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Entire State of Pennsylvania Held Hostage by Handful of Ideologues Refusing Budget Compromise | gadflyonthewallblog

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Entire State of Pennsylvania Held Hostage by Handful of Ideologues Refusing Budget Compromise

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Pennsylvania’s hostage crisis goes into Day 258 Saturday.
Republican lawmakers continue to block the passage of a state budget that was required by law at the end of June 2015.
In fact, Gov. Tom Wolf – a Democrat – released his spending plan this week for the fiscal year 2016-17 – yet the previous year’s budget still has not been approved!
Even after numerous difficult concessions made by Democrats, Republicans still decline approval of any spending plan but their own.
I call this a “hostage crisis” because their actions are not supported by the majority of Pennsylvanians.
The overwhelming majority of residents want a budget. The overwhelming majority of voters cast ballots for Democrats in the last election, but the GOP remains in control of the legislature purely because of gerrymandering. That’s why the majority of residents booted out the former Republican Governor and overwhelmingly approved Democrat Wolf to replace him.