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Lawmakers Push Deadline As Session's End Approaches
The Associated Press,
May 6, 2008, 10:54 AM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers are returning to
the Capitol, pushing a deadline to finish their legislative work
before the General Assembly session adjourns at midnight Wednesday.
The state Senate and House of Representatives both face scores
of proposed bills, including budgetary issues.
Mayors, union leaders and activists for the poor have pushed
legislators to amend the new $18.5 billion budget that takes effect
July 1. However, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislature's
majority Democrats have decided against any changes so far.
Legislative Republicans want the budget changed because of the
state's projected $68 million deficit. An attempt to revise the
figures failed Monday night in the House session.
Copyright © 2008, WTIC
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