Democrats in the Pennsylvania House have passed a $50.6 billion state budget over Republican objections. House Bill 1330 passed on a 105-97 vote on nearly partisan lines. Three Republicans did support the measure. Despite passage in the House, the process still has a long way to go. The Senate must still consider it and related legislation. Lawmakers remain under pressure to finalize a budget deal as they are more than two weeks past the June 30 deadline. Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene/Washington) voted against the spending bill. In a statement, Cook said he voted ‘no’ because it spends $50.6 billion, and we still don’t know where the money to support those expenditures is coming from”. Cook also said “How can we approve a bill when House Democrats and Governor Josh Shapiro have failed to answer the simple question of how we are going to pay for it?”