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Now that the fiscal 2004 budget rests with Governor Napolitano, state lawmakers are concentrating on completing work on other key bills as the first session of the 45th Legislature--one of the longest ever -- moves closer to adjournment. Among measures awaiting action in the Senate are bills that have been dubbed "The Big 3" -- state funding for new research facilities at Arizona's three state universities and for expansion of Phoenix Civic Plaza, and a bill that could bail out the financially strapped Maricopa County public health system, called "Maricopa Integrated Health System." It has lost $150 million over the past 10 years.
Call it the ultimate going-home bill: House Speaker Kirk Adams is making an eleventh-hour push to win support for a series of reforms to the state pension programs before the legislative session ends. Given the widespread belief Adams will resign his legislative seat to run for Congress soon after lawmakers wrap up their work for the year, approval of the pension reform bill will serve as one final victory for the speaker.
Now that the fiscal 2004 budget rests with Governor Napolitano, state lawmakers are concentrating on completing work on other key bills as the first session of the 45th Legislature--one of the longest ever -- moves closer to adjournment. Among measures awaiting action in the Senate are bills that have been dubbed "The Big 3" -- state funding for new research facilities at Arizona's three state universities and for expansion of Phoenix Civic Plaza, and a bill that could bail out the financially strapped Maricopa County public health system, called "Maricopa Integrated Health System." It has lost $150 million over the past 10 years.
WASHINGTON - The adjournment of the U.S. House of Representatives this week to provide lawmakers with an opportunity to return to their districts for a little pre-election campaigning has left some local congressmen fuming that the break was taken before their work was completed. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., said Congress should have remained in Washington to further address a sagging economy and vote on whether to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts slated to expire at the end of the year.
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