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Post by Logan on Apr 29, 2017 5:10:03 GMT -6
House Democrats left wanting more details from Republicans on state budgetJust days after opposition from Republicans doomed a key piece of the governor's budget-solving strategy, House Democrats say they are still waiting for a credible budget plan from the chamber's GOP leadership. Two House Republican leaders briefed Democrats Thursday on their ideas to head off next year’s “fiscal cliff,” when $1.3 billion in temporary taxes expire in the state's $9.5 billion portion of the budget, but members walked away uninspired. “I didn’t hear a plan,” state Rep. Andy Anders, D-Vidalia, said after the meeting. “I didn’t know any more than what I knew before the meeting,” said state Rep. Gene Reynolds, of Minden, the Democrats’ caucus chairman. Read more: www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_7b6819e4-2b82-11e7-b731-8705e6a8b48a.html
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