Ugh
So, is this really the last week of the legislative session?
The honorables in the House just ran an extension of their mini continuing resolution that will keep things in government working as they should until whichever of the following comes first: July 25 or the moment the budget passes into law.
According to Rep. Mickey Michaux, the senior budget chair in the House, they have no word from the governor what he might ultimately do with the budget. The options are sign, veto or let it pass into law without his signature.
When asked if he was confident the governor would sign the budget, Michaux said, “I'm not confident about anything he's going to do.”
Michaux did allow as to how the governor was lobbying for three changes to the budget, one of which could be handled in one of the big technical corrections bills and two others which would need to be separate legislation. All, he said, had to do with More at Four, the pre-kindergarten program, or Learn and Earn, Easley's high school-to-college initiative.
“We'll be out of here Friday,” Michaux said confidently.
If they're going to start monkeying with the budget, color me slightly less confident.