Hackney talks calendar and the budget
Speaker Joe Hackney just gave his members a few notes on the calendar:
- The House will meet at noon on Thursday.
- The leadership is focused on getting the budget together.
- There "may or may not be" committee meetings and votes on the budget next week. A final decision on that, he said, would be made late Thursday or Friday.
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Update: Our friends at the Associated Press report:
BUDGET DELAYED: House Democratic leaders say the budget won't roll out as early as they had hoped. They had wanted to bring out the House's spending plan for the next two years Monday. Now House Speaker Joe Hackney said that won't happen in part because Democrats didn't want to rush and they would like another update on state tax figures after the April filing deadline. The senior budget-writer, Rep. Mickey Michaux, D-Durham, said it's unclear whether they'll vote on a budget later next week or the following week. The House and Senate are working to finalize and vote on a final budget before the current fiscal year ends June 30.
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