(WHTM) — June may be the busiest month at the State Capitol, with the budget deadline approaching and a lot of lobbying going on. Governor Josh Shapiro is also pushing hard for his priorities, along with a spending number that Republicans insist is not possible.
"It is critically important that we invest in mass transit," said Shapiro, touting his spending wish list, all worthy causes.
But June is as much about finding funds as making fixes.
"Great politics is to be all things to all people, and that's what the Governor's budget proposal was," said Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R). "It was all things to all people."
Senate Republicans are skeptical of the Governor's demands and are growing wary of the proposed budget's burden on the Pennsylvania taxpayer.
"At the end of the day,