by Sheila McCant
Public Information Officer
The House this week tackled several key issues including the budget, revisions to t
he statewide building code, and ethics. After nearly a day-long debate, the House sent to the Senate a $29.6 billion dollar budget bill (House Bill 1), which is about $100 million under the constitutionally mandated cap on spending. Leaving the House, the 
bill contained money for pay raises for teachers, support workers, firefighters, state troopers, and other state employees, full funding for higher education, an increase in money for education and health care, and 
about $150 million in tax cuts. The bill did not contain any money for the Road Home Program which could face a deficit o
f as much as $5 billion. After passing the bill by a vote of 96-6, the House then quickly passed House Bill 2, the state's $6.5 billion construction budget. House Bill 3 , the Omnibus Bond Authorization Act, did not fare as well. The bill, which provides funds for the state's construction projects, was eight votes shy of the required two-thirds vote. This bill will be brought back to the floor for another attempt at passage.
he statewide building code, and ethics. After nearly a day-long debate, the House sent to the Senate a $29.6 billion dollar budget bill (House Bill 1), which is about $100 million under the constitutionally mandated cap on spending. Leaving the House, the 
bill contained money for pay raises for teachers, support workers, firefighters, state troopers, and other state employees, full funding for higher education, an increase in money for education and health care, and 
about $150 million in tax cuts. The bill did not contain any money for the Road Home Program which could face a deficit o
f as much as $5 billion. After passing the bill by a vote of 96-6, the House then quickly passed House Bill 2, the state's $6.5 billion construction budget. House Bill 3 , the Omnibus Bond Authorization Act, did not fare as well. The bill, which provides funds for the state's construction projects, was eight votes shy of the required two-thirds vote. This bill will be brought back to the floor for another attempt at passage.
Good job passing a ridiculous $29 billion budget, with ZERO money for the LRA and only $150 million for tax cuts. Yet, I understand Francis Thompson still got $500k for his taxpayer gyp boondoggle up in north Louisiana. When will the billions of tax revenue start rolling in from that great tax funded economic development?
ReplyDeleteAll that surplus money, and hardly a penny back to the taxpayers and businesses who helped pay that tab...
80% of this legislator ought to be sent home without their public servant jobs, starting with the likes of Thompson and Alario.