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Senate gives $6B budget unanimous approval (SF New Mex.)

Senate gives $6B budget unanimous approval

Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 9:00 pm         |       Updated: 12:10 am, Wed Feb 19, 2014.                      

Senate gives $6B budget unanimous approval
By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

After some massaging, the $6.2 billion state budget that had fractured the New Mexico House and threatened to force a special legislative session sailed through the Senate with consensus on Tuesday.
By a vote of 42-0, Senate Bill 313 advanced to the House and earned guarded praise from Gov. Susana Martinez.