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Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 Conference Committee Budget
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- Overview
Friday, July 11, 2008
Table of Contents
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Overview
The budget crafted by the conference committee and approved by the House and Senate on July 3 spends more than the amounts previously recommended by the House, the Senate, and the Governor. In several areas, including public health and education, the conference committee recommended total spending amounts higher than those proposed by the House or the Senate. Because the Senate funded some accounts at higher levels while the House was higher on other accounts, in areas where the conference committee frequently chose the higher spending levels on individual accounts, the total would exceed the total recommendation from each branch.
There were also items in which each branch earmarked funding for specific items and the conference committee chose to include funding for earmarks from both branches. In these cases, the total funding for particular line items could exceed the amount recommended by each branch.
The Conference Committee budget totals $33.2 billion including “off-budget” expenditures, such as automatic transfers of funding to programs including the state pension fund, the school building assistance fund, and the MBTA.
The Conference Committee balances its budget with a substantial use of Stabilization (Rainy Day) Fund money and other temporary fixes. (For details see the Revenue section of this Budget Monitor, page 28).
This Budget Monitor examines spending in each area of the budget, describing the conference committee decisions and how they relate to the proposals contained in the House and Senate budgets and to spending in prior years.
The budget crafted by the conference committee and approved by the House and Senate on July 3 spends more than the amounts previously recommended by the House, the Senate, and the Governor. In several areas, including public health and education, the conference committee recommended total spending amounts higher than those proposed by the House or the Senate. Because the Senate funded some accounts at higher levels while the House was higher on other accounts, in areas where the conference committee frequently chose the higher spending levels on individual accounts, the total would exceed the total recommendation from each branch.
There were also items in which each branch earmarked funding for specific items and the conference committee chose to include funding for earmarks from both branches. In these cases, the total funding for particular line items could exceed the amount recommended by each branch.
The Conference Committee budget totals $33.2 billion including “off-budget” expenditures, such as automatic transfers of funding to programs including the state pension fund, the school building assistance fund, and the MBTA.
The Conference Committee balances its budget with a substantial use of Stabilization (Rainy Day) Fund money and other temporary fixes. (For details see the Revenue section of this Budget Monitor, page 28).
This Budget Monitor examines spending in each area of the budget, describing the conference committee decisions and how they relate to the proposals contained in the House and Senate budgets and to spending in prior years.
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- Overview
