A $32.7 billion spending package for Pennsylvania’s approaching fiscal year began speeding through the General Assembly on June 20 with little public debate, a stark change from the first three budgets hashed out by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the state House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate’s huge Republican majorities, The Associated Press reported.
The centerpiece of the no-new-taxes plan unveiled just a day earlier won overwhelming House approval, 188-10. It was negotiated behind closed doors by Republican majority leaders with Wolf, and was slated at press time for a Senate vote on June 22.
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