By Keith M. Phaneuf, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, and Mark Pazniokas
With the flourish of a veto-proof margin, the House of Representatives voted today to give final legislative passage to an overdue, bipartisan budget crafted without the direct involvement of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
After a concise and focused two-hour debate, the House voted 126 to 23 to send Malloy a $41.3 billion two-year spending plan and put Connecticut on the verge of ending a budget impasse that has stretched 118 days into the new fiscal year.
The Senate voted 33-3 just 10 hours earlier to approve the budget, also easily achieving the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto. An override requires 24 votes in the Senate and 101 in the House.
[Under the approved budget, Westport state aid will go from $2,303,717 in 2017, to $2,224,193 in 2018 (down $79,524), and $2,149,785 in 2019 (down an additional $74,408).]
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