Friday, April 27, 2012
Legislature Harwell, Ramsey Appoint Conference Committee to Settle Budget Pissing Match
Posted by Steven Hale on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:20 PM
After the Senate took a knife to the budget this morning, in retaliation for House members' refusal to go along with spending proposals they say violated a friendly agreement, representatives from the two chambers are now headed to a conference committee to talk it out. As a result, the session rolls into next week.
Chas Sisk details some of the proposed cuts here.
While some amendments have resulted from sincere passion, like that on display during the long debate last night over funding for the Taft Youth Development Center, most of these proposals have come up as legislative nose-thumbing more than anything else.
In any event, the would-be heroes who will break the deadlock:
From the House: Republicans Charles Sargent, Mike Harrison, David Alexander and Democrats Mike Turner and Craig Fitzhugh.
From the Senate: Republicans Randy McNally, Mark Norris, Bo Watson, Bill Ketron and Democrats Jim Kyle and Lowe Finney.
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