Gov. Tom Wolf to let Pennsylvania’s state budget become law without full funding

    37
    0

    Oh you’re so shrewd Gov Wolfey.. Another year that you wouldn’t veto nor sign the PA budget so it became law by ignoring it. Now he can use it as a campaign tactic by saying he had nothing to do with it and how PA’s legislature is out of control – PB/TK

    Gov. Tom Wolf to let Pennsylvania’s state budget become law without full funding – By Liz Navratil, Karen Langley and Angela Couloumbis / July 11 2017

    HARRISBURG — For the second consecutive year, Gov. Tom Wolf will allow the spending bill the Legislature has sent to him to become law, even though there is no plan for how to pay for it.

    Monday’s move once again plunged the state into uncertainty, with questions swirling around whether it is constitutional and whether it will provide more fodder for a crushing credit downgrade for the state.

    For his part, the Democratic governor said he believes that, just like last year, the Republican-controlled Legislature will swiftly act to deliver a revenue package to his desk.

    Continue to post-gazette.com article: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2017/07/11/pennsylvania-state-budget-2017-funding-pa-gov-tom-wolf/stories/201707110072

    LEAVE A REPLY

    Please enter your comment!
    Please enter your name here