Governor Continues Campaign Against Republican Budget

HARTFORD, CT — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy acknowledged that his press conferences criticizing various aspects of the Republican budget may look like political “grandstanding,” but he said, “I assure you it is not my intention.”

Just like the governor’s budget, which gets released in February and is scrutinized for months before the legislature trots out its own budget proposal, Malloy said he’s giving constructive feedback to the Republican Party “to bring to light the very reasons I will not be supporting it.”

He said they can’t have serious discussions about the proposals in the Republican budget “until these proposals are actually vetted.”

Since the bill didn’t arrive until 30-minutes after the state Senate began debate last Friday, the Democratic Party and the governor wanted some time to review it.

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