Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) announced late Friday afternoon that they have agreed among themselves on a new congressional map that they later sent to Gov. Tom Wolf that evening.

“The Republican legislative leaders in the House and Senate have agreed to a Congressional District Map that complies fully with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order and opinion," read a joint statement from the two Republican legislative leaders.

"We will be submitting our map to the governor this evening.”

House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana) commented on a number of pressing matters Thursday morning, mainly focusing on further reaction to the governor’s budget address and providing an update as to the process of getting a new congressional map to the governor in light of Wednesday’s state supreme court majority opinion in the redistricting case.

Republican legislative leaders from the House and Senate responded to Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget address Tuesday afternoon, saying the nearly $1 billion spending increase over last year’s enacted budget proposed by the governor is a non-starter in their respective chambers.

While budget address week is a time traditionally reserved for governors to set their budget priorities and legislative agenda for the year, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate are making their budget and legislative priorities known in advance of the governor’s budget address, scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at 11:30 a.m.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana) formally announced Tuesday that he will be running for US Congress to represent the 9^th Congressional District, which will be vacated by Rep. Bill Shuster at the end of this term.