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| Intro: | Governor Nixon told Senate Republicans they need to cut the budget by half a billion dollars. |
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Wrap: Governor Nixon met with the Republican Caucus to discuss cutting half a billion dollars from the 2011 budget.
The US Senate did not extend a bill that would give the state 300 million dollars.
In addition, state revenue was not high enough to cover another 200 million dollars worth of deficit.
Columbia Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer says that the Governor didn't offer a real solution to the balanced budget problem.
| Actuality: | SCHAEF5.WAV |
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| Description: "The Governor's budget is predicated on at least 500 million dollars that does not exist." | |
Schaefer went on to say that the state is 2 billion dollars behind on its projected revenue growth.
From the State Capitol, I'm Nick Berry.
| Intro: | Governor Nixon told the Republican Caucus the state needs to cut half a billion dollars from the budget. |
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| RunTime: | 0:44 |
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Wrap: The US Senate stopped 300 million dollars worth of federal money for Missouri on a jobs bill.
An additional 200 million dollar deficit from Medicaid and other programs means Missouri needs to cut half a billion dollars in order to balance the budget.
The Governor provided solutions which include consolidating state programs and removing state holidays.
Columbia Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer says Nixon's proposals aren't in the right ballpark.
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| Run Time: | 00:11 |
| Description: "When you're looking at a shortfall that large, proposals like removing state holidays really isn't going to get you - it's going to get you maybe 10 million dollars of savings, but that's a fraction of a percent." | |
Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Mayer says revenue was down 12.7 percent through February.
From the State Capitol, I'm Nick Berry.