HARRISBURG, Pa. — The $2.75 billion Pennsylvania State Employees' Credit Union has begun taking steps to help members who have been adversely impacted by an ongoing budgetary impasse at the state level.
Governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, has not been able to get a budget passed the legislature on time during his entire term, but this year with the Republicans controlling the Senate and the Democrats controlling the House by only one vote the yearly budget fight has resulted in workers being furloughed.
As of today almost 25,000 state employees have been furloughed until the budget fight is resolved. The House tried on Saturday to pass a stopgap budget measure that would have prevented the temporary lay-offs for 30 days, but that effort failed.
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