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Senate Finance Chairman “optimistic” about state budget deal
Senate Finance Committee Chairman John Carey, R-Wellston, said that he is “optimistic” that agreement could be reached on Wednesday, Dec. 2, on a plan to fill an $851 million state budget hole.
Carey said he would be one of five Republicans to back a plan but declined to name the other four. The five Republicans and support of all 12 Senate Democrats would be needed to pass the plan. Republicans control the Senate. Most of the Republicans are opposed because they consider the proposal a tax increase, which Gov. Ted Strickland and House Democrats deny.
It calls for postponing for two years the fifth year of five, 4.2 percent personal income tax cuts. That provision was in House Bill 318 already approved by the House but the Senate version could include other provisions, including comprehensive prison sentencing reform and construction reform.
It is unclear whether the House, controlled by Democrats, would accept the Senate version.
“We sent over a clean bill and I would like to see a clean bill come out of the Senate,” House Speaker Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, said on Tuesday.
However, talks involving Strickland, a Democrat, and House and Senate leaders could resolve differences.
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