GOP budget plan gains GOP backing amid deficit debate
In Topeka Republican leaders forecast a passage of a new budget balancing plan offsetting a $225 million shortfall in the current $10 billion fiscal year. They say the plan delays refunds to some taxpayers and state aid to schools. Democrats warn it will trigger further cuts later this year. Senate President Kerr and House Speaker Mays spoke after consulting many Republican lawmakers. The GOP holds 30 Senate seats and 80 House seats. Kerr said it should pass with enough support. The plan contrasts Sebelius proposals which include bonds, expanded gambling, and faster tax collections.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Senate
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
House
Doug Mays
GOP
Kerr
Kansans told budget plan balances needs with resources
Senate President Dave Kerr and House Speaker Doug Mays announced a budget plan they say is fair to all Kansans. They pledged no school cuts, no tax increases, and no expanded gambling, with a $200 million school aid payment shifted from June 16 to July 1. The leaders spoke at Wheat Land Convention Center during a Topeka to Garden City trip with stops in Wichita and Hays.
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Dave Kerr
R Hutchinson
House
Doug Mays
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Garden City
Wichita
Hays
Wheat Land Convention Center
E. Fulton St
Kerr
Mays
Iraqi army evaporates as Baghdad curfew begins
U S and Kurdish forces report Mosul fell without bloodshed and the Iraqi army evaporated leaving Tikrit Saddam Hussein’s hometown and other cities in chaos. Marines enforce a dusk to dawn curfew while looting spreads across Baghdad. A deck of 55 most wanted regime leaders is shown to troops as U S efforts shift to the wider regime.
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Saddam Hussein
Tikrit
U.S
Tommy Franks
Saddam
White House
Ari _ Fleischer
Baghdad
Mosul
Robert Waltemeyer
Central Command
Frank Thorp
Doha
Qatar
5Th Corps
Waltemeyer
Vincent Brooks
Brooks
Educa
Saddam dead or running like hell hinted by Franks
General Tommy Franks told reporters in Afghanistan that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons were either dead or on the run after meeting U.S. forces at Bagram Air Base. He dismissed claims U.S. forces targeted a mosque in Baghdad where a seven hour gunfight left one marine dead and 22 wounded.
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Tommy Franks
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Leaders push ethanol rule for state vehicle fuel
TOPEKA The governor may back a plan requiring all fuel for state vehicles to contain at least 10 percent ethanol or 2 percent biodiesel, if blends are available and cost rises no more than ten cents per gallon. Lawmakers say it would reduce oil dependence and boost farmers and grain prices.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Dennis McKinney
D-Greensburg
House Agriculture
Dan Johnson
R-Hays
Greg Krissek
Nebraska
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