9/14/17
by News Department on 09/14/17Budget...
Republicans who control Pennsylvania's House of Representatives late Wednesday night approved a no-new-taxes borrowing package to help plug the state government's $2.2 billion budget gap.
In addition to a $1 billion loan, the House GOP's package would siphon cash from off-budget programs, including accounts for mass transit, environmental protection and economic development.
It is opposed by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who says it fails to solve the state's underlying fiscal problems, and it faces pushback from the Senate's Republican majority, which helped pass a $500 million-plus tax package in July to fully fund a $32 billion spending agreement approved overwhelmingly by both chambers.
