Vetoing Parts Of GOP Budget, Wolf Approves Partial Funding To Keep Schools Open

Calling the budget he got from lawmakers last week last "ridiculous" and "garbage," 
Governor Tom Wolf announced Wednesday he would use his line-item veto power to authorize portions of a spending plan passed by the Republican-controlled legislature before Christmas.
Wolf will release $23.3 billion dollars—that’s $7 billion less than legislators approved.
The governor says it will provide enough in emergency funds to keep schools open. They had been cut off from state aid since July and some threatened to close after the holiday break.
Wolf blasted lawmakers for leaving the Capitol before the holidays and says he still wants them to pass the budget framework agreement he made with GOP leaders back in November.
 “We’re now at a point where I don’t want to hold the children of Pennsylvania hostage for the inability of folks here in Harrisburg to get the job done,” he says. “We have a compromise. The solution is to get that compromise budget passed.” 
Senate Republican Leader Jake Corman said he was disappointed with Wolf’s actions, but is prepared to move forward.
He says democrats and republicans in the House and Senate have not all been on the same page with the Wolf administration.
"This is really a five party discussion,” Corman says. “I think the problem with the framework was that we didn't have all five parties on board. We need to have all five parties moving in the same direction." 
Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason issued a statement saying Wolf finally admitted his “multi-billion dollar mistake”
“When Tom Wolf issued a complete veto of the Republicans’ on-time budget last June, he needlessly plunged our school districts and non-profits into a six-month crisis.”
Although money will be flowing again to schools and nonprofits, the bill does not reimburse them for the millions of dollars in debt they racked up borrowing to stay afloat during the impasse.