(AP) — After three years of futility, Republicans finally used their majorities in Pennsylvania's state House and Senate to pass their top agenda items: ending the traditional pension benefit in the state's public employee retirement systems and privatizing its government-controlled wine and liquor store system. [...] Corbett, a Republican, was defeated by Wolf in November, after two-plus years of Republican leaders feuding over the pension and liquor bills and, ultimately, being unable to deliver anything to Corbett. For their part, House and Senate Republican leaders explain the success by pointing to the GOP's larger majorities won in last November's election. An architect of the final liquor bill, Sen.