
State officials certified Democratic state Sen. Jim Brewster's victory over Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli in November, but Ziccarelli has filed a lawsuit in federal court in an attempt to overturn the results.
Thornburgh died in a retirement community outside of Pittsburgh. He was 88.
President-elect Joe Biden predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic.
