Day Seven of The 2017 Budget Impasse
HARTFORD, CT — Legislative leaders and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy all want to get to a budget agreement, but none of them have presented a clear path forward.
The House Democrats want to run their budget on July 18. House Republicans are holding a budget forum to discuss their budget at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 11. Senate Republicans have had a budget proposal ready to go since before the end of the regular session and Senate Democrats have an outline of a budget they find acceptable.
Malloy told reporters that Senate Democrats don’t agree with Democrats in the House and Senate Republicans don’t agree with Republicans in the House.
“That’s an unusual situation,” Malloy said. “Nobody is agreeing with anybody at the moment.”
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