Almost two months after its due date, the Pennsylvania government has yet to finalize a budget plan, and some of our local representatives are weighing in on the impasse.
As of now, a budget plan has been passed in the House of Representatives, cutting nearly $1 billion from the governor’s original proposal, but the Senate has yet to come to a consensus to pass that budget.
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State Representative Bob Merski (D) said he’s confident a final budget plan will come together soon, but it’s going to take some consensus and compromise from the Senate.
“I think the biggest holdup is the Senate Republicans. It’s in the Senate. We passed a budget in the House that funded everything, but also made cuts to what the governor proposed, so it was fiscally responsible,” said Merski…