HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House Republicans steamrolled Democratic objections Monday to get their $27.3 billion budget bill a vote away from being sent to the state Senate.

The House voted 110-89 to position the GOP spending plan for a final vote, suggesting it will advance easily. A final House vote could occur as early as today.

Democrats opted not to offer amendments, instead waging unsuccessful efforts to send the bill back to committee or table it.

They warned the budget proposal would devastate education and human services and argued the spending level was too low, given that strong state revenue collections in recent months have yielded a windfall for the state treasury.

“All members realize that spending needs to be cut, and most of the people in this chamber have taken the position that we can’t raise taxes,” said Rep. Bryan Barbin, D-Cambria. “But the problem with this budget, as it’s been proposed, is it will hurt real people. It will hurt real people needlessly because the budget projection isn’t accurate.”

Republicans said their plan was achieved without a tax increase and still maintained adequate funding for education to cope with the end of the federal stimulus program.

“It is prioritized spending, it is responsible spending, and it does not increase taxes, it does not borrow and it will be done on time,” said Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny.

Turzai said state spending increased by 40 percent over eight years under Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, while the inflation rate was less than 21 percent.

“The fact of the matter is, we do need — like families, like businesses — a correction, and we are doing it in a responsible manner,” he said.

The floor debate was twice cut off by Republicans who “called the previous question,” a once rarely used parliamentary procedure that drew strenuous objections from Democrats.

The Republicans’ budget is similar to the austerity proposal advanced by Gov. Tom Corbett, but it cut hundreds of millions from the Department of Public Welfare to restore some of the governor’s education cuts.

Democrats predicted the bill would harm veterans’ programs, human services and job development, but over and again they argued for more funding of colleges, universities and public schools.

“These budget cuts would cause tuition hikes for Pennsylvania students who are already struggling to pay their bills,” said Minority Whip Mike Hanna, D-Clinton.

At the end of April, the current year’s tax collections were $506 million more than expected, with two months left in the fiscal year.