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Appropriations committee rereports general-appropriations package despite GOP objections
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted to report the general appropriations bill (House Bill 1330) and related fiscal bills to the floor after a committee discussion in which Republican members expressed concern that proposed spending exceeded expected revenues and relied on uncertain gaming revenues.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to report House Bill 1330, the general appropriations bill for fiscal 2025–26, and related fiscal bills to the House floor after committee debate in which Republican members said proposed spending exceeded expected revenues.
Committee members said the package matters because it sets the Commonwealth’s spending priorities for the coming fiscal year and includes assumptions the minority called uncertain. "We are concerned with the spending amount that is well beyond what we expect revenues to be," a…
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