OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Governor Brad Henry says appropriation bills passed by the Legislature are "dead on arrival" if they're unchanged from appropriations in the general budget bill he vetoed two weeks ago. Leaders in the state Senate are planning to introduce five appropriation bills they say contain the same amount of money for separate state agencies that was contained the original budget. The lawmakers would not say which agencies would be included in the bills. But Henry says he'll veto those bills if they're just "repackaged" from the budget bill and he says legislative leaders should stop wasting time on what he calls an "exercise in futility." Henry wants leaders in the House and Senate to negotiate with him and House Democrats on what should be included in the budget.

Labels: Brad Henry, Budget, OK Legislature

Posted at 4/12/2007 08:04:00 AM