The governor called the Legislature into a special session on April 24, after we were unable to reach a budget agreement within the 105-day legislative session.
We are in a special session because Republicans and Democrats have different approaches to the operating budget and McCleary fix. The Senate Republicans budget uses existing revenue to pay for essential state services while the House Democrat budget proposal would increase spending by 34 percent over the next four years. That is simply not sustainable. We have also discussed in previous legislative updates the Democrats new and increased tax proposals – $8 billion over four years.