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(access required)">General appropriation bill passes House; Senate vote may come early next week (access required)

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments · House

In the end the $7.1 billion budget agreement did not have universal support in the House—a dozen Republicans joined Democrats in voting against it—but the measure eventually passed on a vote of 59-40.

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(access required)">House Democrats offer own FY 2014 budget proposal with pay hikes for corrections officers/state troopers and one-time bonus for state workers (access required)

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments · House

In a rare move Thursday, House Democrats put forth their own idea for a FY 2014 budget they said would provide pay increases for corrections offices and state troopers, give state employees a one-time $1,000 bonus and provide more funding for common and higher education than the $7.1 billion leadership plan.

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(access required)">Dank: Vote killing tax credit sunset bill ‘absolutely disgusting’; lawmaker pulls related bills from subcommittee consideration (access required)

February 11th, 2013 · No Comments · House

Terming a 3-10 subcommittee vote killing his tax credit sunset bill “absolutely disgusting,” Rep. David Dank pulled his two remaining measures from consideration by the Revenue and Tax Subcommittee of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee Friday evening.

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(access required)">House Democrats back education agency’s request for $300 million funding increase (access required)

January 31st, 2013 · No Comments · House, Pre-session 2013

The State Department of Education’s request for $300 million in additional money has the support of the House Democratic Caucus, its leaders announced late Wednesday afternoon.

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