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BUDGET UPDATE IN THIS SPACE: No Budget Deal Going Into Monday
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The House returned to voting session Friday and the Senate on Saturday to do the hard part of state budgeting-- paying for the $31.996 billion General Fund budget the passed on June 30 and overcoming a $2.2 billion budget without raising broad-based taxes. As of 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, no agreement was reached on the revenue package. Drew Crompton, chief of staff for Senate President Pro-Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson), said Thursday in a Tweet-- “If age 50 is the new 40, then July 10th is the new June 30th” -- in legislative time of course. Lawmakers and Gov. Wolf are working against a midnight July 10 deadline to take final action on the last pieces of the budget, but as always, deadlines don’t mean that much in Harrisburg. At midnight Monday, the Commonwealth ceases to have the ability to spend money unless the General Fund budget bill-- House Bill 218 (Saylor-R-York)-- is signed into law by Gov. Wolf or allowed to become law without his signature as the last two budgets have. In play to be amended to implement the final budget agreement (whatever it is) are the Code bills: Fiscal Code and Administrative Code-- bills where anything and everything has been added in the past; Tax Code, Education and Human Resources Codes and gaming and liquor bills as needed. The Senate and House Republicans have also said clearly they will be doing transfers from special funds to the General Fund, but have not yet identified the special funds they will target. =Also on the chopping block are the amounts authorized for a variety of tax credit programs that House Republicans have said they want to cut to eliminate “corporate welfare.” Anything and everything is on the table. Stay tuned! NewsClips: Advocate Seeks Budget Declared Unconstitutional Based On Environmental Rights Amendment Case Court To Decide If Nearly $400M In Oil & Gas Lease Funds Should Be Used For Conservation Lawmakers Call For Natural Gas Severance Tax (Nothing For Environment) Op-Ed: For Sake Of Boaters, Anglers, Pass Senate Bill 30, John Arway Op-Ed: Without License Hike, PA Fish Programs To Be Slashed Editorial: House Should Approve Bill To Increase Fishing Licenses Thompson: State Budget Talks Continue With Apparent Break In Gambling Impasse AP: PA Budget Talks Hanging On Deal On Gambling Bill Another Down-To-The-Wire Push For Budget Agreement AP: PA Budget Negotiations Stuck On Gambling Expansion Gambling Expansion Increasing Odds Against Timely Budget Deal Thompson: Legislative Leaders Preparing To Place Their Bets On Gambling Expansion Legislature To Reconvene Today, State Budget Funding Unclear Lawmakers Optimistic About State Budget Pact PA Lawmakers To Work Into The Weekend To Resolve Budget Thompson: PA State Budget Needs A Payment Plan Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa Talks Budget House Majority Leader: No Agreements On How To Pay For PA Budget House Majority Leader: No Agreements On How To Pay For PA Budget Nearly A Week Into Stalemate, No Agreements On Budget Revenue AP: Deficit-Ridden Pennsylvania Warned Of Another Hit To Credit AP: PA Budget Talks Drag Into Day 5 Of Fiscal Year AP: PA Budget Talks Continue, Stalemate Enters Day 5, No Disruptions Until July 10 AP: Click Ticking On $2 Billion Search To Balance PA Budget Editorial: Penalties Needed On Legislators For Late Budget Related Story: [Posted: July 7, 2017] |
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7/10/2017 |
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