For Star subscribers: A 'no' vote Monday by Rep. Liz Harris, R-Chandler, on one of the main bills to fund the state for the new fiscal year left Republicans short. Harris, a first-term lawmaker, has said she'll withhold her votes…
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — A plan by Republican lawmakers to enact a"skinny" budget and send it to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs came to a screeching halt Monday when one of their members refused to go along.
People are also reading… In November, nearly a week after the election, Harris posted on Instagram that she would withhold her vote on any bills this session until there is a new election. Yet GOP gubernatorial contender Kari Lake got just 1,270,774 votes in falling to Democrat Hobbs. And Blake Masters picked up 1,196,308 votes as he lost to Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly.
Republican legislative leaders had no immediate comment about what they intend to do next to try to get the necessary 31 votes. But other than $200 million set aside in a bid to settle a long-standing lawsuit over school capital funding, there are no additions. Republicans call the skinny budget a standby plan. They note that if there is no deal — and no standby plan — as of July 1, there is no authority in law for the state to spend money beyond that date to operate even basic services.
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