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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:07 Written by rslcpol Monday, 29 March 2010 01:53
From DelawareOnline:
Passing a state budget with big spending increases would become more difficult under a proposal by several Republican lawmakers.
The proposal, co-sponsored by Rep. Deborah Hudson, R-Fairthorne, would require a three-fifths majority vote to approve the state’s budget if it expands faster than the rate of inflation.
The budget has grown faster than inflation for most of the last decade, except for 2008 and 2009, when the economic downturn forced legislators to make cuts.
The proposed legislation is an effort to control spending, co-sponsor Sen. Colin Bonini, R-Dover South, said. Hudson, the prime sponsor, could not be reached for comment.
“We have doubled our budget in 12 years,” Bonini said.
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