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| Legislature Gives Initial Approval to Supplemental Budget; Lepage Says He Won’t Sign |
| April 12, 2012
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| Written by Eric Russell for Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine House and Senate voted overwhelmingly late Thursday to approve a supplemental budget package for the current biennial budget. The budget contains a total of $31 million in new spending for 2012 and 2013, which is offset by $41.8 million in general fund savings. Much of the document involves shifting savings from one area to fund a shortfall somewhere else. Still, it contained many items that kept the Legislature’s budget-writing committee busy for weeks. It also looked a lot different on Thursday then when Gov. Paul LePage first proposed the package last month, prompting the governor to lash out at lawmakers before they voted.
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