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Senate advances $9.36 billion budget with appropriations committee amendments
Summary
The Vermont Senate advanced H.951, the biennial appropriations bill, after an Appropriations Committee report and floor debate that left intact committee funding priorities and rejected an amendment to strip Higher Education Trust Fund support for UVM and a housing pilot.
The Vermont Senate moved forward Thursday on H.951, the biennial appropriations bill totaling roughly $9.36 billion, after a multi-hour Appropriations Committee presentation and floor debate.
Senator from Washington District, reporting the committee's work, said the panel crafted "a balanced budget based on those four budget principles: staying within our means, meeting basic needs of Vermonters, saving for an uncertain future, but at the same time, making investments for economic development." He described changes across the treasurer's office, pensions, elections funding and one-time disaster relief allocations and said the committee voted 7-0 to recommend the bill with proposed amendments.
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