Opponents will try to further appeal Gov. Tom Corbett’s law, saying it discourages minorities from voting.
By EMILY DERUY
A judge refused on Wednesday to halt Pennsylvania’s voter identification law, paving the way for its implementation in advance of the upcoming presidential election.
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) made light of the hearing by speaking en Español.
A House committee held a hearing Thursday morning on a Republican bill that declares English the official language of the United States. Said hearing quickly devolved into a political sideshow.
- Almost one household out of every four (24.9 percent) makes less than $25,000 a year.
- About one in three households (30.1 percent) made between $50,000 and $100,000.
- One in five households (19.9 percent) made more than $100,000 a year.
The income part of the data excludes dividends, capital gains and income from real estate, like rent payments. The benefits part includes food stamps or subsidized housing. Many of these government subsidies are targeted at poorer households.
President Obama stopped shaking hands for a moment today so that he could embrace a sobbing woman whose uninsured sister recently died of colon cancer.
If you don’t click the link, let me just summarize for you. A Republican is asked, “What would you do to provide health care to the 30 million Americans who don’t have it if you repeal Obamacare?” He replies, “That is not the issue.”
I then screamed in frustration and facepalmed.
