What Will The House Do? It's Pennsylvania's $2B Question
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The question of what Pennsylvania's House Republican majority will do about a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget is sending ripples of worry through some quarters.
Maureen Cronin, of the Arc of Pennsylvania, says staff from Arc chapters around the state call her and ask whether it's turning into another nine-month stalemate that played out two years ago between lawmakers and the Democratic governor.
House GOP leaders have been quiet since July's Senate passage of a bipartisan revenue plan that Gov. Tom Wolf supports.
Many House members dislike the Senate plan. Republican Rep. John Taylor, of Philadelphia, says House GOP leaders are waiting to see if rank-and-file members produce a solution.
Meanwhile, the government is operating normally. Come September, Wolf may need to start freezing program cash.
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