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The House of Representatives approved a Democratic-led labor bill after 20 Republicans broke party lines to support the measure.
Several Wallenpaupack Area High School career and technical students examined architectural plans for the upcoming joint career and technical center designed to benefit districts in the Wayne/Pike area as they waited on Feb. 26 for their congressman, who delivered a check for $3 million to help build the project.
WAYNE and PIKE COUNTIES, PA — The Wallenpaupack Area School District (WASD) celebrated the receipt of $3 million in federal funding for the Wayne/Pike Career and Technical Center (CTC) on February 26. Officials pointed to the funding both as a financial boon and as a sign of belief in the program’s aims.
“The check being presented today represents resources, but more importantly it represents belief—belief in all of our students, belief in our educators, belief in our workforce and belief in the future of this very region,” said Keith Gunuskey, WASD superintendent.
WASHINGTON, DC — On January 22, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) voted in favor of H.R. 7147, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 and H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R. 7147 passed the House by a vote of 220-207, and H.R. 7148, which includes three of the 12 appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2026, passed the House by a vote of 341-88.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. announced this week that Discharge Petition 6 reached the necessary signatures needed to advance to a floor vote on H.R. 2550 — the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
The legislation, co-sponsored by Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, would restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Rep. Bresnahan signed on to the discharge petition on Sept. 2.
A discharge petition led in part by Congressman Rob Bresnahan has secured enough signatures to force a House vote on a bill restoring collective bargaining rights to federal employees.
U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. says Discharge Petition Number Six has officially crossed the threshold, meaning the House must now take up the Protect America's Workforce Act.
A discharge petition signed by U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan secured enough signatures to trigger a vote in the House of Representatives on a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers, Bresnahan’s office announced Monday.
The House discharge rule allows members to bring a bill or resolution to the floor for consideration even if the measure has not been reported by committee or is not supported by the majority party leadership should it secure 218 signatures.