PA House Majority Policy Committee
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President Trump promised to lower prices on “day 1.” He has failed.
Prices on everything from rent, health care, groceries, utilities and more are rising — and it’s hurting working families’ budgets across the country. https://cnb.cx/4inRHL9
Prices on everything from rent, health care, groceries, utilities and more are rising — and it’s hurting working families’ budgets across the country. https://cnb.cx/4inRHL9
Consumer confidence hits lowest point since April as job worries grow
The board's Consumer Confidence Index slumped to 88.7, a drop of 6.8 points from the prior month for its lowest reading in seven months.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
President Trump promised to lower prices on “day 1.” He has failed.
Prices on everything from rent, health care, groceries, utilities and more are rising — and it’s hurting working families’ budgets across the country. https://cnb.cx/4inRHL9
Prices on everything from rent, health care, groceries, utilities and more are rising — and it’s hurting working families’ budgets across the country. https://cnb.cx/4inRHL9
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NEW: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Indiana Area, Leechburg & Ligonier Valley school districts have sued the state education department and Pennsylvania's largest cyber school. ✍🏼 by Jillian Forstadt and me @wesa.fm:
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Pittsburgh Public Schools and three other districts are suing Pa.’s largest cyber charter school
Pittsburgh Public Schools and three other districts are suing CCA and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, for allegedly violating students’ constitutional right to a “thorough and efficient” edu...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Indiana Area, Leechburg & Ligonier Valley school districts have sued the state education department and Pennsylvania's largest cyber school. ✍🏼 by Jillian Forstadt and me @wesa.fm:
www.wesa.fm/education/20...
www.wesa.fm/education/20...
Democrats Deliver Tax Cuts // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Democrats Deliver Tax Cuts // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
After federal food aid cuts earlier this year, @repamen.com used his @padempolicy.bsky.social hearing to focus on hunger in PA. In the recently passed PA budget, @pahousedems.com delivered more funding for food banks and hungry families.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
After federal food aid cuts earlier this year, @repamen.com used his @padempolicy.bsky.social hearing to focus on hunger in PA. In the recently passed PA budget, @pahousedems.com delivered more funding for food banks and hungry families.
Cutting taxes for working families - @pahousedems.com and @governor.pa.gov are getting stuff done 💪🏾
I was proud to support the new state-level Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit in the state budget. Check out this online calculator to help you determine whether you qualify and, if so, how much you could receive.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cutting taxes for working families - @pahousedems.com and @governor.pa.gov are getting stuff done 💪🏾
Slashing Wasteful Spending // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Slashing Wasteful Spending // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
“We shouldn’t be asking people to delay the start of potentially life-saving treatments because the cost of a final diagnosis is too high.” - @repcurry.com
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Bill requiring insurance coverage of breast cancer diagnostic imaging sent to governor’s desk
HARRISBURG, Nov. 21 – State Rep. Gina H. Curry, D-Delaware, celebrated the passage of legislation that will require insurance policies to cover all medically necessary diagnostic breast exams, a move that will significantly lower patient costs.Senate Bill 88, which was introduced...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“We shouldn’t be asking people to delay the start of potentially life-saving treatments because the cost of a final diagnosis is too high.” - @repcurry.com
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Helping Families Thrive // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Helping Families Thrive // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
The recently completed PA budget includes help for food banks and hungry families wrecked by extremist DC Republicans:
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Pennsylvania’s budget includes extra funds for food banks hard hit by SNAP freeze
The newly-passed Pennsylvania state budget contains a much-needed multi-million dollar boost for the state's food banks.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The recently completed PA budget includes help for food banks and hungry families wrecked by extremist DC Republicans:
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“This is a victory for everyone who joined our movement for a more equitable commonwealth where everyone is respected, treated with dignity, and can be their authentic self.” - @repmcclinton.com
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Pa. bill prohibiting hair-based discrimination is bound for Shapiro’s desk
The measure will codify that the state Human Relations Act covers hair style, texture, and coverings as part of racial and religious discrimination protections.
www.pennlive.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“This is a victory for everyone who joined our movement for a more equitable commonwealth where everyone is respected, treated with dignity, and can be their authentic self.” - @repmcclinton.com
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“This is an area where we've seen Democrats and Republicans come together…because this is an issue that cuts across party lines...”
New Pennsylvania child care funding aims to reopen classrooms and reduce waitlists:
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New Pennsylvania child care funding aims to reopen classrooms and reduce waitlists:
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New Pennsylvania child care funding aims to reopen classrooms and reduce waitlists
Pennsylvania’s newly passed state budget includes a new investment in child care — one leaders say is aimed squarely at the state’s ongoing staffing crisis and the families caught in it.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“This is an area where we've seen Democrats and Republicans come together…because this is an issue that cuts across party lines...”
New Pennsylvania child care funding aims to reopen classrooms and reduce waitlists:
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New Pennsylvania child care funding aims to reopen classrooms and reduce waitlists:
www.wesa.fm/education/20...
“Patients deserve answers, immediate answers, they deserve diagnostic MRIs and ultrasounds without delay, without red tape, and without a financial barrier standing between them and a life-saving diagnosis.” - @repcurry.com
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Pa. lawmakers advance bill expanding cancer screening access, send proposal to governor
HARRISBURG — Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved the latest bill seeking to expand access to breast cancer screenings by eliminating out-of-pocket costs.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Patients deserve answers, immediate answers, they deserve diagnostic MRIs and ultrasounds without delay, without red tape, and without a financial barrier standing between them and a life-saving diagnosis.” - @repcurry.com
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“In health care, where it’s so personal and the stakes are so high, we need to make sure we’re mandating in every patient’s case that we’re applying artificial intelligence in a way that looks at the individual patient.” - @repvenkat.com
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AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bil...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“In health care, where it’s so personal and the stakes are so high, we need to make sure we’re mandating in every patient’s case that we’re applying artificial intelligence in a way that looks at the individual patient.” - @repvenkat.com
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Tax Cut for Workers // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Tax Cut for Workers // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
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Proposed legislation would force insurers and health care providers in Pennsylvania to be more transparent about how they use AI; require a human to make the final decision any time AI is used; and mandate that they show evidence of minimizing bias in their use of AI.
From @stateline.org
From @stateline.org
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bil...
penncapital-star.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Proposed legislation would force insurers and health care providers in Pennsylvania to be more transparent about how they use AI; require a human to make the final decision any time AI is used; and mandate that they show evidence of minimizing bias in their use of AI.
From @stateline.org
From @stateline.org
A million hard-working Pennsylvanians got their taxes cut because of @pahousedems.com legislation signed into law by @governor.pa.gov:
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A new Pa. tax credit could put up to $805 in your pocket. Here’s what to know.
State lawmakers have created a new Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit. It'll be tied to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and could mean extra dollars for roughly 1 million people.
www.inquirer.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A million hard-working Pennsylvanians got their taxes cut because of @pahousedems.com legislation signed into law by @governor.pa.gov:
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Supporting Veterans // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Supporting Veterans // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
“We are at the door … where decisions will be made on the future of not only where our daughters can get health care, but where we as women … and our neighbors and our friends and our constituents, our sisters … are able to get health care.” - @repmcclinton.com
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Mission to protect reproductive rights and women's health care 'never more urgent' • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The caucus introduced eight bills related to maternal health in 2024 and two made it to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk to become law.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“We are at the door … where decisions will be made on the future of not only where our daughters can get health care, but where we as women … and our neighbors and our friends and our constituents, our sisters … are able to get health care.” - @repmcclinton.com
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Here in Pennsylvania leaders like @repcephas.com, @rephanbidge.com, @repleanne.com and @senatorcollett.com are fighting for a healthier future for women of every age, and fighting to preserve and expand the health care access and the rights of everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Here in Pennsylvania leaders like @repcephas.com, @rephanbidge.com, @repleanne.com and @senatorcollett.com are fighting for a healthier future for women of every age, and fighting to preserve and expand the health care access and the rights of everyone.
As electricity demand and costs soar, next-gen nuclear reactors could come online to help with both. The bill passed committee unanimously.
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Next-generation nuclear reactors will be smaller, safer, Pa. House Energy Committee hears • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Small modular reactors require less space, are easier to build and are inherently safer than plants built decades ago, the panel heard.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As electricity demand and costs soar, next-gen nuclear reactors could come online to help with both. The bill passed committee unanimously.
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Working class workers will see their taxes cut in the most significant tax change for the state’s working class in 50 years.
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Long-sought Pa. tax credit for some workers to be ready for filing season
After decades of trying to figure out how to navigate Pennsylvania's flat-tax system, lawmakers have settled on an earned-income credit to give a break to working families.
www.pennlive.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Working class workers will see their taxes cut in the most significant tax change for the state’s working class in 50 years.
www.pennlive.com/politics/202...
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You can’t go to work if you don’t have a safe, quality place to care for your kids. It’s why @pahousedems.com push for funding like this - it’s good for families, business and our economy.
An investment in our teachers is an investment in our children.
In this budget, we're directing $25 million to our child care teachers to put more money in their pockets and bring more workers to the Commonwealth. I'm grateful to all of the advocates who have fought hard to see this in PA.
In this budget, we're directing $25 million to our child care teachers to put more money in their pockets and bring more workers to the Commonwealth. I'm grateful to all of the advocates who have fought hard to see this in PA.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
You can’t go to work if you don’t have a safe, quality place to care for your kids. It’s why @pahousedems.com push for funding like this - it’s good for families, business and our economy.
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While the federal government shutdown has come to an end and SNAP benefits are resuming, the anxiety created by the suspension of those benefits will linger for the millions of Americans who rely on them: www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
SNAP funding pause to soon end, but anxiety and anger may linger
The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
While the federal government shutdown has come to an end and SNAP benefits are resuming, the anxiety created by the suspension of those benefits will linger for the millions of Americans who rely on them: www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Public Safety // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Public Safety // MAJORITY POLICY POINT
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A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.
International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.