Pennsylvania's State Budget Due Tuesday with No Deal in Sight
Closed-door talks continued as Senate Republicans gutted a House-passed $53.3 billion budget bill and left just one $24 million item.
- On Monday, the Republican-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee gutted the $53.2 billion budget proposal received from the House, reducing it to a single item of about $24 million.
- Legislative leaders remain deadlocked over spending, as Republicans oppose drawing down the roughly $8 billion rainy day fund to cover a projected $4.6 billion deficit in the House budget proposal.
- Despite broad disagreements, both parties support eliminating the gross receipts tax on electricity, estimated to save consumers about $1.7 billion, while lawmakers debate data center regulations as a key sticking point.
- Closed-Door negotiations between top Democrats and Republicans continued Monday with no deal reached, as Sen. Jay Costa of Allegheny County, the top Democrat in the Senate, said "Conversations continue."
- The House added voting sessions to the legislative calendar for Wednesday and Thursday to avoid a protracted stalemate, mirroring past budget delays that disrupted state payments to schools and counties.
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Pennsylvania's state budget due Tuesday with no deal in sight
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - Pennsylvania lawmakers are once again expected to miss the deadline to pass a state budget. The constitutionally mandated June 30 deadline has not been met in several years, including the 134-day-late deal last year. According to Spotlight PA, the state has had more than a dozen late budgets over the past [...]
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