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Article: Pa. budget passage likely today; GOP claims win on taxes.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- July 16, 2007
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Byline: Amy Worden
Jul. 16--HARRISBURG -- More than two weeks past deadline, the $27.2 billion state spending plan was approved unanimously last night by a joint House-Senate committee, clearing one last hurdle to final passage expected in both chambers today.
The 2007-2008 fiscal blueprint, a 3.2 percent increase in spending over last year, dedicates hundreds of millions in new funding for transportation, education, welfare, prisons and pensions.
The increase bumps up to 4.4 percent with an additional $300 million in mass transit subsidies that are being diverted to a special fund for transit.
But Republicans who control the Senate ...