HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- The Pennsylvania Senate passed its own version of the state budget as gridlock enters its seventh week.

Voting entirely along party lines, Republicans passed a $47.7 billion spending plan to cover expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and public schools through June 30, 2026.

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It comes as the Senate reconvened for the first time since June, and more than six weeks since a budget was due on Gov. Josh Shapiro's desk.

"I do think we need to do something that will address schools, nursing homes, social services, hospitals," said State Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland). "We have to do something, and just because we, m

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