State Sen. Judy Schwank, a Democrat who represents part of Berks County, said she voted against the 2011-2012 state budget, which the Senate passed Tuesday, June 28, because it fails to support vital programs for education, job growth and the environment.
“We could have done better with this budget to build for the future and to offer hope to our citizens, and especially to our youth, that a better day will come,” Schwank said. “We left that part of the job, the real purpose of a budget, undone.”