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Pro-Growth Advocacy Group Supports AZ Legislature In Holding Budget Bills
June 16 2009 13:15
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club issued a news release earlier today regarding the Legislature’s desire to hold the budget bills while seeking an agreement with Governor Brewer on the budget.
The news release says:
“Steve Voeller, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, a pro-growth advocacy group, today expressed support for the legislative leadership’s decision to hold the budget bills passed two weeks ago while continuing to negotiate the details with Gov. Brewer.
This morning, the governor filed a special-action lawsuit in an attempt to force the legislature to transmit the bills, which she intimated she would likely veto.
“The timing of when budget bills get transmitted to the governor is inside baseball for most people,” Voeller said. “But as a co-equal branch of government, the legislature’s decision to assert their role in this process is a positive development for taxpayers and the direction of the state.”
The legislature intends to pass a budget that does not raise taxes. The governor called for a budget that includes an increase in sales and property taxes.
Senate President Bob Burns (R-Peoria) and House Speaker Kirk Adams (R-Mesa) pledged to transmit the bills before June 30, the end of this legislative session.
The Arizona Constitution does not mandate when legislation that passes the legislature be transmitted to the governor. The budget bills passed the House and Senate on June 4.”
The news release says:
“Steve Voeller, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, a pro-growth advocacy group, today expressed support for the legislative leadership’s decision to hold the budget bills passed two weeks ago while continuing to negotiate the details with Gov. Brewer.
This morning, the governor filed a special-action lawsuit in an attempt to force the legislature to transmit the bills, which she intimated she would likely veto.
“The timing of when budget bills get transmitted to the governor is inside baseball for most people,” Voeller said. “But as a co-equal branch of government, the legislature’s decision to assert their role in this process is a positive development for taxpayers and the direction of the state.”
The legislature intends to pass a budget that does not raise taxes. The governor called for a budget that includes an increase in sales and property taxes.
Senate President Bob Burns (R-Peoria) and House Speaker Kirk Adams (R-Mesa) pledged to transmit the bills before June 30, the end of this legislative session.
The Arizona Constitution does not mandate when legislation that passes the legislature be transmitted to the governor. The budget bills passed the House and Senate on June 4.”