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Last Updated on Thursday, 26 March 2009 11:42 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 26 March 2009 11:42
From The Post and Courier:
South Carolina’s proposed $6.6 billion budget is in limbo as an April 3 deadline approaches to have Gov. Mark Sanford request federal stimulus funds. The Republican governor already said he would not be asking for the money after President Obama denied his request to use it to pay down debt, but now legislators are getting anxious about the consequences that could come with Sanford’s decision.
Originally, House and Senate budget writers were banking on a provision Congress inserted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that would allow the Legislature to accept the money that the governor rejected. In recent days, however, questions have been raised about whether that provision will stand.