GOVERNOR FLOATS STOPGAP BILL; LEGISLATURE LUKEWARM TO IDEA
Governor Ed Rendell said Monday he will push a “stopgap†budget bill later this week if negotiations over the spending plan continue, as they did this weekend, to stall. This measure would allow the state to pay roughly 77,000 state workers scheduled to work without pay until a deal is reached. Details of the plan will be released mid-week, but the governor said it would “get government back to work.†Pennsylvania government is 27 days late with its budget, and the administration has said it cannot pay its workers without one in place. Click here to read the full story.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE BEGINS TODAY
The Conference Committee on HB 1416 will take place today at Noon in the Majority Caucus Room. House Majority Leader Todd Eachus (D-Luzerne), House Appropriations Chair Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) and Senator Jay Costa (D-Allegheny), minority chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee will represent the Democrats in conference committee. The Republican conferees are Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware), House GOP Leader Sam Smith (R-Jefferson) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jake Corman (R-Centre). Stay tuned to PLS throughout the day for updates.
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