As General Assembly approaches final week, talks to reach a budget agreement are bogged down. Gov. Lamont opposes a tax increase to pay for Democratic proposals.
By Keith Phaneuf, CT Mirror
State budget talks bogged down close to the finish line Memorial Day weekend, but the stumbling block aid to cities and towns and the statutory spending cap is a big one.
And while officials have until June 9 before the regular session closes, one key House Democrat hinted that chamber might run its own budget plan without the backing of Gov. Ned Lamont or the Senate if consensus isn’t reached by Thursday or Friday.
“The House is ready to get this budget done,” Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, who co-chairs the tax-writing Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, said Monday. “We feel we have a really good appropriations package and a finance package that meets the moment.”