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Pennsylvania House votes to end governor's pandemic disaster declaration

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(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives voted on party lines Tuesday to put an end to the governor’s pandemic disaster emergency declaration, less than a month after voters dramatically expanded lawmakers’ powers to control such declarations.The 113-90 vote sent the Republican-penned measure over to the Senate, where the GOP also holds a substantial majority.

If it passes the Senate, Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency declaration, extended since March 2020, would expire as soon as the state’s May 18 primary election results are fully certified."The people have spoken," House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, said after the vote. "That’s why it went to referendum."House Democrats said the.

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