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Online Gambling Observers Pay Close Attention to PA Spending Plan

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Jun/27/2016

(Associated Press) - Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Senate's top Democrat and Republican are cool to a budget plan being assembled by the House GOP majority.

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Wolf's press secretary said Monday that the governor hasn't agreed to the House GOP's $31.5 billion spending plan. Spending legislation could get a committee vote later Monday, four days before the state government's fiscal year-budget deadline.

Senate Republican leader Jake Corman says he hasn't agreed to the House GOP's spending plan, or their plan to support it with across-the-board tax increases on tobacco products.

Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Jay Costa says the House GOP plan doesn't include money sought by Wolf and Democrats for distressed school districts or heroin addiction treatment. Costa also says the House GOP plan to fund the budget is inadequate.

The House GOP also hopes to reap revenue from tax and fees in legislation that would make Pennsylvania the fourth state to allow casino-style gambling online.

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