[Nfbmo] Budget Committee Action

[Gene Coulter]

Here is an article from the Associated Press :
5 19 PM.. Mo. House budget panel endorses spending plan Mo. House budget 
panel endorses spending plan The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. . 
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri House budget writers have endorsed a 
spending plan that reverses Gov. Jay Nixon's proposed cuts to public 
colleges and universities while sharply trimming aid for the blind. The 
House Budget Committee approved its version of the state budget Wednesday. 
In January, Nixon proposed a $106 million funding cut for higher education. 
He later proposed to reduce that by $40 million by using money from the 
national settlement with mortgage lenders. The Budget Committee restored the 
rest of the budget cut, generally giving schools what they have received 
this year. The committee restored $6 million to cover medical care for more 
than 2,800 blind people who earn too much to qualify for the Medicaid health 
care program. The committee's chairman initially proposed eliminating all 
$28 million. Missouri budget is HB2001-2013 Online: Legislature: 
http://www.moga.mo.gov