The Alaska House of Representatives is set to debate advancing the operating budget Monday after progress stalled this week due to disagreements with the Senate over the two legislative chambers’ spending plans.
Reps. Neal Foster, Bryce Edgmon, and DeLena Johnson speak during a break on the House floor after a vote to advance the budget was again delayed. The three lawmakers are co-chairs of the House Finance Committee. Photographed on April 14, 2023.
The House typically first writes the operating budget, which authorizes appropriations for state agencies and programs. The Senate initially writes the capital budget, which is used to pay for infrastructure projects. But if the House first passed the operating budget, the Senate would have both appropriation bills.
statutory deadline for the session. Monday will be 30 days before the constitutional 121-day session limit. Discussions are ongoing between legislative leaders on budget priorities and how to adjourn on time.“I think we were just starting to have the conversation,” Tilton said Friday about her talks with her Senate colleagues. “I wouldn’t say there was a resolution to that.”in oil revenue projections last month, Sitka Republican Sen.
To spend from the Constitutional Budget Reserve requires an approval vote of three-quarters of lawmakers from both legislative chambers. House minority members needed to support drawing from savings, and they threatened to withhold it, which has become a routine threat from minority caucuses to extract leverage for their priorities. Anchorage independent Rep. Calvin Schrage, the House minority leader, reiterated Friday that he does not expect the supermajority vote to succeed.
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