The ink is hardly dry on President Donald Trump’s $3.4 trillion tax and spending package and House Republicans are already at work on a follow-up budget bill coming this autumn.

Two weeks late, the Pennsylvania House has taken a major step forward in passing a new state budget. House Bill 1330 passed the House with a vote of 105-97, with three Republicans voting alongside Democrats and one member on leave.

Republicans want to sell it. Democrats want to bash it. It’s setting up a showdown over whose message can cut through to voters.

The House Appropriations Committee also unveiled its fiscal 2026 plan for the Department of Transportation. More bills, including Interior-EPA, are coming

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington believes the Big Beautiful Bill is the beginning, not the end of fiscal reforms to support the growth of the U.S. economy.

Despite not yet having a full deal with the Republican-majority state Senate, Pennsylvania House Democrats on Monday passed a $50 billion spending bill described as a work in progress, as budget negotiations grind forward.

State lawmakers are deeply divided on House Bill 1330, which passed the House Monday on nearly-partisan lines.

The Senate has yet to release its Interior-EPA bill but is proceeding with fiscal 2026 bills on a bipartisan basis, setting up a clash between the chambers and the White House. Congress is all but certain to need a stopgap funding bill to prevent a shutdown.

The general appropriations bill passed the House in a 105-97 vote with the support of three Republican lawmakers.