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Government

In these episodes of Ron's Office Hours, Ron Elving explains the filibuster. (NPR)
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Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it?

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP answered Wolf’s pandemic vetoes with constitution changes. The strategy is here to stay

Wolf’s veto tally grew extensively during the pandemic and will likely expand during his final 13 months in office, as Republicans continue to largely bypass his agenda.

4 years ago

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
Politics & Policy

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country. Neither has abated a year later.

4 years ago

A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Health

Philadelphia extends vaccine mandate deadline for city workers

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

4 years ago

Chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, speaks during a hearing at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

GOP effort to inspect Pennsylvania voting machines advances

The inspection of voting machines in a heavily Republican county in Pennsylvania appears ready to go forward in a GOP effort inspired by former President Donald Trump.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden pauses while speaking to members of the media as he leaves a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus to discuss voting rights and election integrity on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Voting rights and the fight in Congress

It's unlikely that Biden's voting rights legislation can pass. We'll look at what's happening in Congress today, and take it back to the crucial 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Air Date: January 14, 2022 10:00 am

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In this Sunday, June 25, 2017 file photo, Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington. Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes on Thursday
Courts & Law

Justice Department charges Oath Keepers head with Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Stewart Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The (arcane, unlikely) doomsday redistricting law looming over Pennsylvania’s map impasse

It’s a vision of election overload that would undercut Pennsylvania’s proportional, local representation in Washington, D.C.

4 years ago

From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of the Senate Rules Committee, talk about the need for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, as they speak to reporters following a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Invoking Jan. 6, Dems pivot to fight for voting legislation

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his 2021 budget address
Politics & Policy

Murphy to sign bill to codify abortion rights in N.J.

Unlike a previous version of the measure, the bill that passed the New Jersey Legislature Mon. would not require insurance providers to cover abortions.

4 years ago

A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP seeks more control over legislative redistricting

State House Republicans who just lost a key vote on new preliminary legislative district maps moved Monday to regain more control of the process.

4 years ago

Chester City Hall. (Google maps)
Politics & Policy

‘Bankruptcy has to be on the table’: Receiver says police pension spiking threatens to sink Chester

The city’s fiscal emergency is worsening because of a failed pension plan. Receiver Michael Doweary is looking at all options, including bankruptcy.

4 years ago

An aerial view of the New Jersey State Assembly in Trenton
Politics & Policy

Incoming N.J. Senate leadership team the most diverse in state history

When the 219th state Legislature is sworn in at noon on Tuesday, the overall body and its Democratic leadership will include more people of color.

4 years ago

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations to examine U.S.-Russia policy with testimony from Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is running for reelection

4 years ago

FILE - President Joe Biden departs after speaking about the October jobs report from the State Dining Room of the White House, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news conferences than any of  his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies, and has taken part in fewer media interviews than any of his recent predecessors. That's according to new research from Towson University professor emerita Martha Joynt Kumar. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1

President Joe Biden has held fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies.

4 years ago

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