Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature voted Wednesday to again extend hundreds of regulatory waivers that Gov. Tom Wolf's administration had approved under its pandemic-related disaster emergency authority.
Pa. lawmakers take first steps to end parts of governor s COVID-19 disaster declaration
WGAL News 8 Updated: 12:33 PM EDT May 25, 2021
WGAL News 8 Updated: 12:33 PM EDT May 25, 2021
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Show Transcript TO THIS COMES AFTER THE VOTE BY THE VOTERS ON AMENDMENTS AT THAT GIVE LAWMAKERS MORE INPUT ON DISASTER DECLARATIONS, LIKE THE ONE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS HAD IN PLACE FOR COVID-19. TODAY, THEY ADVANCED A RESOLUTION TO ROLLBACK PARTS OF THAT DECLARATION. THEY STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE TODAY ADVANCED A RESOLUTION THAT IS NOT TOTALLY ROLL BACK THE DECLARATION, AND SOME SAY THEY WANTED TO DO THE ENTIRE THING AS PART OF THIS REVOLUTION RESOLUTION, BUT THE HOUSE LEADER SAID THINGS LIKE TELEMEDICINE NEED TO REMAIN SUSPENDED FOR NOW. WE HAVE HAD RETIRED PHYSICIANS ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK TEMPORARILY. WE CANNOT HAVE THAT STOP OVERNIGHT. MANY OF OUR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ARE IN GREAT NEED OF MANPOWER. TOM: THAT RESOLUTION, IF PASSED, WOU
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It seems that $90,335 will not buy you much anymore, at least in Pennsylvania. What it will buy is someone who talks a lot but fails to get anything done, also known as a Pennsylvania State Legislator. That ninety grand figure is what we pay these birds per year, in addition to 57.5 cents per mile traveled and $178 a day in per diem when they are in session. All of that makes Pennsylvania Lawmakers the third-highest paid legislature in the nation, and that does not include the expense of hundreds of staff members. There are a total of 203 members of the PA House and 50 Senators, making the PA General assembly the largest full-time legislature in the country. If you think all of this results in good government, think again. Taxpayers certainly do not get much “bang for the buck” here.