Chris Deluzio: GOP Budget Cuts are Fiscally Reckless
Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-Allegheny) slammed House Republicans’ budget during a press conference on Friday.
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Sean Kitchen
Sean Kitchen is the Keystone’s political correspondent, based in Harrisburg. Sean is originally from Philadelphia and spent five years working as a writer and researcher for Pennsylvania Spotlight.
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Brendan Boyle: Millions of Americans Will Lose Health Care to Pay for Tax Cut for the Rich
Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-Philadelphia) called out US House Republicans for putting the health care of more than 13 million Americans at risk in order to pay for tax cuts for the ultra rich during a Ways and Means Committee meeting late on Tuesday.
US House Republicans introduced a budget bill that cuts Medicaid by $715 billion, and according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office, at least 8.6 million Americans will lose their health care because of cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
An additional 5.1 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care if Republicans refuse to extend tax credits to make the ACA more affordable.
✏️ : Sean Kitchen
📹 : US Rep. Brendan Boyle
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Medicaid #HealthCare #ACA #AffordableCareAct #Politics #DonaldTrump #Democrats
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ER Doctor: Marijuana Prohibition Doesn’t Work
Cannabis prohibition doesn’t work and is a public health crisis, according to State Rep. Arvind Venkat (D-Allegheny).
✏️/📹 : Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #LegalizeIt #Cannabis #Philadelphia #Harrisburg #Pittsburgh #WesternPa #CentralPa #NEPA #Scranton #WilkesBarre
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Malcolm Kenyatta: I’m Not Kissing Donald Trump’s Ring
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) called out President Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook during a town hall in Bucks County on Saturday, and promised to never kiss Trump’s ring.
Democrats, along with US Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), held a town hall in US Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s (R-Bucks) district and highlighted how Fitzpatrick has refused to stand up to Trump since Trump began his second term earlier this year.
✏️/📹: Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #BucksCounty #BucksCountyPa #Philadelphia #Philly #PhillySuburbs #DonaldTrump #Trump #Republicans #Politics #USNews
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Pro-Cannabis PA Lawmaker Highlights Failures of Private Markets
State Rep Rick Krajewski (D-Philadelphia), who was the prime sponsor of House Bill 1200, a cannabis legalization bill, shared what he believes to be failures of the private cannabis industry after Senate Republicans voted the bill down in committee on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania House Democrats last week passed HB 1200, which seeks to legalize adult-use cannabis for those over the age of 21. The bill calls for selling cannabis through Pennsylvania’s state-owned liquor store system.
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Republican Medicaid cuts mean hospital closures and maternal health deserts for rural Pennsylvanians
Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians will lose coverage if Republicans push through their $625 billion cut to Medicaid.
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Republicans’ Medicaid cuts pit working Pennsylvanians against the ultra wealthy
Gov. Josh Shapiro appeared on a local radio program on Wednesday to warn Pennsylvanians about the impacts of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plan to cut $715 billion from Medicaid in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts.
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2025
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Senator Ruben Gallego: Suspending Habeas Corpus would be a black eye for US
While visiting Bucks County this past weekend, US Sen. Ruben Gallego said it would be a black eye on the country if President Donald Trump tries to suspend habeas corpus and due process for all Americans.
Stephen Miller, a top White House advisor to Trump, suggested that Trump is actively looking at suspending habeas corpus, even though he does not have the power to do so.
Congress is the only branch of government that has the power to suspend habeas corpus, which grants individuals the right to due process and to present their defense before a judge.
✏️/📹 : Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Politics #DonaldTrump #HabeasCorpus #DueProcess #StephenMiller
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2025
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Cannabis legalization bill goes up in smoke following PA Senate Republican opposition
House Bill 1200 met its untimely demise less than a week after the Pennsylvania House passed its first adult-use cannabis bill. Senate Republicans oppose selling recreational cannabis in state-owned stores and shot the bill down in a committee vote.
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2025
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PA lawmakers celebrate passage of cannabis legalization bill
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House passed a historic recreational cannabis legalization bill this week by a 102-101 party line vote.
However, House Bill 1200 faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate.
HB 1200 legalizes recreational cannabis use for adults over the age of 21 and it allows for the substance to be sold in state-owned stores.
The bill contains some public safety measures by placing a 25% limit on THC concentration sold in flower products, and limits the THC concentration to five milligrams per serving and 25 milligrams per package.
HB 1200 allows residents to grow two up to plants at a time in their homes.
This week’s vote marked the first time the state House has ever passed a cannabis legalization bill.
✏️/📹 Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #LegalizeIt #Cannabis #Philadelphia #Harrisburg #Pittsburgh #WesternPa #CentralPa #NEPA #Scranton #WilkesBarre
