A Pennsylvania House committee on Wednesday voted down a bill passed in the Republican-controlled Senate that included mass transit funding , meaning it's likely back to square one for SEPTA a day before the beginning of what the transit authority says is a "doomsday scenario."

The vote was 18-15 along party lines in the Democratic-controlled House Rules Committee, and comes one day before SEPTA's deadline for when it will start the process of implementing 20% service cuts .

Senators passed an amendment to the bill, introduced by Republican state Sen. Joe Picozzi of Northeast Philadelphia, with a 27-22 vote along party lines Tuesday.

Republicans wanted to draw around $300 million a year for the next two years from the Pennsylvania Transit Trust Fund. Picozzi claimed the bill

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