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Senate committee tackles stalled budget bill (SF New Mexican)

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Senate committee tackles stalled budget bill

Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:00 pm       |     Updated: 12:05 am, Fri Feb 14, 2014.                      

By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

The New Mexico Senate is preparing to stamp its fingerprint on the budget it hopes to salvage after the $6.2 billion spending package has been stalled for a week in the House.

A Senate budget proposal, with variations from its House counterpart, is being drafted, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, said he expects the bill to come before the panel early next week.