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Last Updated on Monday, 3 March 2008 10:25 Written by rslcpol Monday, 3 March 2008 10:25
New Mantra: No New Spending
Lingering in committee are several bills that would aid older Kansans on fixed incomes, but many would either increase state spending or reduce revenue. And those have hit a brick wall.
“No new spending” has become the new mantra.
“An air of fiscal responsibility has settled over the Legislature,” said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican.
Sen. David Wysong, a Mission Hills Republican, put it more bluntly:
“I said all along that we’re going to have a recession. … I believe we’ll be taking money away rather than spending it before the session is over.”