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The State House passed the budget resolution previously passed in the Senate as SB 850 and sent it to the Governor.  Ed Rendell will now use his line item veto to annul 75% of the drastic, mean spirited, anti-education Republican budget so state employees can continue core government functions and get paid.  Now the House, Senate and Governor need to get down to brass tacks and pass a real budget.  Republicans said yesterday they will not pass a budget which has Rendell's temporary three year income tax increase.  Remember that these are the same people who advocate the deregulation of business which caused this crisis.  After causing the economic meltdown now they refuse to do what must be done to deal with it.  This is a colossal failure of leadership.