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Four years ago, Democrats took control of Chester's government with a sweeping victory in a city long controlled by Republicans.
They hoped to bring change to a Delaware County municipality plagued by crime, financial problems, and difficulty attracting economic development.
The same issues remain today - in fact, Chester's 30 homicides in 2014 set a record. Except now, Chester also has infighting and a growing divide within its Democratic leadership, as State Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, the city's senior Democratic politician, is running to unseat Mayor John Linder.
Kirkland has aligned himself with the four incumbent city council members, while Linder is running alongside a new slate of council candidates.
The two Democrats, once friends and allies, are vying to persuade voters how Chester can become a safer, financially stable city.
Kirkland said Chester needs a mayor that gets along with the rest of the council if the city is going to move forward. Linder said he needs another four years to continue the work he started.
The winner of the May primary will face former Mayor Wendell Butler, the Republican whom Linder unseated in 2011.
"It is what it is," Linder said of facing a primary challenge. "I'm running as a Democrat and the incumbent mayor."
Kirkland, elected last fall to his 12th two-year term in Harrisburg, acknowledged he would be leaving a comfortable job paying more than $80,000 annually to lead one of the state's most troubled cities, at a much smaller salary. He said constituents and party leaders asked him to return home.
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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, implored Senate Democrats on Wednesday to "get off their ass" and help the Senate Republican majority advance a bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security while de-funding President Obama's recent executive actions on immigration.
Last Month, the House passed a bill allocating $39.7 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, the agency tasked with enforcing the nation's immigration laws. The bill included language to block President Obama's move last year to shelter up to 5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. from the threat of deportation by granting them temporary work permits. The proposal also undid the president's 2012 decision to defer deportations of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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Now the ball is in the Senate's court, Boehner said Wednesday, insisting no fewer than three times that the House has done its job.
"We won the fight to fund the Department of Homeland Security and to stop the president's unconstitutional actions," he said. "Now it's time for the Senate to do their work."
"You know, in this gift shop out here, they've got these little booklets on how a bill becomes a law," Boehner added. "The House has done its job. Why don't you go ask the Senate Democrats when they're gonna get off their ass and do something other than to vote no."
Senate Democrats, wielding a 46-seat majority, were able to successfully block consideration of the bill three times last week by depriving Republicans of the 60 votes necessary to proceed. They demanded a clean funding bill devoid of any restrictive language on immigration, something GOP conservatives have fiercely opposed.
A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, directed the blame for the impasse squarely at Republicans in a statement on Wednesday.
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Boehner tells Senate Democrats to "get off their ass" on immigration
John Boehner wants Senate Democrats to get off their ass
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday its up to Senate Democrats to get off their ass and help pass new funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Funding for the department expires on Feb. 27. New money for Homeland Security has become embroiled in a fight over President Barack Obamas executive orders on immigration, with Republicans seeking to roll back those orders as part of funding the department. Three times, Senate Democrats have blocked a House-passed bill from advancing in the Senate since it contains language that would halt Obamas actions delaying deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants.
Boehner told reporters on Wednesday that the House has done its job by passing legislation to fund the department. He blamed Senate Democrats for the impasse.
Why dont you go ask the Senate Democrats when theyre going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote no? Boehner said at a news conference Wednesday morning.
There is little time to resolve the issue. The House and Senate are in recess next week, leaving only about a week of working days for members of Congress before DHS funding runs out.
One option could be a so-called continuing resolution for the department, according to Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate. But Democrats dont like the idea of a measure to fund the department for a short time. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said Tuesday a continuing resolution would be very, very bad.
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