Pennsylvania Senate could revisit budget Wednesday
The full Senate is scheduled to return to the Capitol on Wednesday for a two-day stay, and could begin voting on bills to raise new revenue for the state’s cash-strapped coffers through a mix of borrowing and some new taxes.
That was the plan being discussed among budget negotiators before talks were upended last week, when the House’s top Republican tried — and failed — to push an alternative proposal at the eleventh hour.
If the Republican-controlled Senate goes through with votes this week, it would set the stage for a political showdown — not with the Democratic Gov. Wolf, but with Republican Party colleagues who hold a commanding majority in the House.
The House would be forced to either grit its teeth and pass a proposal that its top leader, Speaker Mike Turzai (R., Allegheny), has derided, or put off dealing with the issue until its summer break ends in September, prolonging the impasse over how to complete the state budget.
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