Post by Logan on Jun 18, 2016 21:16:35 GMT -6
Senate OKs $8.9B budget; General Assembly wraps up after all-nighter
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s part-time lawmakers called it quits for the year shortly after 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, after an all-night session that saw the 1:34 a.m. passage of a new $8.9 billion state budget for the year that begins on July 1.
After one-last failed pitch by Sen. Leonidas Raptakis for a public vote on giving the governor a "line-item veto,'' the Senate approved the spending bill, to keep the wheels of government spinning, on a 32-to-3 vote.
The three nay votes were cast by Republican Sens. Nicholas Kettle, Elaine Morgan and Mark Gee.
Next stop: the governor's desk.
Before closing up shop, the House and Senate had approved a bill to crack down on brothels masquerading as "massage parlors"; and the only gun-control measure that gained any traction at the State House this year.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160617/ris-89b-budget-approved-in-general-assemblys-marathon-finale
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s part-time lawmakers called it quits for the year shortly after 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, after an all-night session that saw the 1:34 a.m. passage of a new $8.9 billion state budget for the year that begins on July 1.
After one-last failed pitch by Sen. Leonidas Raptakis for a public vote on giving the governor a "line-item veto,'' the Senate approved the spending bill, to keep the wheels of government spinning, on a 32-to-3 vote.
The three nay votes were cast by Republican Sens. Nicholas Kettle, Elaine Morgan and Mark Gee.
Next stop: the governor's desk.
Before closing up shop, the House and Senate had approved a bill to crack down on brothels masquerading as "massage parlors"; and the only gun-control measure that gained any traction at the State House this year.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160617/ris-89b-budget-approved-in-general-assemblys-marathon-finale