UPDATE Late budget on verge of adoption; House approves spending plan, now on to Senate

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s long-awaited budget proposal cleared the state House on Wednesday and advanced to the Senate for a forthcoming vote later today that could bring an end to a protracted stalemate in the State Capitol.

State House members voted 156-47 to approve the budget and send it for consideration of the upper chamber. Presuming a successful vote in the Senate, it would move to the desk of Gov. Josh Shapiro for his signature.