Posted on 05/23/2006 12:11:09 PM PDT by P8riot
RICHMOND, Va. - The Senate on Tuesday passed a revised budget that bows to the House of Delegates' demand to hold the line on taxes and postpone the debate on a transportation plan as late as this fall.
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The Senate bill, which passed 24-8, includes a one-time expenditure of $339 million for transportation _ but there is a catch. The money will be spent on roads and rail projects only if the General Assembly passes a statewide transportation plan that includes tax increases by Nov. 1. Otherwise, the money will go to the school construction fund and other capital projects.
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Richmond Ping!
It's a start. The Senate blinked.
It's time to keep the pressure on the House to reject the BOHICA clause.
It never ceases to amaze me the ingenuity that lawmakers use to extract money from the people.
This won't fly either, because it's not an amendment to the house budget, as it should be. The senate has no real right to write a budget.
And note that the senate believes the money is available to spend on transportation -- so they are now on record as holding transportation HOSTAGE to a tax increase, when we COULD have the money NOW out of the surplus.
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