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Dems call GOP's bluff on state budget
Published July 10, 2009, 5:37 am, The Morning Call
House leaders say they'll move Republicans' no-tax plan in hopes of sparking talks. -- Democrats who control the state House said Thursday they're ready to unleash a no-tax-increase Republican budget they say would slash deeply into services and result in layoffs of scores of state employees.
Fighting against earmark spending
Published July 10, 2009, 5:12 am, Athens Daily Review
Congressman Jeb Hensarling offered an amendment to a 2010 federal spending bill on Wednesday.
Pa. Dems To Advance GOP Budget They Have Assailed
Published July 10, 2009, 4:46 am, WPXI Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania's state budget stalemate entered what one senior lawmaker called "terra incognito" Thursday with an announcement by House Democrats they will soon uncork floor debate on a no-new-taxes Republican budget that they hope will ultimately fail.
State Democrats considering GOP budget they assailed
Published July 10, 2009, 3:10 am, Daily Local News
HARRISBURG (AP) — Democrats in the Pennsylvania Legislature are raising the possibility of voting on a Republican budget plan that they and Gov. Ed Rendell have spent the past two months criticizing as too harsh.
State lawmakers make no-tax hike pledge
Published July 10, 2009, 1:54 am, The Intelligencer
One third of Pennsylvania's lawmakers - all Republicans -have signed a pledge not to raise taxes as the state is 10 days into a new fiscal year without a budget and a devastating $3.2 billion deficit to fill.
Lawmakers restore $500 million to Education
Published July 9, 2009, 10:54 pm, The Daily Dispatch
HOENIX — State lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to restore $500 million in state aid to education they had cut just a week ago, ensuring schools will have the money they need later this month to pay their bills.
Brewer vetoes pieces of state budget, calls it 'fatally flawed'
Published July 9, 2009, 10:52 pm, The Daily Dispatch
PHOENIX Following through with her threat, Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed pieces of the state budget Wednesday and then ordered state lawmakers to return to the Capitol next week to fix it.
Budget stalls before deadline
Published July 9, 2009, 10:52 pm, The Daily Dispatch
PHOENIX — Efforts to enact a new state budget just a day before the deadline stalled Monday as some Republican lawmakers pushed to send Gov. Jan Brewer a spending plan she doesn’t like — and essentially dare her to veto it and shut down government.
UPDATE: Pa. Dems working on GOP budget they have assailed
Published July 9, 2009, 10:29 pm, Delaware County Times
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Ed Rendell and his Democratic allies in the General Assembly have warned for the past two months that a no-new-taxes budget passed by the Senate Republicans would devastate state services.
State GOP declares budget victory
Published July 9, 2009, 10:16 pm, The Evening Sun
Republicans say sales-tax hike is dead. While a state budget still hasn't been passed, House Republicans were claiming victory Thursday night, saying a daylong session showed Gov. Ed Rendell lacked the necessary support for his proposed hike in the personal-income tax.
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