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What Budget Did the Legislature Pass on June 15?
Examining the prepared statements and floor speeches of various lawmakers in the wake of the passage of a budget bill June 15 it’s hard to tell what was actually voted on.
Sen. Bill Emmerson, a Hemet Republican who is the vice-chair of the upper house’s budget committee, said the spending blueprint was “full of borrowing and gimmicks.” Read more »
Mixed Metaphors
“This budget is a slow motion train wreck and you’re driving the bus.”
— Sen. Tom Berryhill, a Stanislaus Republican, during the June 15 budget debate referring to the ability of Democrats to pass the spending plan on a majority vote. Read more »
Kudos to Assemblyman Jim Nielsen
In an interview aired June 14 on KCRA-TV, the Biggs Republican, vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, displayed his mastery of the Lexicon of Common Budget Words and Phrases by describing the budget as not only “kicking the can down the road” and “business as usual” but adding that the process lacked sufficient “transperancy.” Read more »
Budget Bills Being Considered in the Senate
Here are the budget bills being considered in the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee on June 14.
They can be viewed individually here Read more »
Lexicon of Common Budget Words And Phrases
Accountability.
Assumptions. (See Overly Optimistic)
Balanced. Bipartisan. Best Practices. Benchmark.
Business (Often preceded by Struggling and Small or both and followed by the phrase As Usual)
Coalescing. Categorical. Compromise. Complicated. Concerns.
Cuts. (Commonly used in conjunction with Spending but also Draconian and Difficult.)
Chronic (Used in conjunction with the phrase Budget Problems or Deficit.) Read more »
On June 12, 1942…
Anne Frank turned 13. Her father gave her a red and white plaid journal. She began keeping a diary.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has sold more than 25 million copies.
It’s the second-best-selling nonfiction book in history, after the Bible.
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Legislative Democrats Begin the Process of Passing a $131 Billion Budget
On June 12, Democrats begin the process of sending a budget to Gov. Jerry Brown.
The Assembly Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing – the lower house says it can be watched or listened to here — to discuss the “Legislature’s plan,” which the committee says differs from the revised budget the Democratic governor unveiled in May by “less than 1 percent in total spending.” Read more »
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