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that democrat josh shapiro when the governors race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq pennsylvanias are likely to gain new protections and police reform, gun control measures, green energy measures, could be on the table. in short, as wed like to say every time on this show, every election matters when the vote count. coming up on the second hour of a...

the other two won the races by 50 and 75 points. for months on this show, we have been covering the chaos that ensued when due to a series of unexpected issues, three seats won by democrats in the november elections were left vacant. pennsylvania republicans took that opportunity to in effect, steal their way to a majority in the state house. clearly ignoring the will of the people by pretending that they had a majority while those seats remained unfilled. but now that those special el...

with a new majority, and who will lead them and congressman kevin mccarthy cant secure enough votes to become speaker? adding to the chaos, there are growing calls for congressman elect george santos to step aside before hes even sworn in. the freshman from new york shows no signs of doing that. will there be consequences for the lies he calls resume embellishments? we are going to ask a fellow new yorker congressman pat ryan in just a moment. case closed, folks, tory lanez was found g...

morning. it is sunday october the 9th. i am velshi. it is 21 months ago, just hours after the halls of the capitol were cleared of the insurrectionists tomb of the building in an attempt to prevent joe biden from becoming the presidents. 147 republican members of congress, remember that number, voted against certifying his victory. now, as we head into the final weeks of the 2022 midterms, it appears likely that the number of election deniers and congress is going to increase on novemb...

Republicans including speaker mccarthy, steve kolisi and others on a host of other high-ranking officials, all voted to raise the retirement age to 70. that is a move that would cut social security benefits for tens of millions of seniors, who have paid into the system for years. bidens line of attack seems to have struck a nerve. this week mitch mcconnell made sure to distance his caucus from scotts proposal, telling a local radio show that was, quote, not a republican plan. that was the rick s...

Republican declared that social security and medicare benefits should be slashed. and back in 2015, most house republicans including speaker mccarthy, steve kolisi and others on a host of other high-ranking officials, all voted to raise the retirement age to 70. that is a move that would cut social security benefits for tens of millions of seniors, who have paid into the system for years. bidens line of attack seems to have struck a nerve. this week mitch mcconnell made sure to distance his cauc...

The dodgers won the bowl last night in dramatic fashion, so im a little worse for wear. -- putin would be very good politics. if you take the majority and i are focused on is using the power of your gavel to go after their opponent, voters dont reward that at the ballot box. you know, democrats did not do good politically going after trump on the russia hoax. it backfired on them. i was disappointed after the election, when the republicans barely won the house majority. they had an opportunity t...

How do you deal with the fact that some people vote for someone because they think theyre going to be important congress? >> well, we have to put aside partisan politics, and we have to look at what life is like here at home. steve scalise has been in office for 14 years, and louisiana is still 50 out of 50 and quality of life. we are dealing with more storms, and steve kolisi is voting against legislation that brings resources back home to recover from storms, to rebuild our infrastructure, a k...