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GOP Says Senate Budget Still Too High
(IRN)-The Illinois Senate approved a budget that would spend more than $2 billion less than the governor proposed, but Republicans say that's not enough.

The Senate passed a budget largely based on the House's spending limits. It's estimated the state will take in $34.2 billion in revenue next fiscal year, and the Senate has proposed spending $33.4 billion. State Senator Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) urged his members to vote "no" on every budget bill.

"We have finally made it to that last piece of cement and concrete in the Democrat plan to make the tax increase they sold as temporary, permanent," says Murphy.

Democrats say part of the tax increase is permanent, a quarter of a percent will never go away, which is designed to pay down debt.

State Sen. Dan Kotowski also filed an amendment to spend a little more than $431 million in education and across several state agencies. That measure passed the Senate and must now be approved by the House.

It's unclear how the governor will react to the proposed budget, though in the past he's said the House's spending limits are too low.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
05 31 11 by Newsroom
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