{"id":192838,"date":"2016-10-04T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T00:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=192838"},"modified":"2016-10-04T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T00:54:44","slug":"budget-talks-center-on-how-much-to-cut-higher-education-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/10\/budget-talks-center-on-how-much-to-cut-higher-education-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget talks center on how much to cut higher education funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.<\/p><\/div>\n

State House members are headed for a showdown with the Senate over cuts to higher education and public health programs when they return to the Capitol on Wednesday<\/span><\/span> to resume a special session of the New Mexico Legislature to deal with a budget crisis.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Virtually all House members agree they will have to lop the 2017 spending plan to address an unconstitutional gap between spending and projected revenues, but dueling proposals have set up a debate over what to slash and how deep to cut.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Unclear is whether Republicans and Democrats can come together in the heat of an election season to give a series of budget bills the two-thirds support in both chambers needed for the legislation to take effect immediately and address the $600 million shortfall.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n