The sweltering late July sun beaming down during a press conference held by three Republican state legislators Tuesday morning.

But State Rep. Doyle Heffley, R-Carbon, joined Lehigh Valley lawmakers in saying it's the social services organizations that are sweating out Gov. Tom Wolf's "Washington-style politics."They reinforced their displeasure with Wolf's veto of the entire GOP-crafted budget during a press event at Cedarbrook Nursing Home in Allentown.Wolf's full-budget veto on June 30 was the first time in recent history a Pennsylvania governor has taken such action.The $30.1 billion budget would not have raised taxes, but pumped $100 million into education and other "much needed programs," according to Republicans."What (Wolf) is doing is playing politics with our most vulnerable citizens, those in senior assisted living facilities and those requiring at-home care," Heffley, who represents Carbon County, said. "He even had the audacity to tell facilities like Cedarbrook to borrow money to pay for services until the budget is passed. That might be easy when you live on Mount Wolf, but for these organizations struggling to pay bills and staff on a weekly basis, it's not feasible."Reps. Heffley, Gary Day and Justin Simmons urged Wolf to consider agreeing to certain line items in the budget, which would allow nursing homes and other social services operations to receive their state funding.Cedarbrook, for example, receives $22 million of its annual $60 million budget from state funds."That shows the impact of the full-budget veto tactic versus a line item of things we still need to negotiate," Day said. "Seniors shouldn't be held hostage for Wolf's tax increases."In a recent interview with a Pittsburgh radio station, Wolf said he wants to make sure the disruption is "as little as possible," for social services agencies."In the long run, all of us, including the social services agencies, have a vested interest in making sure we do the right thing for Pennsylvania and that's what I'm focused on," Wolf said.The governor's proposal would offer property tax relief by increasing the state's sales and income tax.Heffley, however, said Wolf claims property owners would get a 50 percent tax break, but the relief would only be an average of $600 per tax bill."If $600 was half of the property tax bill for property owners in my district, I don't think my town hall meetings would be so packed with people asking for something to be done," he said.The personal income tax rate would jump from 3.07 percent to 3.7 percent. The state sales tax rate would rise from 6 percent to 6.6 percent. A sales tax would also apply to services and some products currently exempted."He is being disingenuous with the public with the policies he is proposing," Simmons said. "He talks about increasing spending by $12 million over two years, but doesn't tell you how he'll get there. He uses gas drillers and a severance tax on gas drillers as the boogeyman. In actuality, only three cents on every dollar from the severance tax will go toward that spending plan."Simmons cited Wolf's refusal to sign a liquor privatization and pension reform bill as moves that stall Pennsylvania's progress.The privatization bill would have allowed beer distributors, some grocery stores and holders of restaurant liquor licenses to sell wine and liquor to go."How do you defend the current system of liquor sales if you are progressive?" Simmons said. "The current system was designed to make the sale of wine and spirits as inconvenient and expensive as possible."Wolf called the Republicans' budget "unworkable.""The math doesn't work and the budget doesn't address the challenges Pennsylvanians face," Wolf said.For Heffley, enough is enough."It's time to sit down at the table and look at what we agree on and at least get that passed," he said.