Republicans ask for Democratic support in GOP budget hearing

lenSenate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, just visited the Capitol Press Room to announce that attempts to obtain cooperation with majority Democrats for the GOP’s planned hearing on the Democratic budget, have failed.

“Every public hearing is an orchestrated public hearing,” Fasano acknowledged. He said that letters were sent to Democratic leaders asking them to attend the hearing they have planned for Monday, May 11 at 1:30 in Room 1-E of the Legislative Office Buildings, but they have not received replies. He said about 2,000 state residents have signed an online petition opposed to the Democratic budget proposal, which would raise the income-tax rate for the state’s highest earners. “People have a voice in this building,” Fasano said, noting that many aspects of the Democratic budget were never aired in a public hearing.