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Barbour to Miss. lawmakers: Careful with spending
by The Assocated Press
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Gov. Haley Barbour
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JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he wants lawmakers to be cautious with taxpayers' money when they return next week to work on the state budget.

The Republican governor issued a revised set of budget recommendations Wednesday, six days before the legislative session restarts after a three-week recess.

Most agencies would take significant spending cuts under Barbour's plan — some as high as 16 percent.

Officials are trying to agree on a $5.5 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Barbour says his budget would make a relatively small cut to education spending, but Cecil Brown, the Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee, says Barbour's plan for public schools would be a disaster.
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jasonlp
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April 15, 2010
Yeah careful with spending, oh by the way Haley those lawyers that you are going to get to sue over the health care bill they aren't going to be paid for on the states tab are they?
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