PA’s Budget Is Late for the 5th Year in a Row
Talks between party leaders continue as lawmakers miss the annual deadline for the fifth straight year, reviving concerns about another long impasse.
- Pennsylvania leaders in the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate missed the June 30 budget deadline for the fifth consecutive year, failing to finalize spending plans before the fiscal year ended.
- The House passed a $53.3 billion budget plan in April, but the Senate opposes Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposal to use $4.7 billion in reserves to balance the competing priorities.
- While the House remained in Harrisburg for sessions Wednesday and Thursday, the Senate recessed for the July 4th holiday. Democrats argued the majority was "walking away" from budget work.
- Although immediate impacts are minimal, the delay threatens to replicate last year's 135-day impasse, which caused state payment disruptions and employee furloughs affecting schools and nonprofits.
- Senate Republican Majority Leader Joe Pittman said negotiations are on "a very good trajectory" and likely to produce a deal "in the next several days," despite critics questioning the closed-door approach.
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