U.S. Senate Vote Delayed until Wednesday on Funding for Medicaid and Teachers

by Kids Forward | August 2, 2010

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The U.S. Senate had scheduled a vote for late Monday afternoon (Aug. 2) on a bill that would provide Wisconsin an estimated $365 million, according to the State Budget Office. However, the vote has been delayed for a couple of days, because the Congressional Budget Office said today that the costs exceed the offsets by $5 billion. Senator Reid and others will take the next two days to recraft the package so it’s deficit neutral.

A new blog post by the Wisconsin Budget Project provides an overview of the bill and provides links to related resources.

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