Lawmakers are rushing to approve a bipartisan budget before Christmas.
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Senate Republican leaders had tied the pension legislation to their support for the tax and spending package, and many in the Capitol viewed the House GOP’s change of heart as an effort to stop the bipartisan tax plan.
“We still have a ways to go, but this was a nice step in the right direction”, Wolf said. “Taxpayers demand, deserve and should be delivered a fiscally responsible, bipartisan state budget”.
House Republican leaders, alas, seem to be playing the parts of the Scarecrow (“If I only had a brain, I’d not keep scuttling deals that would get this done”) and the Lion (“If I only had some nerve, I’d at least permit a vote on the deal that passes muster with the Senate and the governor”).
It’s the main appropriations bill in a $30.8 billion spending package and it has the Democratic governor’s backing to end a almost six-month stalemate.
Wolf’s office said Friday it had gotten enough support from Democrats and moderate Republicans to pass the as-yet unwritten tax legislation, over the opposition of House Republican leaders. The Senate vote was more complicated because the two plans were merged into one enormous package, but a slim majority of McConnell’s Republican ranks still voted for the measure.
Meanwhile, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, expressed concern at the lack of an agreement. The White House, in a letter expressing support, said the deal would “help to grow the economy and build middle-class economic security”.
However, it’s not clear if Wolf will sign off on the spending plan.
As recently as Tuesday evening, it was reported that the House could be drawing close to a vote on a “framework” of a bill, according to Fox 43.
He says Republican senators will meet to consider their next move.
“The truth is their slick maneuvers have forced local communities to shoulder the financial burden of funding the needs of their schools and human services”, Pashinski said.
Others warned the bill was vulnerable to a court challenge, and noted that it did not provide any immediate budget relief to school boards or lower the two pension systems’ unfunded liabilities.
“Their actions are reckless and irresponsible”, he said. “The Republicans in the House blew that up”.
The shift came a day after the Republican-controlled House had proposed its own temporary budget despite Wolf’s vow to veto that plan if it ever reached his desk. “We need a full-year budget and the governor is still going to stand strong on his commitment to funding our schools and fixing our deficit and balancing our budget”, press secretary Jeff Sheridan said.
“A stopgap budget does not change the status quo that Harrisburg has accepted for too long”, a Wolf news release stated.
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Layoffs in state government could soon occur, Corman said, warning that a deadline is also approaching for the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program that funds private school scholarships.
