Hobbs made good on her promise Thursday to veto a basic spending plan sent to her by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Following up on her promise, Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday vetoed the $15.1 billion basic budget plan sent to her by the Republican controlled Legislature.In a letter to legislative leaders explaining her action, Hobbs said the $17.
People are also reading… House Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, rejected the governor's contention that what lawmakers sent to her is not a bipartisan budget. He noted that it is the same budget — with inflation adjustments — that Democrats voted last year to approve for the current fiscal year.What was approved last year also includes expansion of the voucher program so that any student can attend private or parochial schools using public funds.
Biasiucci, however, said that enacting the GOP-offered budget would ensure that schools would be kept open, law enforcement paid, healthcare continued and the state's southern border protected if there is no deal by June 30.That refers to Hobbs' plan to create a scholarship for"dreamers," those brought here illegally as children, who are ineligible for other federal and state aid.
Hobbs still has a long way to go to topping the record of 58 vetos set in 2005 by Janet Napolitano, Arizona's last Democratic governor.
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