Lawmakers from both parties criticize Brewer’s budget action

Lawmakers from both parties criticize Brewer’s budget action (access required)

By Jim Small - jim.small@azcapitoltimes.com

Published: September 4, 2009 at 6:14 pm

The governor’s actions on the state budget drew jeers from both Republicans and Democrats, but for wildly different reasons. House Speaker Kirk Adams and Senate President Bob Burns, both Republicans, said Gov. Jan Brewer increased state spending by more than $350 million with her line-item-vetoes of cuts to K-12 education and the Department of Economic Security, which provides benefits for Arizona’s poor.

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