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INTERACTiVE: Lawmakers Still Wrangle Over Budget Shortfall
Senate, Assembly Passed Differing Bills
UPDATED: 1:37 pm CDT March 27,
2008
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's half-billion-dollar budget shortfall is still looming as legislative leaders wrangle behind closed doors trying to reach a compromise.Different budget repair bills have been passed in the Assembly and Senate. In cases like this, both pieces of legislation normally would go to a bipartisan conference committee, WISC-TV reported.However, legislative leaders instead are trying to work things out in private and then get the deal through the Legislature and to the governor for signing.
Previous Stories:
- March 26, 2008: State Senate Passes Its Budget Plan
- March 24, 2008: Doyle: He's Not Drawing Any Lines In Sand Of Budget Debate
- March 21, 2008: Senate Committee OKs Democrats' Budget Plan
- March 20, 2008: Third Proposed Budget Solution Pending
- March 19, 2008: Officials: Doyle's Budget Plan Could Cost $94M In Tobacco Payments
- March 14, 2008: Doyle Blasts Assembly GOP Plan To Repair Budget
- March 13, 2008: Wisconsin Legislature Leaving Number Of Issues Undone
- March 13, 2008: Assembly Passes GOP Plan To Bridge Budget Gap
- March 13, 2008: Lawmakers Work In Final Hours Of Legislative Session
- March 13, 2008: Assembly Budget Plan Would Drain Reserves, Cut Money For Raises
- March 12, 2008: Issues Unresolved As Legislative Session Winds Down
- March 11, 2008: Governor Outlines Plan To Contend With Budget Shortfall
- March 11, 2008: Senate Committee Revives Universal Health Care Proposal
- March 10, 2008: Doyle Proposes Hospital Tax, Other Cuts To Balance Budget
- March 6, 2008: Doyle Calls Special Session To Deal With Budget
- February 15, 2008: Democrats Consider Hospital, Estate Taxes To Plug Budget Gap
- February 12, 2008: Huebsch: Size Of Budget Shortfall Expected To Be Known This Week
- February 8, 2008: Speaker Orders Freeze On Hiring, Travel In State Assembly
- January 30, 2008: Doyle Wants To Tackle Budget Problem This Year
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