After butting heads with Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf faces maybe the most noteworthy decision of his short tenure: sign a price anger in that falls short of each one little thing he is sought, or danger more injury to the schools & social services he wants to assist.
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In the face of criticism, President Park Geun Hye has launched an all-out campaign to win public support for the deal. China took a different tack, with state media slamming Japan’s long-awaited mea culpa as insincere and insufficient.
At Tuesday morning’s announcement, the governor accused Republican lawmakers of sending him a budget right before Christmas just so they could get out of town for the holiday.
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Albright as well as the governor’s Secretary of Planning and Policy John Hanger stood by their argument that the Republican budget resulted in a $95 million cut for education. Apparently a $30.3 billion budget that increases education spending by over $400 million without sales or income tax increases is just not enough. Last week, Republican leaders walked away from a historic bipartisan budget agreement and passed an irresponsible budget so they could return home to their districts and take holiday vacations.
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Friends, fellow country musicians and fans rallied around Strickland and his family on social media , using #PrayersForCraig. Just before leaving for the trip, the late Morland tweeted an ominous message uncannily foreshadowing the subsequent events.
“This budget is very wrong for so many reasons”, said Wolf, calling the proposal a “pretend budget” and asking legislators to return to Harrisburg to finish the work.
Senate GOP leaders chided the governor for creating a “crisis situation” that could have been avoided if he had vetoed line items instead of rejected entire budgets as he did with a similar GOP proposal when the fiscal year ended in June. “I think that was something we need to do”.
Wolf also reduced House and Senate budgets back to 2014-2015 funding levels. Philadelphia, the state’s largest school district, has said it would have to shut its doors in late January if the budget stalemate is not resolved.
School districts across the state have had to borrow at least $900 million in total to stay open.
This governor-crafted version of a stopgap budget also provides for the Legislature, community colleges, the 14 State System of Higher Education universities and other higher education lines all to be funded at last year’s level. The plan called for $30.8 billion in overall spending, including the $350 million boost for schools.
“A lot of schools miss out on art programs, after-school programs-I feel like my kids really are suffering and kids beyond mine will suffer if schools don’t get better”, parent Gregory Young said. The no votes came from every Democrat and a majority of Republicans, who saw the vote as a proxy for the spending plan.
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Ellis said it may be necessary to unhitch pension legislation from efforts to pass a budget.
