Following contentious pandemic restrictions and acrimony over the 2020 presidential election — and divisions that have lingered ever since — Shapiro’s approach amounts to an attempt at rapprochement with the opposition party.
Some Harrisburg observers see a focus on personal relationships and knack for politicking that contrasts with Pennsylvania’s two most recent governors: Wolf, a Democrat, and Tom Corbett, a Republican.
At least for the moment, though, Shapiro and GOP leaders appear to share an interest in bipartisanship.Shapiro’s efforts to recalibrate the relationship between the governor’s office and legislature may benefit from his background as a former state legislator who developed a reputation as a savvy operator in a closely divided House. But they face an early test amid a power struggle over control of the House.
House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County said Democrats’ claiming of the majority “does a lot to sow mistrust and will make it very challenging going forward.”Akbar Hossain’s American dream is inspiring his work on Josh Shapiro’s transition team To be sure, Wolf and GOP lawmakers had plenty of bipartisan successes, including record education funding, a major election overhaul law, and corporate tax cuts.
“All of a sudden, does that poison the well for the rest of the legislative session?” asked Berwood Yost, a pollster at Franklin and Marshall College. “Most of the things that are helping people are not to the right or the left, when you look at the economy, health care ... changes that help businesses employ people,” she said.
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