Nass Urges GOP Leaders to Start from Base Funding and Work Up
Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, urged Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, and Joint Committee on Finance co-chair Rep. Kitty Rhoades, R-Hudson, in a letter to start working with the 2007-09 state budget from base funding up, rather than working directly from Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's proposal.
Nass said if the committee works from Doyle's proposal, the JFC would need a 9-7 vote to remove an individual item, "virtually assuring the Senate Democrats absolute control over the final outcome in the Joint Finance Committee," according to Nass.
He added that Democrats in the Senate took a hard-nosed budget approach when Republicans controlled the Assembly and a Republican was governor, and blames this for the resulting $3.2 billion structural deficit.
Read his letter
Labels: Base Funding, Joint Committee on Finance, Nass
