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Lawmakers want to use emergency powers to pass sexual abuse reform. Can they find the votes to pull it off?

BY: and - March 15, 2021

The margin for error is slim. To invoke the emergency powers, the House and Senate will need two-thirds agreement on a measure that has eluded action for years. 

Anti-abortion protester harassed by Brian Sims says lawmaker deserves censure

BY: - June 18, 2019

The woman spent the day meeting with lawmakers, asking for their backing to formally condemn Sims and strip him of his committee assignments.

Schuylkill County Republican floats censure of Brian Sims for harassing anti-abortion protesters

BY: - May 30, 2019

A spokesperson for House Democrats called the attempt "pathetic."

Union opposition to post-Janus proposal divides Republican caucus in Pa. House

BY: - April 19, 2019

A bill that targets state unions and should be an easy sell to GOP lawmakers in the House has instead been stopped by a debate over how much to push a powerful interest group that has dug in its heels.