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House rejects Senate budget; conference committee next
The Ohio House on Wednesday, June 10, rejected the Senate’s $53.5 billion version of the state budget.
The vote sets the stage for a House-Senate conference committee to try to come up with a compromise version of the budget for Gov. Ted Strickland to sign before July 1, start of the new fiscal year.
House Finance Committee Chairman Vern Sykes, D-Akron, identified the conference committee’s big problem. Gloomy, revised revenue projections, expected to be released on Thursday, June 11, will force the committee to cut “hundreds of millions” and possibly billions from the final version of the budget, Sykes said.
Rep. Matt Dolan, R-Novelty, a former House Finance Committee chairman, cast the only vote in favor of accepting the Senate’s version of the budget. Senators said they had cut more than $600 million from the version passed earlier by the House.
Earlier Wednesday, Gov. Ted Strickland and the two legislative leaders- House Speaker Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, and Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said the goal is to reach agreement by the June 30 deadline and avoid having to pass an interim budget. The last time the state had an interim budget was in 1991.
“It doesn’t get any easier for us to do and it continues to put us further in debt,” said Harris.
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By Tom
June 10, 2009 7:47 PM | Link to this
pass the race casino bill or put it in the budget save 16,000 job’s and create 1,000’s of new onr’s put one in Dayton we need it the worseBy ELAINE
June 10, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this
Really, I get tired of hearing the Republicans called the party of No—except if it means no more crazy spending just for the sake of handing out entitlements. Perhaps even Democrats in the House thought this amended budget still needs reworked and compromise. Working together on a better budget is a GOOD thing for Ohio.By Rich
June 10, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this
Um, “j”? The House already passed a budget, which was signicantly modified LATER by the Senate. The party of “NO” is alive and well in the Ohio Senate.By j
June 10, 2009 2:33 PM | Link to this
Unfortunately, Ohio has a significant # of the party of NAY in the house. Nice to see that the Senate has the ability to compromise and get something passed.