Post by Logan on Apr 8, 2016 0:00:59 GMT -6
Minnesota House Republicans released an updated budget Thursday that would keep state spending at current levels so they can use a projected $900 million surplus on tax cuts and roads and bridges.
But the wide gulf between Republicans and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the DFL-controlled Senate on spending for infrastructure, curbing racial disparities and expanding rural broadband access makes political stalemate a possibility in a year when the Legislature can keep the machinery of state government moving without taking any action whatsoever.
The policy debate of new spending vs. tax cuts during the remaining six weeks of the legislative session will take place against a backdrop of the November election, when voters will get to choose House and Senate members in each of the state's 201 legislative districts.
"We've made a commitment to do some significant, meaningful tax relief and to invest some of that money in our road and bridge infrastructure, and we hope that Democrats will listen to the public like we have and join us in those efforts," House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, said at a news conference.
Read more: www.startribune.com/house-gop-wants-new-money-for-roads-bridges-tax-cuts/374913661/
But the wide gulf between Republicans and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the DFL-controlled Senate on spending for infrastructure, curbing racial disparities and expanding rural broadband access makes political stalemate a possibility in a year when the Legislature can keep the machinery of state government moving without taking any action whatsoever.
The policy debate of new spending vs. tax cuts during the remaining six weeks of the legislative session will take place against a backdrop of the November election, when voters will get to choose House and Senate members in each of the state's 201 legislative districts.
"We've made a commitment to do some significant, meaningful tax relief and to invest some of that money in our road and bridge infrastructure, and we hope that Democrats will listen to the public like we have and join us in those efforts," House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, said at a news conference.
Read more: www.startribune.com/house-gop-wants-new-money-for-roads-bridges-tax-cuts/374913661/