{"id":1944901,"date":"2023-06-05T23:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrats-move-forward-11-resolutions-without-a-single-republican-vote\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T23:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:25:59","slug":"pennsylvania-democrats-move-forward-11-resolutions-without-a-single-republican-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrats-move-forward-11-resolutions-without-a-single-republican-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Democrats pass 11 resolutions, no GOP support."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-democrats-move-forward-11-resolutions-without-a-single-republican-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Pennsylvania Legislature Needs to Get to Work<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Legislature is not getting much done. Since the start of the session in January, the 253 full-time elected members have gotten just one non-controversial bill passed: a measure requiring insurance companies to provide screenings for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">breast cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the Pennsylvania Legislature to step up and start working for the people of the state. With a Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, a Republican majority 50-member Senate, and a newly Democrat-led House with 203-members, there&#8217;s no excuse for the lack of progress.<\/p>\n<p>While in the minority, frustrated Democrats often commented about how difficult it was to get their priorities considered in committee, let alone sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-committee-splits-along-party-lines-on-bidens-land-management-nominee-amid-tree-spiking-scandal\/\" title=\"Senate Committee Splits Along Party Lines On Biden\u2019s Land Management Nominee Amid Tree-Spiking Scandal\">full chamber<\/a> for a floor vote. Now, committees and the House are in the hands of Democratic leadership, which sets the tone for which bills to pursue.<\/p>\n<p>The people of Pennsylvania are now seeing the Democrats\u2019 priorities in action. Unfortunately, some of the resolutions being passed are not exactly what the state needs right now.<\/p>\n<h3>The Resolutions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>House Resolution 32:<\/strong> This resolution aims to reduce the time it takes to vote by calling for a study on the current use of poll workers, polling places, voting compartments, and voting machines. While this is an important issue, the state has already conducted previous election studies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrats-move-forward-11-resolutions-without-a-single-republican-vote\/\" title=\"PA Democrats pass 11 resolutions, no GOP support.\">passed election reform bills numerous times<\/a>. Another study is not the answer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>House Resolution 34:<\/strong> This resolution seeks to urge Congress to make Patriots\u2019 Day a federal holiday. While it&#8217;s important to recognize the battles that marked the beginning of the American Revolution, this resolution doesn&#8217;t do anything to improve the lives of Pennsylvanians.<\/li>\n<li><strong>House Resolution 41:<\/strong> This resolution asks to establish an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">independent commission<\/a> to study the history of the state song and recommend changes to it. While a different song may be better for promoting Pennsylvania tourism, this resolution seems like a waste of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>House Resolution 47:<\/strong> This resolution directs the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on voting patterns and knowledge about voting rights among formerly incarcerated qualified voters. While this is an important issue, it&#8217;s unclear how much impact this study will have.<\/li>\n<li><strong>House Resolution 64:<\/strong> This resolution calls for recognizing the week of April 16-22, 2023, as National.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minority chair Republican Rep. Brad Roae has expressed frustration with the lack of progress in the legislature. &#8220;We seem to be bogged down in committees passing legislation that the House passes, and the Senate won\u2019t consider,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We need to work together and do things for the people of Pennsylvania that will help improve Pennsylvania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the Pennsylvania Legislature to start working together and focusing on bills that will make a real difference for the people of the state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5126378\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/15\/Shapiro-budget-day.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/15\/Shapiro-budget-day.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Josh Shapiro presents his budget in the House chambers in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 7, 2023.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5126378\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Legislature has only passed one bill since January, which requires insurance companies to provide breast cancer screenings. The 253 full-time elected members have not accomplished much. The state has a Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, a Republican majority 50-member Senate, and a newly Democrat-led Legislature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":1944902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3685,6203,3936,12376,3723],"class_list":["post-1944901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-democrats","tag-gop","tag-pass","tag-resolutions","tag-support"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}