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2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ) (Senate Roll Call 328)

Motion by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on September 17, 2007, to discharge the Committee on Appropriations from further consideration of this bill. The motion passed in the Senate (20 to 17) on September 17, 2007. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 20 in favor, 17 opposed, and 1 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 328 at Senate Journal 87)

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The following legislators supported the motion:

Allen (R) Birkholz (R) Bishop (R) Brown (R) Cassis (R) Cropsey (R)
George (R) Gilbert (R) Hardiman (R) Jansen (R) Jelinek (R) Kahn (R)
Kuipers (R) McManus (R) Pappageorge (R) Patterson (R) Richardville (R) Sanborn (R)
Stamas (R) Van Woerkom (R)     

The following legislators opposed the motion:

Anderson (D) Barcia (D) Basham (D) Brater (D) Cherry (D) Clark-Coleman (D)
Clarke (D) Gleason (D) Hunter (D) Jacobs (D) Olshove (D) Prusi (D)
Schauer (D) Scott (D) Switalski (D) Thomas (D) Whitmer (D)  

The following legislators did not vote on the motion:

Garcia (R)

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1) 2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on September 12, 2007, to authorize a school aid “continuation” or interim budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2007, equivalent to approximately 1/11th of the current year appropriations. The measure was introduced as a contingency in the event that no agreement is in place by that day to close a gap of approximately $1.7 billion between desired spending and expected revenues in the current and upcoming fiscal years. When the bill was introduced no progress had been made in negotiations between the Democratic House, Republican Senate and Democratic Governor to close the gap between desired spending and expected revenue


The vote was 20 in favor, 17 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 330 at Senate Journal 87)

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