[sfordnews] No budget
- From: "John S. Grispon" <discog@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Limerick Spring-Ford list list <LIM-SF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <LIM-SF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, New List <sfordnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:58 -0400
This feels familiar: Pennsylvania may be a long way from a budget deal!
Our friends over at Capitolwire are reporting that House Democrats and
Senate Republicans don’t have enough votes to pass the budget as-is.
(For those without a Capitolwire subscription, check out the Capitol
Ideas summary here.)
A coalition of 30 Democrats has threatened to block the deal unless a
plan to expand oil and natural gas drilling on state land (a plan we
like) is dropped, and Democrats from the Philadelphia area are
infuriated over the new arts and culture tax.
The two caucuses are sitting down with Gov. Rendell today to try to
work out a new deal. As reported by Capitolwire, House Democrats are
giving Rendell and the Republicans two options: Either introduce the
budget and see it fail or change the deal to make it more palatable to
the rank and file.
We’ll keep you updated throughout the day on this.
John S. Grispon
discog@xxxxxxxxxxx
610-948-7655
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