From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): With the results from the February 7th special elections, the dust has cleared and Democrats now have a slim majority in the PA House. However, it’s unclear whether the current Speaker Mark Rozzi, Democratic leader … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Who expected that PA House legislative rules would become a statewide, even national story? Yet a month after the January 3 Swearing-In Day, the House has still not voted on rules for the 2023-2024 session. … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-02-06/civic-engagement/group-continues-calls-for-better-legislative-rules-in-pa/a82759-1 February 6, 2023 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window While the Pennsylvania House is still out of session and won’t resume until late February, the public and advocacy groups are voicing … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): The House just voted to gut the only independent office working to enforce ethical standards in Congress. It’s an outrageous step backwards – our elected officials cannot play both judge and jury when investigating charges against … Continued
Lindsay Graham may have tried to convince Georgia election officials to throw out fair election results in Trump’s favor. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas just shielded Lindsay Graham from testifying before a grand jury about his involvement.1 Thousands of activists … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Our state legislative leadership is using the constitutional amendment process to get around the governor’s veto power and pass their partisan agenda. In July, state lawmakers passed SB106, a sweeping set of proposed amendments to our … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): SIGN NOW at https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/tell-congress-end-big-moneys-stranglehold-on-our-democracy: Congress must put an end to Big Money’s stranglehold on our democracy. How can we trust our elected officials to combat climate change when their campaigns are benefitting from massive amounts of … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Spring is a time for renewal and reenergizing and we hope you are ready, willing and able to continue our fight for more transparent, accountable and impartial redistricting. Although the maps are better this … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-03-31/budget-policy-and-priorities/its-time-to-fix-harrisburg-campaign-calls-for-legislative-reforms-in-pa/a78499-1 March 31, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol Wednesday called for changes to procedural rules in Harrisburg. Good-government groups have launched the Fix … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/01/supreme-court-ruling-delivers-dark-dark-day-democracy “We are now on a clear path to enshrining a constitutional right to anonymous spending in our democracy, and securing an upper hand for dark-money influence in perpetuity.” BRETT WILKINS, STAFF WRITER July 1, 2021 The U.S. Supreme … Continued