June 27, 2011

House Fails To Get 2/3 Vote On State-Related University Funding Bills

After a lengthy debate, House Republicans failed to get the required two-thirds vote on non-preferred appropriations bills for Pitt, Lincoln, Temple and University of Pennsylvania (House Bills 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730 and 1731.
           On the Penn State appropriations bill, House Rs tried to suspend the rules covering the vote, but failed.  At that point, the Speaker declared the bill over for the day.