Connecticut Lawmakers Plan To Vote Monday On Budget Deal
UPDATED 6/1/15 AT 10:45 A.M.
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) -- Rank-and-file Connecticut lawmakers will be briefed Monday on a tentative two-year budget agreement reached between Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly's Democrats early Sunday.
A vote on the latest, proposed $40 billion fiscal package was expected later on Monday. This year's legislative session adjourns at midnight Wednesday.
The agreement replenishes some of the social service cuts originally proposed by Malloy while scaling back some of the tax increases proposed by the Democratic controlled Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee, including an expansion of the sales tax.
Connecticut Lawmakers Plan To Vote Monday On Budget Deal
However, the proposal would increase income tax rates on the wealthy and corporate taxes, while authorizing the gambling game keno.
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano said the proposal "represents broken promises," a reference to Malloy's campaign pledge not to increase taxes.
Republicans said they had a plan that called for no new taxes and were frustrated they were excluded from budget talks.
Fasano urged Malloy to veto the package and pledged that Republicans will sustain the veto, WCBS 880 Connecticut Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported.
"Might be the minority party, but they need two-thirds to override," Fasano said. "They do not have the two-thirds."
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