Day 21 And Still No Budget

HARTFORD, CT — More than three weeks into the new fiscal year and there’s been no vote on a two-year budget proposal.

Legislative leaders have promised a vote on a budget and the $1.57 billion union concession package before the end of the month, which is fast approaching.

If the General Assembly doesn’t adopt the labor agreement before next year, then it won’t be able to achieve the $1.57 billion it’s estimated it will save. That means the $5.1 billion deficit will grow and lawmakers will have to search for other places to find the savings.

If they fail to adopt the labor agreement Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said they would have to answer for that failure to their constituents because the budget would have to be cut “by hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in addition to what it would take to get to a balanced budget today.”

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