The plan calls for $350 million in additional school funding, and is likely to be accompanied by a companion bill that makes changes to the state’s pension system.
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Another lengthy stalemate over tax hikes came in 1977 with a general budget bill not being approved until late August.
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He also accused Senate Republicans of caving to tea party-aligned House Republican leaders and denying critical dollars for schools.
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Clinton joked about a similar problem in the previous debate where she barely made it back on stage before the end of a break. Sanders said he had lost an election in Vermont for a gun-control stance and Clinton said she had backed gun-control measures.
In an email sent a few hours later, Cox muses on whether the House can send Wolf two versions of what’s known as the “fiscal code” bill -one providing funding for the General Assembly, the second for the rest of state government.
The bill passed on a near party-line vote, 33-17, with Sen.
A Wolf spokesman said a decision on whether to veto the budget would likely not be announced until Monday.
“The Senate decided this is a step we needed to move things forward”, Senate Majority Leader Spokesperson Jennifer Cocher said. “What was unacceptable then is still unacceptable now – what have these last six months meant?”
The spending bill passed the Republican-controlled Senate two weeks ago.
Pennsylvania’s state budget stalemate achieves today the dubious distinction as the longest during the state’s modern political era.
The Senate is signaling it won’t approve the plan, and Governor Wolf removed any shadow of a doubt about his intentions when he wrote to House members and told them a partial budget plan would be swiftly rejected if it landed on his desk.
“Change is hard, and clearly more so given this legislature, but we must continue our fight for historic education funding that will begin to restore the cuts from five years ago, and a budget that is balanced, paid for and fixes our deficit”, he added.
“This is incredibly frustrating”, said Harkins, who left Harrisburg for Erie on Wednesday afternoon and does not expect to return before next week. “I think it’s legislation worth supporting”. A Saturday vote on a key pension reform provision failed – four of nine Chester County State Representatives voted against the measure – wrecking a tentative budget deal.
Increased domestic spending advocated by Democrats and included in the package was necessary given Republicans’ desire to increase spending on defense, McConnell said, deflecting criticism from deficit-conscious conservatives.
The legislation would create a mandatory 401(k)-style benefit for state government and public school employees hired in the future. “This is what this whole budget negation has been about”, he said.
Further, legislation to authorize a $1 billion-plus tax increase as part of the deal has not been introduced in either chamber. “Taxpayers demand, deserve and should be delivered a fiscally responsible, bipartisan state budget”. Cash-strapped school districts are borrowing to stay open, social service agencies are laying off workers, and state-subsidized prekindergarten programs are closing to hundreds of children in low-income families.
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County governments, school districts and social service providers undoubtedly are casting all of our state leaders in Harrisburg – including Gov. Wolf – in the role of the Tin Man, who’s badly in need of a heart.
