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A leaky roof is about to close the Pa. House for months. Can the legislature finish a budget first?
Pa. lawmakers have a lot of work left before a state budget is finalized. They have only a week until construction closes the state House for the winter.
Philadelphia Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-capitol-budget-delay-leaky-roof-20231209.html
HARRISBURG — State lawmakers will return to Harrisburg this week in hopes of finally ending nearly six months of partisan deadlock on the last pieces of Pennsylvania’s $45.4 billion budget.
While Gov. Josh Shapiro’s signature on the spending plan in August has allowed most of those dollars to be sent to K-12 schools, state workers’ paychecks, and other programs, disagreements between the Democratic-controlled state House and Republican-controlled state Senate over a handful of budget-enabling bills have left funding for libraries, community colleges, and nonprofits across the commonwealth in legislative purgatory.
Top lawmakers are aware of the consequences of their inaction, and while trading blame, have set a high bar for the coming session days.
“We cannot leave Harrisburg next week without addressing some of the things that must be taken care of,” Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland) said Tuesday. “And I don’t believe that we will [leave without finishing].”
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While Gov. Josh Shapiro’s signature on the spending plan in August has allowed most of those dollars to be sent to K-12 schools, state workers’ paychecks, and other programs, disagreements between the Democratic-controlled state House and Republican-controlled state Senate over a handful of budget-enabling bills have left funding for libraries, community colleges, and nonprofits across the commonwealth in legislative purgatory.
Top lawmakers are aware of the consequences of their inaction, and while trading blame, have set a high bar for the coming session days.
“We cannot leave Harrisburg next week without addressing some of the things that must be taken care of,” Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland) said Tuesday. “And I don’t believe that we will [leave without finishing].”
OK here's the plan: We make sure they get a 3 month vacation with NO PAY!!! They've had several extensions and still no budget passed. Get it done next week, or Santa brings you coal and switches for 3 months.
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