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Pennsylvania’s Budget Woes
If the months-long Pennsylvania budget delay wasn’t bad enough, now Pennsylvania residents are reeling from the federal government’s failure to meet its own responsibilities to pass a budget.
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- Ensure state legislatures have adequate time and funding to conduct the peoples’ business
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