From The Daily RecordANNAPOLIS — An ugly impasse between the Senate and House of Delegates degenerated further Monday afternoon, when the House speaker said it was up to the Senate to resolve the budget before Monday’s midnight deadline.
Speaker Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel, said House budget conferees would not leave a meeting room until a budget plan is agreed upon. With the budget unresolved, other important pieces of legislation — like offshore wind, a bill that creates rules for public-private partnerships and a potential gambling expansion — are on the back burner.
“We are calling on the Senate of Maryland to sit down and confer on the budget and come to an agreement,” Busch said. “The House is ready to go. … This budget should have been passed three days ago.”
Busch implied that the gambling bill being pushed by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., D-Calvert and Prince George’s, was responsible for the ongoing snag in budget negotiations.
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