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Pennsylvania Republicans eye referendums to get past vetoes

Democrats see Republicans as being emboldened by last month’s voter approvals, and increasingly willing to use the strategy in the future to get around a Wolf veto.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

Pennsylvania voters backed curtailing Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency powers in a win for Republican lawmakers

The ballot questions were widely seen as a referendum on the Wolf administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Sarah Anne Hughes/Spotlight PA

Hopes dim that Pa. lawmakers will push through emergency relief for clergy abuse victims

The state House of Representatives left the Capitol on Wednesday without a final vote on a measure that would have resurrected the hard-fought referendum on whether to give those survivors, who are time-barred under the statute of limitations, a two-year reprieve to pursue civil litigation.

By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA

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