Gov. Tom Wolf will veto bill to reopen more Pa. businesses, as top health official warns legislation

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Gov. Tom Wolf will veto bill to reopen more Pa. businesses, as top health official warns legislation puts ‘more lives at risk’


HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf will veto a bill that would have allowed a significant number of businesses across the state to reopen, which Republicans passed despite the state’s top health official warning the move would put “more lives at risk.”

GOP lawmakers do not have enough votes to override his veto.

“As the administration has stated many times, irresponsibly going against the direction of the secretary of health and reopening businesses too early will only extend the length of the economic hardships created by the pandemic,” Wolf spokesperson Lyndsay Kensinger said in an email.

The legislation, which garnered final approval from the Senate along party lines, would have redefined essential businesses and provided a road map for employers to reopen as long as they took certain safety precautions as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-coronavirus-business-closure-legislature-reopen-20200415.html

[Freddie]

1. Gov Wolf

Is the only reason why PA isn’t Alabama. Too many entrenched Repugs in the state legislature. It’s impossible to get rid of them. They’re “nice guys” and do favors for their constituents (“he helped get my son into West Point” etc) and so otherwise reasonable people vote for them not knowing (or caring) that they go back to Harrisburg and vote in lockstep with the extreme RWNJs.