The issue of how much to tax table games proposed for Pennsylvania casinos remains unresolved, prompting one Bucks County lawmaker to accuse Gov. Rendell of holding money for state-related universities “hostage” to it.

State Rep. Paul Clymer (R., Bucks), a gambling critic who is minority chairman of the House Education Committee, said the governor was forcing the legislature to vote to legalize table games before it releases money available for higher education.

“That’s wrong,” he said yesterday. “It shouldn’t be done this way.”

In an e-mail sent to Rendell on Monday, Clymer said, “You have indicated to the press, no table games, no money for our universities. Really!”

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