I’m back in Harrisburg. We didn’t have much of a session today and no caucus so we didn’t learn anything officially about what is going on with the budget. The stories are all over the place about corporate taxes, gambling and other ideas to balance the budget. The Governor is still on his 16 to 17 percent Personal Income Tax increase and thinks that the Democrats can pull together the votes. From what I’ve heard, that isn’t going to happen, not even with all of the Democrats. We’ll learn more tomorrow, but if nothing breaks, there isn’t much going on otherwise since there is no budget bill from which to negotiate. We have to hold firm to kill any and all tax increase votes. This is an opportunity to change the direction of this Commonwealth from the tax and spend policies of the past.

- John

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