Robson: Assembly Budget Number a "Non-Starter"
Sen. Robson said she's not willing to take the Assembly's $56 billion total budget mark, saying the proposal is a "non-starter."
She said she hopes Huebsch isn't "drawing a line in the sand."
"You (Huebsch) said there would be no bottom lines," she said. "But when you say you have this number ... that seems to me to be like a place that's a non-starter for us."
She said there are too many cuts in the Assembly Republican budget, including the removal of BadgerCare Plus, reductions to financial aid, and the insurance mandate for autistic children.
Robson countered with the Senate budget number, which is $66.1 billion.
Huebsch responded that the committee should figure out how much to spend, then set priorities from there. He said he is not drawing bottom lines.
"There is a limit to what we can spend and a limit to what we should ask taxpayers to support," Huebsch said.
He said the committee should agree on the 571 items passed by both houses and the JFC, which include SeniorCare, addtional DNA analyst positions for the Department of Justice, and low-revenue ceilings for school districts. He said agreeing to those items today "would show tremendous progress."
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