Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 20:54:57 GMT -6
The Alaska House of Representatives worked into the early hours of Friday morning before passing an $8.66 billion state operations budget that includes $639.6 million in cuts from the current fiscal year.
A majority of lawmakers turned down all 31 budget amendments that came before them, which meant the budget that passed the full House was the same one approved by the House Finance Committee earlier this week.
Most amendments were declined along caucus lines. All were suggested either by independent Republican Lora Reinbold of Eagle River or the Democratic-led House minority. All were opposed by the Republican-led House majority.
“Nobody gets exactly what they want, and that’s the budget reality,” said Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake and co-chairman of the finance committee, about 2 a.m. Friday. “Some think we’ve cut too much; others think we haven’t cut enough.”
The final house vote was 24-14 and came at 3:10 a.m. Friday morning.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-03-11/alaska-house-passes-866-billion-budget
A majority of lawmakers turned down all 31 budget amendments that came before them, which meant the budget that passed the full House was the same one approved by the House Finance Committee earlier this week.
Most amendments were declined along caucus lines. All were suggested either by independent Republican Lora Reinbold of Eagle River or the Democratic-led House minority. All were opposed by the Republican-led House majority.
“Nobody gets exactly what they want, and that’s the budget reality,” said Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake and co-chairman of the finance committee, about 2 a.m. Friday. “Some think we’ve cut too much; others think we haven’t cut enough.”
The final house vote was 24-14 and came at 3:10 a.m. Friday morning.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-03-11/alaska-house-passes-866-billion-budget