budget

There are three budgets: capital, transportation, an operating.

The Senate transportation budget contains a gas tax increase at present.

The Senate Operating budget balances without a tax increase, the House doesn't balance.

The capital budgets differ in that the Senate emphasizes schools and the House new office buildings. From years of watching government in action or lack thereof, I see waste in both areas. Example from CA circa early 1960's. I new college campus was build with a wonderful set of laboratory building, a state of the art performing arts center and 2 stories of a planned larger library. The classrooms were in portables. It is easier to get the people to fund classrooms that fancy auditoriums. Get it? I am not expert enough in budgets to monitor this. Hopefully our legislators and their staff can.