Bucking colleagues, state Rep. Aaron Bernstine votes against state budget

While the $34 billion state budget passed by the House on Tuesday drew bipartisan support from local legislators, at least one Republican blasted the process for ignoring taxpayers.“I didn’t come here to be a copy-paste legislator. I came here to lead on real issues,” state Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-10, New Beaver, said in a statement. “Before I got elected, I watched Harrisburg politicians put the highest gasoline tax in the country on people’s backs, [...]