Will lawmakers face consequences for failing to do their jobs?

As we have written multiple times, Pennsylvania’s legislature has still not passed a budget, despite a June 30 deadline.

We’re nearly 90 days past that point and despite multiple promises that a budget is near, nothing has been passed.

As we’ve also noted multiple times, Pennsylvania’s lawmakers are among the most highly paid in the nation and are part of one of only a handful of full-time legislatures in the U.S.

With a base salary of slightly more than $110,000 per year, lawmakers earn more individually than the median household income statewide, which according to the U.S. Census Bureau is slightly more than $73,000 per year.

A proposal from an Allegheny County Republican would tie annual pay raises for lawmakers to whether they pass a budget on time.

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