Eventually, lawmakers agreed Thursday to let the appropriations panel discuss the spending cap resolution on Friday, provided the committee not vote on the measure until later. The Senate Finance Committee is also poised to vote on its version of the budget on Friday and send the package to the full Senate.
With the clock ticking on the session, it’s “time to accelerate the budget process,” House Speaker Clay Schexnayder said.
“It’s just that simple,” he said. “Waiting until Monday only limits House input on behalf of the people of the state. I say let’s go.”
What to do with the $2.2 billion in extra tax collections hauled in over the past two years has emerged as perhaps the biggest political debate of the session, though a number of bills dealing with LGBTQ+ rights have also inflamed tensions.
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