On Sunday, nearly a dozen elected Democratic officials held a First Stand Rally at the Temple University Hospital which drew masses of people from around the region. Our leaders addressed the crowd stressing the importance of fighting to maintain the Affordable Care Act so it can continue providing health care for hundreds of thousands here in ... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2017 CONTACT: Preston Maddock, preston@padems.com HARRISBURG INSIDER SCOTT WAGNER BELIEVES NO ONE IS PAID MINIMUM WAGE 54,000 Pennsylvanians Make Minimum Wage PENNSYLVANIA — During Scott Wagner’s campaign tour to take Pennsylvania backward, the Harrisburg insider showed how out of touch he is with working families across the ... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2017 CONTACT: Preston Maddock, preston@padems.com Scott Wagner Launches Campaign to Take Pennsylvania Backwards PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on Scott Wagner’s decision to run for governor in 2018: “Scott Wagner represents everything that’s wrong with the legislature in Harrisburg, and he promises to take us ... Read more
More than 20 million Americans have received health coverage since the inception of the Affordable Care Act 6 years ago. We know it’s good for the country, and for the 625,000 Pennsylvanians who enrolled in Medicaid expansion that Governor Wolf brought shortly after he took office. Republican legislators have voted dozens of times to repeal the ... Read more
Massive Tax Giveaways for the Wealthy and Big Corporations at the Expense of the Middle Class Bringing Back the Rigged Rules that Allowed Wall Street to Crash the Economy in 2008 Health Care Coverage for 1 million Pennsylvanians Gone, Higher Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors Will Kick in Today, Congressman Pat Meehan will be ... Read more
In their first act of 2017, Congressional Republicans secretly voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent watchdog organization that oversees the behavior and actions of and investigates criminal conduct by members of congress. This office is the entity that ensures accountability and transparency in the U.S. Congress, and without it, members of ... Read more