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House Appropriations Committee votes 8-3 to pass S.127 after debate over education fund impact
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 to report S.127 favorably May 20 after members debated whether the housing program would reduce funding available to the Education Fund; proponents said the fund is self-correcting, while one member withheld support pending an upcoming amendment.
The House Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 May 20 to report S.127, a bill related to housing and housing development, after a short debate over whether the proposal would reduce money reaching the Education Fund.
Committee Chair (unnamed) opened the meeting and framed the committee’s immediate task: “our job is to vote the bill and then send it on its merry.” The chair said an amendment is expected and that the measure will go to four committees for straw polls the next day before continuing through the calendar.
A committee member questioned whether the program underlying S.127 would “take money away from the Ed Fund,” and described…
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