Stalemate Remains Over Congressional Boundaries

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s state Senate majority leader says a partisan stalemate remains unbroken on a new map of congressional district boundaries for the state, and she predicted that the state’s highest court will end up settling the matter. Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, told a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon Monday that Senate Republicans have tried unsuccessfully thus far to broker an agreement between the Republican-controlled House, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic lawmakers. She says they can’t agree and the courts will end up drawing maps. Monday was also the court-imposed deadline for parties – including Wolf, Republican lawmakers and Democratic lawmakers – to submit proposed maps to it.