Final minute. Thanks for that. Good afternoon, im Steve Kornacki live here in new york. Day 36 of the first 100 days. Topping our agenda right now, the hostile takeover. The core conviction of our movement is that we are a nation that put and will put its own citizens first. [ applause ] the president President Trump returning today to cpac with a new definition of conservatism and a vow to deliver. Also on the agenda, correcting the record. Theres always a level strong independence and the department of justice to manage investigations. There has to be a separation from the white house and guardrails to not discuss things inappropriately. White house officials telling nbc news that Reince Priebus asked the fbi to push back against a new story on the trump camps ties to russia. Critics say the white house chief of staff crossed the line, but did he break any laws . And it is going to be decision day for democrats. Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our cou
Well tell you about that. Also on the agenda, the Health Care Bill on life support. Cbo coverage estimates are consistently wrong and more importantly, do not take under consideration the three the comprehensive nature of the three pronged plan to repeal and replace obamacare. The Administration Still trying to push the bill through Congress Despite that report from the Congressional Budget Office. Some republicans saying, it would not get through if it were put to a vote right now. And also the northeast right now digging out as snowstorm stella continues to make its way up the atlantic coast. Two feet of snow, schools closed, thousands of flights cancelled, travel plans all over the country interrupted, disrupted, because of this trip. Is spring ever going to get here . Were going to predict that. We begin though with our top story. Any minute now, President Trump is set to get on the phone on the other end will be the speaker of the house, paul ryan. The two of them are going to be
For a gang that could hardly be more flinty when discussion turns to raising the stateâs paltry minimum wage, Pennsylvaniaâs state lawmakers have few qualms about padding their own accounts â at state taxpayer expense, no less.
The countryâs largest full-time Legislature, whose membersâ $88,000-a-year salaries are the third-highest salaries in the nation, pads its coffers through an additional measure thatâs largely unavailable to Joe and Jane Public: per diems.
These daily reimbursements â a generous $178 on days legislators are conducting state business more than 50 miles from home â are not only exorbitant, theyâre poorly monitored. Receipts? State lawmakers donât need no steenkinâ receipts! They simply apply for reimbursement.
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EDITORIAL: Rein in Pa. legislative per diems
York Dispatch editorial board
For a gang that could hardly be more flinty when discussion turns to raising the state’s paltry minimum wage, Pennsylvania’s state lawmakers have few qualms about padding their own accounts at state taxpayer expense, no less.
The country’s largest full-time legislature, whose members’ $88,000-a-year salaries are the third-highest salaries in the nation, pads its coffers through an additional measure that’s largely unavailable to Joe and Jane Public: per diems.
These daily reimbursements a generous $178 on days legislators are conducting state business more than 50 miles from home are not only exorbitant, they’re poorly monitored. Receipts? State lawmakers don’t need no steenkin’ receipts! They simply apply for reimbursement.