Pa. House GOP passes budget over Dem objections
Majority Republicans in the Pennsylvania House are sending their state budget proposal to the Senate over the loud objections of Democrats.
The chamber voted 109-to-92 last night to approve a $27.3 billion spending plan and move the process closer to negotiations among legislative leaders and Gov. Tom Corbett in the weeks ahead.
Republicans are defending the budget bill as a responsible approach amid a trying economic climate, while Democrats say its broad spending cuts will have dire consequences.
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The budget plan has the same total spending figure that Corbett, a Republican, has proposed.
Yesterday, Corbett toured a label factory in Montgomery County. WHYY’s Elizabeth Fiedler was there, and asked him about his thoughts on the House’s proposal.
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