The state budget allocates millions of taxpayer dollars to fund education, infrastructure, economic development, public safety, and health care. Pittman stepped back from Ward’s accusation, saying, “I’m not going to say he lied to me.” Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, offered a more tempered take on the situation, telling Pittsburgh-based television station KDKA that Republicans feel misled and believed their negotiation with Shapiro was a unified negotiation with the House Democrats. Shapiro says publicly, and he knows there was a deal,” Ward said.
“The truth is there was a deal regardless of what Gov. Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, sharply criticized Shapiro, saying in a statement, Senate Republicans negotiated in good faith and gave Shapiro “all the goodies he wanted” in exchange for his promise that he would deliver on the voucher program.
It included the lifeline scholarships - rebranded as student success scholarships - a provision Shapiro supported, GOP leaders maintain. Josh Shapiro, the Republican-controlled Senate, and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives are at an impasse caused by disagreement over a proposal to fund private school tuition vouchers with taxpayer dollars, also known as lifeline scholarships.Īfter pushback from House Democrats, Shapiro vowed to use his line-item veto power to abandon the voucher program, drawing accusations of betrayal from Senate Republicans, who passed a $45.5 billion budget on June 30. Budget negotiations between Democratic Gov.
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