Madison graduation 2012
Warren County CC graduation
New Miami graduation 2012
Home > Blogs > Ohio politics > Archives > 2009 > June > 03 > Entry
Senate approves budget; conference committee next
The Ohio Senate on Wednesday, June 3, approved its version of a $53 billion state budget but the vote was just a prelude to a House-Senate conference committee that will try to reach a compromise version of a two-year spending plan for Gov. Ted Strickland to sign before July 1, start of the new fiscal year.
“I’m not going to stand up and say this is the greatest budget in the world,” said Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, as the more than three hours of debate drew to a close. “I’m also not going to say it’s terrible.”
All Republicans voted “yes”, including Sen. Jon Husted of Kettering. All Democrats, including Sen. Fred Strahorn of Dayton voted “no.”
The battle lines on the budget, House Bill 1, are are drawn between the House version, passed earlier, and the Senate version. The Democrat-controlled House version modified but kept intact Strickland’s “evidence-based model” for a school funding overhaul. The GOP-controlled Senate mainly dismantled Democrat Strickland’s plan for schools. The Senate also restored spending for charter schools that wasn’t in the House budget or the one proposed by Strickland.
The Senate budget also would permit drilling for oil and gas in state parks and on other state property.
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment |
Comments
By Dave
June 3, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this
Did they give an estimate of how much money could be raised by drilling in state parks, or how they came up with the figure?