House again wants deadline

Submitted by bniolet on July 14, 2009 - 5:23pm.
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The House rejected the Senate version of a stop-gap spending plan because it doesn't contain a deadline.

Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat and chief budget writer in the House said he had a problem with the temporary spending bill-which allows state government to run while the legislature works to finish a budget — because it had no built-in deadline.

The current temporary spending plan expires Wednesday. It originally had no expiration date. Of course, the deadline didn't force negotiators to finish their work.

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