Monday, April 12, 2010
House And Senate At Odds Over Budget
KENTUCKY....
The House and Senate still fail to agree after having been at odds since March 24th over Kentucky's two-year $17 billion budget. Kentucky Constitution says the session must end by midnight Thursday. The Senate disagrees with the House plan of borrowing money to fund more than $300 million in sewer, road and school projects. However, the Senate agreed to the House's proposal to cut two instructional days rather than make deeper cuts to education and to restore some funding to Medicaid. House Speaker Greg Stumbo says the House could not agree to a budget that doesn't include money for projects to stimulate the economy. If legislators don't pass a budget by midnight Thursday, it's likely Governor Steve Beshear will call a special legislative session before the next fiscal year, which begins July 1st. Since 1994, legislators have failed three times to pass a budget by April 15th.
The House and Senate still fail to agree after having been at odds since March 24th over Kentucky's two-year $17 billion budget. Kentucky Constitution says the session must end by midnight Thursday. The Senate disagrees with the House plan of borrowing money to fund more than $300 million in sewer, road and school projects. However, the Senate agreed to the House's proposal to cut two instructional days rather than make deeper cuts to education and to restore some funding to Medicaid. House Speaker Greg Stumbo says the House could not agree to a budget that doesn't include money for projects to stimulate the economy. If legislators don't pass a budget by midnight Thursday, it's likely Governor Steve Beshear will call a special legislative session before the next fiscal year, which begins July 1st. Since 1994, legislators have failed three times to pass a budget by April 15th.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:32 PM 
