From the desk of Robert Rappaport on Monday, July 6th 2009 at 6:29
BUDGET BATTLE - PART TWO
After adjourning one After adjourning one of the longest sessions ever, Arizona legislators were summoned back to work this week to re-craft the budget that was pretty much gutted by Governor Jan Brewer through line item vetoes.
Brewer vetoed the state appropriation for K-12 schools for the coming year, in order to force legislators back to the negotiating table. She's having a hard time coming to agreement with leaders her in own party. The governor wants a temporary sales tax hike to deal with the more than $3 million shortfall. Meanwhile, opposition Democrats say they didn't have much say in the spending plan.
Many legislators had to cancel vacations and other plans in order to attend the session.
It looks like another interesting week in Arizona politics.
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