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Pa. House Republican leaders urge U.S. Senate to avoid shutdown
Shutdown could impact thousands of Pa. workers, families receiving benefitsPittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2025/09/29/pa-house-republican-leaders-urge-u-s-senate-to-avoid-shutdown/stories/202509290051
Pennsylvania's House Republican leaders in Harrisburg strongly urged the U.S. Senate on Monday to dodge a federal government shutdown as a Sept. 30 deadline loomed, according to a letter obtained by the Post-Gazette.
“We urgently call on the Senate to immediately pass a clean short-term funding extension to prevent a government shutdown that would deeply harm hardworking Americans across our states,” the lawmakers, led by Republican leader state Rep. Jesse Topper and GOP Whip Rep. Tim O’Neal, wrote to U.S. Senate leaders.
The letter was sent just a few hours before President Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican lawmakers were poised to meet in the White House to discuss a stopgap spending plan that’s yet again put the spotlight on Washington’s stark political divides.
A shutdown could jeopardize thousands of Pennsylvania workers' paychecks indefinitely, and leave many families facing the loss of critical services and benefits. The standoff — with Republicans balking at Democrats’ call for Trump and the GOP to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse some of this summer’s cuts to Medicaid — comes as Pennsylvania’s budget is more than three months overdue.
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“We urgently call on the Senate to immediately pass a clean short-term funding extension to prevent a government shutdown that would deeply harm hardworking Americans across our states,” the lawmakers, led by Republican leader state Rep. Jesse Topper and GOP Whip Rep. Tim O’Neal, wrote to U.S. Senate leaders.
The letter was sent just a few hours before President Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican lawmakers were poised to meet in the White House to discuss a stopgap spending plan that’s yet again put the spotlight on Washington’s stark political divides.
A shutdown could jeopardize thousands of Pennsylvania workers' paychecks indefinitely, and leave many families facing the loss of critical services and benefits. The standoff — with Republicans balking at Democrats’ call for Trump and the GOP to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse some of this summer’s cuts to Medicaid — comes as Pennsylvania’s budget is more than three months overdue.
I'm not in the habit of posting stories about the GOP leaders in Harrisburg, but this story is rather remarkable. It's also surprising that the Post-Gazette printed it, but here we are.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says, "Over my dead body."
