"I believe our position was correct," said Senate Appropriations Chairman Mike Lybyer, D-Huggins. "I think that reasonable people will come to some kind of compromise. I think we're much better off than we were yesterday."
Senate appropriations chairman Mike Lybyer jokingly said, "A person (working at U.M.) could walk away with that money at the university and nobody would know about it."
The $30 million difference between spending 100 percent or $147 million, and 80 percent, $117 million, is significant, said the amendment's sponsor, Sen. Mike Lybyer, D-Huggins.
On the Senate side, Mike Lybyer, D-Huggins, is sponsoring a bill to increase per diem at a higher rate than House members proposed. Lybyer's bill would make state lawmakers' per diem pay equal to the federal per diem rate, which is $86 per day.
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