MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Democratic leaders in the Vermont Senate hope to have a third budget bill through the Legislature by the end of the week.
The Senate Appropriations, Education, and Finance committees met Wednesday to begin the process of drafting the third budget bill of the year. Democratic leaders say the bill may be voted out of committee by the end of the day Wednesday. If it passes in the committees the full Senate would vote Thursday and the House would vote Friday.
Democratic leaders had initially separated the budget bill from the ongoing dispute over property tax rates, but said the short timeline meant the third version would need to be an omnibus bill that addressed both.
Scott vetoed both budget bills and the House failed to override the second veto Tuesday.
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