A flurry of crucial votes is on tap in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers scramble to end a state government budget stalemate now in its sixth month.
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In Pennsylvania, the $30.8 billion budget backed by Gov. Wolf was passed by the Republican-controlled state Senate two weeks ago. But House Republicans revolted against the size of the tax and spending bills.
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As Pennsylvania House and Senate leaders move toward a state budget agreement in fits and starts, one piece of the compromise appears to have fallen by the wayside: changes to the state’s wine and spirits stores.
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Two earlier budget stalemates in the late 1950s and in 1970-71 have lasted longer than the current one, said Stephen Miskin, spokesman for House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-62, Indiana, on Tuesday.
Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati told reporters after a meeting with House Republican leaders Wednesday there doesn’t seem to be sufficient support for the pension bill, and without it the Senate won’t agree to tax increases.
In November, Wolf and House and Senate leaders agreed to a budget deal that revolved around a 6 percent spending increase and a $1 billion-plus tax increase.
“The commonwealth can little afford the devastating consequences of this stopgap budget”, Wolf wrote. The House is scheduled for a voting session at 9 a.m. The budget wasn’t complete until tax hikes to support state aid for universities and colleges were approved that December. “We are confident we have the support to pass that and the votes to pass that”, said Wolf spokesperson Jeffrey Sheridan. Sticking points include how to pay for education-spending increases the governor wants and how to trim pension benefits for state employees, a Republican priority.
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“If the [pension] votes aren’t there, I think reality begins to set in”, a visibly frustrated Scarnati said.
