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The New Hampshire House has passed its version of the state budget, a $13.6 billion dollar spending plan that Republicans call a prudent response to the pandemic and which Democrats say will harm the vulnerable.
This plan passed along party lines, and includes several policies dear to conservatives. That includes a range of tax cuts: to state business taxes, and the tax on rooms and means. The House budget also orders state health officials to find $50 million in unspecified savings over the next two years.
Representative Ken Weyler, who leads the House Finance Committee, told fellow lawmakers Wednesday that the budget was crafted for this moment.
New Hampshire House sends $13.5B budget to Senate, cutting health jobs
Holly Ramer
CONCORD House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $13.5 billion budget package that Republicans portrayed as responsible belt tightening during a pandemic and Democrats criticized as harmful to those who ve struggled most over the last year.
The two-year proposal that now goes to the Senate includes $5.4 billion in state general funds and education trust fund money, which is 1.4% less than allocated in the current budget.
Democrats objected to the elimination of 226 jobs in the Department of Health and Human Services and a $50 million cut to that agency s funding. Rep. Sharon Nordgren, D-Hanover, said the cut could result in the loss of federal money.
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