Shouting, Name-Calling Highlight Welfare Bill In Pennsylvania Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Senate devolved into partisan shouting, name-calling and bare-knuckled procedural tactics over a bill to end a decades-old program that offers $200 a month to people deemed unable to work.
The bill ultimately passed the GOP-controlled chamber, 26-24, with two Republicans siding with Democrats against it.
The chaos began with a Republican attempt to block Democrats from offering amendments to keep the benefit for military veterans, cancer survivors an