Pennsylvania

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7/18/07-Gov. Ed Rendell signed a multi-billion dollar state spending plan Tuesday, July 17, that includes money for transportation.
The $27.2 billion budget increases funding for various state programs without new broad-based tax or fee increases.

7/17/07-Gov. Ed Rendell is expected to sign a multi-billion dollar state spending plan Tuesday, July 17, that includes money for transportation.
The Senate voted 46-2 Monday, July 16, to approve the $27.2 billion budget that doesn't include higher taxes and fees. Several hours later the House followed suit on a 140-63 vote. The tallies cleared the way for the plan to move to the governor. In a statement issued after the House vote, Rendell said he looked forward to signing it today.
The votes were the culmination of lead negotiators in the statehouse and the governor spending the past week hammering out the final details of the plan as they determined funding levels for various programs. Democrats and Republicans reached a broad agreement July 9 as part of a deal to end a standoff that led to a one-day partial shutdown of state government.
Rendell, a Democrat, was pleased with major increases in funding for various programs. The Republican-led Senate touted their achievement in blocking higher taxes and fees, as well as slowing the rate of increase in state spending.

7/16/07-A multi-billion dollar state spending plan appears to be hours from passage in Pennsylvania.
The full House and Senate are expected to vote Monday, July 16, on a $27.2 billion budget after a joint committee made up of select members of both chambers reached agreement Sunday night on the specifics of the plan.
Lead negotiators in the statehouse and Gov. Ed Rendell have been hammering out the final details of the plan the past week as they determined funding levels for various programs. Democrats and Republicans reached a broad agreement July 9 as part of a deal to end a standoff that led to a one-day partial shutdown of state government.
Rendell, a Democrat, was pleased with major increases in funding for various programs. The Republican-led Senate touted their achievement in blocking higher taxes and fees, as well as slowing the rate of increase in state spending.