NC lawmakers still far away from passing new state budget
IT.
>> NORTH CAROLINA STILL DOES
NOT HAVE A STATE BUDGET.
I MEAN, YEAH, WE GET THAT THAT
LITTLE MINI BUDGET THAT THEY
PASSED LAST MONTH. BUT THERE'S
A WHOLE LOT RIDING ON GETTING
THE BIG COMPLETE A NEW BUDGET
FINISHED THINGS LIKE TEACHER
RAISES A NEW CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL. TAX CUTS, MORE MONEY
FOR THE HEALTH PLAN AND SO MANY
OTHER THINGS I SPOKE TO WRAL,
STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER PAUL
SPAIN. HE SAID THE HOLDUP IS A
DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
ALL RIGHT, PAUL, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS. SO THERE'S STILL NO
AGREEMENT ON A BUDGET. WHY
WOULD ALL STARTS WITH PERSONAL
INCOME TAXES AND HOW MUCH
LAWMAKERS WANT TO CUT? YOU HAVE
THE HOUSE.
>> THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE HEADED TOWARD A FISCAL
CLIFF IN A COUPLE YEARS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SLOW DOWN WITH
THIS PLAN WE HAD IN PLACE TO
KEEP CUTTING AND CUTTING AND
CUTTING THE SENATE. ON THE
OTHER HAND, HAS HISTORICALLY
BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE AND IT
ALL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE
COMES AFTER THAT. WE CAN'T
FIGURE OUT STATE EMPLOYEE
RAISES. WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT
FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT
HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE AFTER THEY SET THAT
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT DISAGREEMENTS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, IT'S OFTEN
BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS. THIS IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT. THIS IS THIS IS
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE AND 2 TYPES OF
KIND OF
>> POSITIONS MOVING FORWARD
WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES. THAT'S
RIGHT. REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTROL
OF BOTH CHAMBERS. ONE THING
THAT THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE
AND THEIR POCKET AS THEY HAD
SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS THIS
TIME BECAUSE THEY PROPOSED
HIGHER TEACHER RAISES AND A
LITTLE MORE SPENDING. SO IT'S
INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THIS
TIME AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS TODAY
CAME OUT AND SORT OF POUNDED
THE TABLE. IT'S A CULTURE WAR
BILL THEY HAVE IS BACK IN THIS
BUILDING READY TO ROCK AND ROLL
AND NOT ONE OF THOSE BILLS PUTS
MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
NOT ONE OF THOSE BILLS BRINGS
YOUR PRICES. DALE, NOT ONE OF
THOSE BILLS. GET YOUR HEALTH
CARE COSTS UNDER CONTROL.
WE'RE SEEING THE PUBLIC
DISPLAYS OF DISAGREEMENT THERE.
BEHIND THE SCENES, THOUGH, IS
ANYTHING HAPPENING? ARE THEY
GETTING CLOSER TO SOME
COMPROMISE?
>> IT'S HARD TO TELL
>> THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH
TODAY SAID THAT HE HASN'T SEEN
MUCH PROGRESS AND EVEN SENATE
REPUBLICANS TODAY AND THEIR
STATEMENT. THEY SAID WE DON'T
LIKE NEGOTIATING THROUGH THE
PRESS BY PUTTING OUT STATEMENTS
THAT POINT THE FINGERS. BUT
WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
WE'VE PUT OUT SOME PROPOSALS
THAT THE HOUSE HAS A TAKING
STATE EMPLOYEES. THEY WANT
THEIR BIG. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THE RAISES. THEY WANT
TO KNOW WHAT THEIR FUTURE LOOKS
LIKE. WE WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR
THESE FOLKS, BUT WE HAVE TO LET
THE PROCESS PLAY OUT. YOU
MENTIONED THAT DATE IN
SEPTEMBER. IS THAT KIND OF THE
NEXT THING WE'RE WAITING FOR OR
IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN BEFORE
>> WITH THE BUDGET? NO, I DON'T
THINK SO. I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE
STATE LEGISLATORS IN RALEIGH,
IT'S FOR OTHER BILLS. THEY HAVE
SOME
>> BILLS OUT THERE THAT DEAL
WITH GUNS AND CONCEALED CARRY.
NOW THEY COULD COME BACK AND
TRY TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S
VETO ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HIM BACK HERE.
MAYBE NOT FOR RAISES FOR
TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES.