{"id":2178,"date":"2025-10-03T10:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/pennsylvania\/?post_type=article&p=2178"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:35:46","slug":"pennsylvanias-budget-woes","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/pennsylvania\/articles\/pennsylvanias-budget-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania’s Budget Woes"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2178","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"If the months-long Pennsylvania budget delay wasn\u2019t bad enough, now Pennsylvania residents are reeling from the federal government\u2019s failure to meet its own responsibilities to pass a budget.","featured_image":"","article_type":226,"authors":"","related_issues":[105,473,106],"related_work":false,"location":41},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Pennsylvanians are now dealing with both state and federal budget fiascos, as legislators on both levels are failing to meet their responsibilities<\/span>. After months of grandstanding and ineffective leadership, both Congress and the General Assembly are failing to do their jobs. As a result, effective 12:01 am on October 1, the federal government has shut down all non-essential services. The state government remains open, but services are affected.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor Pennsylvanians, this is a perfect storm of a lack of accountability, non-responsive government, and partisan politics.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know about the state and federal budget impasses:<\/strong><\/p>\r\nWhat\u2019s the hold-up this time?<\/b><\/em>\u00a0 Just like in 2018 and 2019, some members of Congress want to fund a Billionaire\u2019s Budget, giving taxpayer dollars to the wealthiest and leaving the rest of us to foot the bill. Their goal is to give handouts to their political donors to support their aims at the expense of hardworking Americans and their families.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhat do these dual budget impasses mean for hardworking Pennsylvanians?<\/b><\/em>\r\n