House Speaker Raises Possibility Of Budget Veto Override
By Tony Romeo
HARRISBURG, Pa., (CBS) -- Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai says an attempt to override Governor Wolf's veto of a Republican-passed budget could be in the offing if further negotiations do not produce an agreement.
Speaking at Harrisburg's monthly Press Club luncheon, Allegheny County Republican Mike Turzai, the speaker of the state House, continued to defend the GOP-passed budget vetoed by the governor.
"The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania would have cheered the signing of that budget. And our goal, I believe, still should be an override."
Turzai later clarified that budget talks will continue, but…
"We have to look at overriding if we're not going to have a substantive discussion."
Turzai says the process has not yet reached that point, although what constructive budget dialogue is taking place is, as he puts it, is "around the edges." Governor Wolf insists the Republican budget numbers do not add up and are full of gimmicks. Turzai says based on private conversations he's had with Democrats, Wolf does not have the support he needs for his proposals.
