DEMOCRATS STILL BLOCK GOP BUDGET THAT SAVES $155 MILLION IN PAYROLL
Bowing to Republican pressure and public anger, the legislature today rolled back a scheduled July increase on the gasoline gross receipts tax. But Democrats voted down the GOP alternative budget that saves Connecticut $155 million in payroll and restore valuable programs including school reading, [...]
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“soley limited to…”
This phrase peppers the document (SJ-104) that is currently being used on the floor of the House of Representatives to call the chamber back into special session.
As House GOP Leader Larry Cafero pointed out, the call is crafted so narrowly, it permits nearly no amendments whatsoever, limiting the debate only to a narrow frame. [...]
House Republican Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., today said the alternative Republican budget first proposed in April would roll back another scheduled gas hike set for July 1 and provide relief from the state’s pending fiscal woes.In response to Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s challenge to legislative leaders yesterday to find $25 million to forestall the [...]
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