One fourth of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is sworn-in, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The ceremony was held in four separate sessions to provide for social distancing due to COVID-19. The ceremony marks the convening of the 2021-2022 legislative session of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
One fourth of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is sworn-in, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The ceremony was held in four separate sessions to provide for social distancing due to COVID-19. The ceremony marks the convening of the 2021-2022 legislative session of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
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The proposal is unlikely to pass in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled legislature, with Republican lawmakers saying Wolf shouldn’t be asking for tax hikes during a pandemic. Republicans also are focusing their attention on what they see as high-profile failures of the administration, like the vaccine roll out.