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Legislation to Limit State Spending Increases

2005-06

NEWS UPDATES

  • (5-2-06) - The House Appropriations Committee has approved and sent to the floor SB 884. Watch PASA-Net for more information.

  • Special Update, 11-22-05 - Senate amends and passes TABOR bill

  • Colorado voters suspend Taxpayer Rights bill, New York Times, 11-2-05 (pdf)

  • House passes spending caps bill, Associated Press, 11-2-05 (pdf)

  • Education Update, 10-31-05

BILLS UNDER CONSIDERATION

Sample Letter to Legislators (for Administrators)

OP-EDs, NEWS RELEASES, NEWS ARTICLES

(These articles are in pdf format.  To download, right click on each link.)

  • Coalition hopes to stop cap on state spending.  Patriot-News, 12-5-05

  • A hasty cap: lawmakers already have the tools to limit spending.  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11-3-05

  • Citizens for Consumer Justice urges PA State House to cancel today’s planned TABOR vote on State spending.  CCJ News Release, 11-1-05

  • House GOP disputes comparisons of spending-cap bill to Colorado law by Peter DeCoursey. Capitolwire, 11-1-05

  • Is legislation really needed to make Legislature act responsibly?  PANPHA news release,  11/1/05

  • Cap would cripple state government by H. William DeWeese, minority leader, PA House of Representatives.  Morning Call, 10/31/05

  • Phony Cap: What we need is a Legislature with backbone.  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/31/05

  • State spending cap is good for taxpayers by Sen. Jeffrey Piccola.  The Morning Call, 10/31/05

  • Nothing right about this bill: state GOP tries to cut taxes with a blunt tool. Philadelphia Daily News, 10/25/05

  • State spending-cap bill smacks of farce.  The Scranton Times-Tribune, Oct. 2005