LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – As state lawmakers return to work in the state Capitol after the summer break, the matter of an approved spending plan for Fiscal 2022 may be among the top items on the agenda.
By state law, the Legislature is required to submit a proposed budget for the Governor’s consideration by June 1st. Two years ago, Governor Gretchen Whitmer had a record 147 line-item vetoes of the spending plan sent to her by the Republican-controlled Legislature, but with COVID 19 health concerns overshadowing everything in 2020, the East Lansing Democrat didn’t have a single one.
Lawmakers from both the Senate and House sat down with Whitmer Administration officials over the past couple of months to try and hammer out differences before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1st. Casco Township Republican Mary Whiteford, chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, is hopeful that these talks will help prevent the Governor from breaking out her veto pen again.
“We all got our major priorities written in, we all agreed on it,” she said on “WHTC Talk of the Town” during her monthly appearance on Monday (Sept. 13, 2021). “I think it would be very disingenuous if the Governor went and did line item vetoes. She always has that option, but I would be really, really disappointed, after working together through this entire process doing this.”
Whiteford also address concerns over mandatory mandates issued by the Allegan County Health Department in her remarks on the program.
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