Republicans in Washington, D.C. are bringing back health care repeal — the same repeal that Pennsylvanians protested over the summer. The same legislation that will increase costs for working families, kick seniors out of their nursing homes, strip care from women, people with pre-existing conditions, and those suffering from a substance use disorder, charge an ... Read more

Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Brandon Cwalina issued the following statement in response to Representative Aaron Bernstine’s tweeted threats to peaceful protesters: “Representative Bernstine should not have to be reminded that the right to peaceably assemble is so fundamental to our democracy that it is enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution. His statement is ... Read more

Addis Attacks Barletta As Career Politician Unable to Compromise While Congressman Barletta was tying himself in knots attempting to explain Trump’s DACA deal, his Senate primary rival Paul Addis slammed him as a career politician unable to compromise. See for yourself: “Since he began running for public office early in the last decade, Congressman Lou ... Read more

* If elected in November, Allegheny County Judge Dwayne Woodruff, a Democrat, would bring something never seen before: a Super Bowl ring. If elected, Judge Woodruff would be the first African-American to serve on the state’s highest court in 10 years. Now 60, the Duquesne University School of Law graduate moonlighted as an attorney during ... Read more

Congressman Lou Barletta wants Pennsylvanians to know that he thinks President Trump’s DACA deal is “perfect” but still opposes it. Congressman Barletta followed this vertigo-inducing spin by simultaneously praising and condemning bipartisan efforts to reform the immigration system.  “Clearly Congressman Barletta has contracted D.C. swamp fever,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesman Max Steele. “His bizarre ... Read more

Pennsylvania Democrats gathered this weekend in Harrisburg for the annual Fall Meeting of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee. On Friday the committee held its Keystone Dinner, and the full-capacity crowd heard from a dynamic lineup of speakers, including Senator Bob Casey, Congressman Matthew Cartwright, Justice Debra Todd, Judge Dwayne Woodruff, and keynote speaker Jason Kander. ... Read more

President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA and thus remove nearly 800,000 people from our country, including more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians, from the United States was met with swift scorn from Pennsylvania’s Democrats. Check out the statements: Reading Eagle: Pennsylvania officials react to end of ‘Dreamers’ programU.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., a Scranton Democrat, said ... Read more

President Trump this week decided to end DACA, which would remove nearly 800,000 people from our country, including more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians, who want nothing more than a better life and to contribute to our country. Trump gave Congress six months to make DACA into law, and Pennsylvanians from across the state went to their ... Read more

* Pennsylvania, along with 14 other states and the District of Columbia, has filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, with Attorney General Josh Shapiro arguing the move “violates the rule of law.” * “Whether or not you agree with the policy or support President ... Read more

* Millions of dollars are spent each year on marijuana prosecutions. And prosecution costs are just part of the story. There is also the loss of income and other social, personal, and emotional impacts on those arrested for simply possessing a small amount of marijuana. That’s ridiculous. The police and court systems have more urgent ... Read more