Georgia Lawmakers Take A Break To Try To Ease Budget Worries

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February 5th, 2020

The recess underlines House Speaker David Ralston’s earlier statements that the General Assembly’s 2020 session might not wrap up as early as some members running for re-election might have hoped.

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Georgia’s lawmakers will take an unscheduled break and use the time to try to patch up the state’s ailing budget.

House and Senate leaders announced Wednesday that the chambers will adjourn until Feb. 18. During that time, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England said House budget subcommittees will keep meeting.

“This year, I think the biggest question is ‘What do you cut?’” House Speaker David Ralston, a Blue Ridge Republican, told members Wednesday. “I don’t think it behooves us as a body to come down here and speed through spending $28 billion in taxpayer dollars.”

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