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Bills That Contain Deeper Cuts Than Governor Wanted Heads To House Floor

Source: kpel965.com - Feb 16, 2017

The House Appropriations Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that takes only $74 million from the rainy day fund, instead of the $119 million the governor recommended. The vote comes after a heated back and forth between the governor’s chief budget advisor and Republican lawmakers.

“Until I know that we have scrubbed everything that we can possibly do from a structure standpoint, from a policy standpoint, I cannot commit to using one time money on reoccurring expenses, period,” Covington Representative John Schroder said.

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