The Senate just voted 33-6 to pass its budget. Republicans and a few Dems said it was the best they could do without raising taxes. Democrats and a few Reps said the Senate leadership should have found more revenue by closing tax "loopholes." Debate tidbits forthcoming.
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Senate's $69.8b budget passes with just 6 no votes
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a no new taxes budget getting bipartisan support? never thought i would see the day.
Posted by: TB | April 07, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Yeah, pretty impressive. Good work by Haridopolos and his team on that to get cross the aisle support for a very conservative budget.
Posted by: Bruce | April 07, 2011 at 12:34 PM