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Differences in House, Senate Budgets
(IRN) -- The Illinois House has passed its budget based on a $33.2 billion revenue estimate, but it's unclear how that will fare in the Senate.

The Senate Republicans unveiled their budget plan via news conference a couple of months ago, suggesting the state adhere to a $30 billion revenue estimate. That's $3 billion less than the House, $4 billion less than the Senate Democrats' plan, and $5 billion less than the governor's.

State Sen. Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) says his caucus, at this time, has little interest in deviating from their proposal. "There isn't a serious conversation that [the Senate Democrats are] engaged in on cutting spending, and until we see something like that, there's really no point in moving off of our number," Murphy says.

Murphy says he's encouraged by the House's passed budget, encouraged in that it purports a lower spending level than both the Senate Democrats and the governor, but he says a lot more cutting is needed.

"When you're looking at the House spending plan vs. our spending plan, it's about $1 billion difference," says State Sen. Donne Trotter (D-Chicago), the budget point man for Senate Democrats. "So if we can find to their satisfaction new revenues, we certainly have reconciled the two plans."

The Fiscal Year 2012 budget will likely end up in a conference committee, where appointed members from both chambers meet to hammer out impasses.

(Illinois Radio Network)
05 16 11 by Newsroom
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