No budget deal yet, but House Republicans say they’re getting closer

Arizona House chambers/Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror

By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Mirror

A procedural motion to clear the way for budget bills in the Arizona House of Representatives isn’t a sign that a deal is near.

The House on Wednesday approved a motion to allow the introduction of budget bills by House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Majority Leader Warren Petersen and Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Regina Cobb. But there isn’t yet a deal that would end the protracted budget fight between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey, which has led the 2019 legislative session to drag on into its 122nd day.

“Rep. Petersen’s motion was in anticipation of an eventual budget agreement,” said Matt Specht, a spokesman for the House Republicans.

However, GOP lawmakers say they’ve largely overcome one of the biggest stumbling blocks: the dispute over how to conform Arizona’s income tax laws with the federal tax code. Cobb, R-Kingman, said that leaves the size of the state’s rainy day fund as the largest unresolved issue standing in the way of a budget deal.

“I think we’ve ironed out the conformity part of it,” Cobb said. “That was our big hang-up, I think, with really getting the budget moving forward.”

READ ON:

Share this!

Additional Articles

News Categories

Get Our Twice Weekly Newsletter!

* indicates required

Rose Law Group pc values “outrageous client service.” We pride ourselves on hyper-responsiveness to our clients’ needs and an extraordinary record of success in achieving our clients’ goals. We know we get results and our list of outstanding clients speaks to the quality of our work.

Mesa becomes a balanced housing market

By Paul Maryniak | East Valley Tribune A leading analyst says the Valley is turning into a buyer’s market for single-family homes and Mesa is edging  closer to that scenario. Meanwhile, data for March from

Read More »

Sharp drop in national home sales

By Nicole Friedman | Wall Street Journal Sales of existing homes in March posted their biggest monthly decline in more than two years, after mounting economic uncertainty roiled the housing market at the start

Read More »

Grocer plans massive new HQ

Photo via Sprouts Farmers Market By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal A huge new corporate campus is sprouting up in north Phoenix. Sprouts Farmers Market, the

Read More »