Gov. Tom Wolf announced from his office in Harrisburg this morning that he would line-item veto a .3 billion Republican spending plan sent to his desk before Christmas.
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Accusing Republican House Leaders of running out before the job was finished, the governor added that he doesn’t “have the power” to bring them back to the table, calling on citizens to hold their representatives accountable.
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Wolf could veto the bill, sign it to end the budget impasse or allow it to become law without his signature. It contains about $500 million less than a deal Wolf had negotiated with Republican leaders.
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Wolf called on lawmakers to return to the Capitol and continue work on a final budget.
In his brief news conference, Wolf lit into the GOP-led legislature and its leadership. Efforts to pass a bipartisan budget package supported by Wolf stalled last week. The Democrat is considering what to do about an appropriations bill that authorizes hundreds of millions less than what Wolf wanted for schools and social services.
Wolf’s spokesman said the first-term governor wouldn’t reveal a decision Thursday and probably would wait until next week.
But the agreement seemed to collapse in the House just before Christmas, with that chamber and the Senate sparring over which taxes to raise and which changes to make to the state’s two biggest pension funds.
“By the way, before they left town, our legislators also neglected to provide any funding for Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, Lincoln University, Temple, Penn School of Veterinary Science”. Wolf had sought the money to reverse post-recession cuts to public schools and human services and to narrow a long-term budget deficit.
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Of the $30.3 billion proposed budget, Wolf said he will sign off on $23.4 billion.
