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Lawmakers are expected to vote on a $50 billion budget plan that could end Pennsylvania's months-long stalemate that has caused some public schools and social services to go unfunded.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to sign these budget bills by the end of the day Wednesday.

To reach this deal, Democrats will back off the carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program.

Also, the spending plan would include no new funding for mass transit, leaving SEPTA to have to deal with a $213 million budget gap.

Billions of dollars for Pennsylvania’s public schools and social services could soon start flowing after months of delay, as lawmakers on Wednesday took up a roughly $50 billion spending plan to break the state’s budget impasse.

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