Harrisburg Diocese bankruptcy case could collide with bill giving child sex abuse victims a chance to sue
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 05, 2021
Survivors of child sex abuse in Pennsylvania have for years endured setback and failures in their efforts to reform state law to allow them a path to justice. Now, the commonwealth, which is close yet again to passing reform legislation, could set precedence with regards to how legislation and legal cases stack up for victims. Victims earlier this month rallied at the Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass the pending legislation.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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More and more in recent years, a single word has dominated news
coverage of the United States Senate: filibuster. The word
evokes images of non-stop talkathons and nothing getting done.
Although so-called speaking filibusters are almost
entirely a thing of the past, there s considerable support for
the impression of gridlock. The 116th Congress was the least
productive in 50 years; only 194 bills were passed by both houses
and signed into law as of December 4, 2020.
For most of the history of the Senate, filibusters have been
Biden and the Democrats Are Getting Serious About Raising Corporate Taxes
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the national economy with Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the State Dining Room at the White House on February 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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In a speech on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen called for a global minimum tax on multinational corporations as President Joe Biden and leading Democrats defended a sweeping jobs and infrastructure proposal that analysts say would support a more equitable recovery from the pandemic by raising the corporate tax rate.
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