Time is running out for a number of school choice bills in Pennsylvania. And the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page — of all places — points the finger at the GOP.
In his Main Street column, William McGurn writes that school voucher and tax credit proposals are in “political limbo,” no thanks to a Republican leadership that is now sending mixed signals:
If you go by their words, every Republican leader in Harrisburg supports choice and competition. So why are they scrambling, just two days before a big budget vote and the end of the legislative session? The answer is a classic Republican screw-up.
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