NewsMay 9, 2002
GOP cool to using Rainy Day Fund
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill allowing the state to use emergency savings to help cover a budget shortfall was sent to the House floor Wednesday on a partisan vote of the House Budget Committee. The 15-11 vote -- with all of the panel's Democrats and just one Republican in favor -- suggested a rocky future for the bill in the House, where approval by a two-thirds majority is needed for passage...
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill allowing the state to use emergency savings to help cover a budget shortfall was sent to the House floor Wednesday on a partisan vote of the House Budget Committee. The 15-11 vote -- with all of the panel's Democrats and just one Republican in favor -- suggested a rocky future for the bill in the House, where approval by a two-thirds majority is needed for passage.
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Democrats hold an 87-75 majority and would need Republicans to help provide the 109 votes to send the bill to Gov. Bob Holden.
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