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 LEGISLATIVE - VOTING RECORDS 2007 SENATE BUDGET ANALYSIS The FY 2007-2008 appropriation bill (H. 3620) contained an unprecedented level of spending. The budget, an 11% increase over the prior year, spent over $1.2 billion in new money while returning less than $100 million to the taxpayers. The Senate chose to spend much of that on new annualizations and local pet projects while failing to provide any real tax relief and failing to reform the competitive grants slush fund. Above all, spending in the FY 2007-2008 budget is unsustainable. Click here to view the Senate Journal containing the vote. Senators voting "Aye" in support of the bill (34): Alexander, Anderson, Cleary, Cromer, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Gregory, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Knotts, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, Lourie, Malloy, Martin, Matthews, McGill, Moore, O'Dell, Patterson, Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Ritchie, Scott, Setzler, Sheheen, Short, Vaughn, Williams Senators voting "Nay" against the bill (9): Bryant, Campsen, Courson, Grooms, Hawkins, McConnell, Ryberg, Thomas, Verdin Selected statements by legislators (see Senate Journal link above for more): Senators Ryberg and Bryant - "We voted against H. 3620, the FY 2007-2008 Appropriation Bill, due to its unprecedented level of spending. The budget this year spent over $1.2 billion in new money while returning less than $100 million to the taxpayers." Senator Grooms - "I voted against H.3620 because it takes irresponsible spending for shameless pork projects to a new level. With nearly $1.3 billion in new money -- taxpayers' hard-earned dollars -- this budget creates a recurring $242 million gap by choosing to pay for recurring items with money that legislators know may not be available again in future years." |
  
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