“When will obstinate partisans in the legislature – Democrat and Republican – come to understand there are no political victories to gain in this perpetual budget impasse, only continued pain for every taxpayer whose exhausted of a state government that doesn’t work for them anymore?” asked state Sen.
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The Pennsylvania Senate has pushed forward a state budget that it previously rejected, giving Gov. Tom Wolf the choice of signing a budget plan that falls far short of what he wanted.
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Elements of the budget deal remain unresolved.
Pension legislation favored by Senate Republicans lacks support in the House.
Passage of the bipartisan deal had seemed within reach last week, after Wolf circumvented House GOP leadership to secure enough Republican defectors to pass the spending and tax plan he supported.
He said Scranton School District will need a substantial boost in state aid now that it has been forced to borrow money due to the stalemate.
Pennsylvania has been without a state budget since July 1, straining both school districts and human service agencies who have had no state funds since then.
Legislation that passed the Senate would allow about 14,000 holders of takeout beer licenses – including restaurants, bars, hotels, supermarkets and delis – to purchase licenses to sell up to four bottles of wine to a customer.
There are 119 Republicans in the House, making it the biggest majority since the Pennsylvania Constitution was amended in 1967 to set the number of House seats at 203.
Voting for the bill in the House were 150 Republicans and 166 Democrats, while 95 Republicans and 18 Democrats opposed it. Ryan relied on Democratic votes to help pass the measure as Boehner often had to do.
The House of Representatives defied Republican majority leaders Tuesday and narrowly sent a bipartisan spending bill over a key procedural hurdle.
Majority Leader Dave Reed even said on Wednesday that most House members were under the assumption that a pension reform and tax package had been agreed upon, CBS 3 reports.
The first step would be a final House vote on the $30.8 billion spending plan, which Wolf supports. He said the pension changes were needed to address costs that have been increasing for school districts and state government.
“A stopgap budget does not solve Pennsylvania’s problems, and if the legislature sends a stopgap to Governor Wolf, he will veto the entire bill”, he said. It also would impose limits on charter school reserves, slash payments to cyber charter schools, postpone the use of tests as a public school graduation requirement until the 2018-19 school year and authorize borrowing of at least $2.5 billion to pay the state share of school construction projects.
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The House adjourned and planned to return Wednesday, though committee meetings were planned for later Tuesday.
