Bonusgate – the gift that keeps on giving.  Democrats have the opportunity to soften the blow on the investigation and its results by moving forward with the reform bills that are bottled up in the Democrat controlled House.  Why on Earth wouldn’t they want to get some positive reform press in wake of the damaging investigation by the AGs office? These type of antics could swing the House back into Republican control – which is far better than the Democrat control it’s been under since ’06.  From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

Top Senate Republican leaders are urging House Democrats to vote on seven bills to reform state government before the current two-year legislative session winds down in late October.

Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, urged House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese of Waynesburg yesterday to stop stalling on the seven measures, all of which passed the Senate unanimously — some of them months ago.

Referring to the attorney general’s arrest of 12 present or former Democratic House members and staffers last week, the two Republicans said, “These events severely threaten to further erode public confidence in the General Assembly.

“We remind you of numerous reform-focused bills languishing in the House — some for more than one year. We again urge you to take immediate action on them.”

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