According to a report by PA politics scribe Alex Roarty, the state House Blue Dog (fiscally conservative) Democrats will unveil a compromise on the state budget crafted with House Republicans. The measure will be introduced as an amendment to Senate Bill 850, a relatively lean plan that House Democrat leadership had been letting languish in committee. This compromise reportedly will not require any tax increases. But for the votes of John Pallone and Joe Petrarca against their leadership's plan to spend $2 billion more than the Senate Republican plan, the House Blue Dog Democrats have been more akin to French poodles.