As part of new process,

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senate budget resolution takes shape

  • From left: Senate Appropriations and Budget Chairman Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, Vice Chairman Chuck Hall, R-Perry, and deputy director of fiscal staff Will Robinson speak with Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd, DOklahoma City, following a committee meeting Wednesday. Tres Savage/nondoc.com
  • From left, House Vice Chairman of Appropriations and Budget Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, reviews Board of Equalization charts with House Appropriations and Budget Chairman Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, February 15. Tres Savage/nondoc.com
After 50 minutes of conversation about slight changes based on advancing policy proposals, the Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee culminated its meeting Wednesday morning with a voice vote to turn a massive spreadsheet displayed on the room’s projector into a senate budget resolution. About two dozen senators exclaimed “aye,” and no senator said “nay.” “A unanimous acclamation,”…

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