Legislative Commentary

Last Friday, with 16 days left in the legislative session, the Democrats who control the House of Representatives adopted their proposed state-operating budget to cover the next two years.

On the surface, the timing wouldn’t seem to be a concern. Over two weeks is enough for the Senate and House to agree on a budget if there aren’t too many major differences to settle. However, the House budget goes even farther than the governor had when it comes to raising taxes, even though the Senate’s no-new-taxes budget shows it doesn’t have to be that way.

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