$6.9b Budget Bill Approved Unanimously by Oklahoma Senate

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A $7 billion budget bill was approved unanimously by the state Senate on Tuesday with nary a word of debate. The fighting came after the vote, in the form of press releases.

While those Democrats who were left out of the negotiation process - including Gov. Brad Henry - said the bill was flawed, the legislative leaders who crafted House Bill 1234 praised the bill's merits and dismissed Henry's comments as "whining."

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$6.9b Budget Bill Approved Unanimously by Oklahoma Senate

"We don't know if these are just oversights or deliberate policy statements by the top leaders of the Legislature," said state Treasurer Scott Meacham, point man for...

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