Some state lawmakers want to call a special session to override Gov. Sonny Perdue's recent vetoes, but Perdue says he is not worried.
Republican leaders in the state legislature are angry that Perdue struck $140 million from the budget for the fiscal year that starts next month. Perdue also directed state agencies to ignore lawmakers' instructions over how to spend their money.
"This was an unusual session and emotions were fragile," Perdue says. "People may assume these were emotional decisions. They were not emotional decisions. They were decisions of process and methodology and principle that I'm happy to defend to anyone and I'd be happy to visit with any legislator about that."
Perdue says he doubts many lawmakers want to return to the Capitol this summer for something, he says, is not an "extreme situation."
Lawmakers who feel otherwise say it's their role to finalize a budget, and they want the ability to direct how agencies spend the money they appropriate.
Republican leaders in the state legislature are angry that Perdue struck $140 million from the budget for the fiscal year that starts next month. Perdue also directed state agencies to ignore lawmakers' instructions over how to spend their money.
"This was an unusual session and emotions were fragile," Perdue says. "People may assume these were emotional decisions. They were not emotional decisions. They were decisions of process and methodology and principle that I'm happy to defend to anyone and I'd be happy to visit with any legislator about that."
Perdue says he doubts many lawmakers want to return to the Capitol this summer for something, he says, is not an "extreme situation."
Lawmakers who feel otherwise say it's their role to finalize a budget, and they want the ability to direct how agencies spend the money they appropriate.
