Ohio moderates' budget fix meets immovable forces
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A few moderate Ohio senators trying to craft a compromise to fix Ohio's budget gap are being thwarted by two opposing forces: the majority of Republican senators who adamantly oppose any portion of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay, and the Democratic governor's outright rejection of the compromise.
The immediate rejection Wednesday by Strickland and fellow Democrats is likely to further fuel the majority of Republicans' intransigence toward his tax plan.
In an attempt to gain votes from enough senators opposed to Strickland's 4.2 percent income tax cut delay, a handful of GOP moderates proposed several sweeteners: measures to address Ohio's longer-term budget instability and other proposals favored by individual senator.
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