{"id":46133,"date":"2019-04-09T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/dunleavy-impatient-unhappy-with-house\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:09:00","slug":"dunleavy-impatient-unhappy-with-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/dunleavy-impatient-unhappy-with-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunleavy impatient, unhappy with House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

On the second floor of the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, the House of Representatives began its slow slog through its budget proposal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

One floor above them, Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared his impatience with the pace of the House’s progress. Dunleavy, speaking to media members in his conference room about the budget process and his recent roadshow, said the House Finance Committee disappointed him with its relatively small proposed cuts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“Some would say it’s a step in the right direction, but that’s like taking one step and you’ve got a hundred yards to go to get a touchdown,” Dunleavy said. “Surely they’re pointed toward the goal line, but it’s far short of what we need.”<\/p>\n

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t

The House Finance Committee all but ignored Dunleavy’s cuts-heavy budget proposal, starting its process instead with a budget management plan for this fiscal year put together by former Gov. Bill Walker. The members of the House Finance Committee put forth a budget that includes about $10.2 billion in government spending, compared with Dunleavy’s proposed budget of about $8.8 billion in state spending, according to statistics from the nonpartisan Legislative Finance Division<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The committee’s budget would result in a lower Permanent Fund Dividend than the governor’s proposed budget as well, as the House budget would use Permanent Fund money for state government — as is allowed in Senate Bill 26, passed last session. Dunleavy expressed displeasure about that in his press conference and on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

We are concerned that the PFD is going to be used on a large portion of budget that is coming out of the House. #akleg<\/a> #akgov<\/a><\/p>— Governor Mike Dunleavy (@GovDunleavy) April 9, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n