James Gray, R-Rochester, said the proposal focuses on the needs of the most vulnerable residents while expanding opportunity, and sends $245 million back to cities and towns through rooms and meals tax revenue sharing. “But I think sometimes we all have to, for the collective good, come together.” “We’re not all happy with everything that happened here, and each of us I’m sure going home will think of that one thing we wish we’d gotten funded,” she said. “The people are watching to see what we do, and I think maybe they’re happy we can compromise, we can work together for their benefit, we can disagree but we can be agreeable as well.” Sharon Carson, a Republican from Londonderry. “We still have issues we need to resolve and we’re still going to work on those tomorrow, but I think we all know that budgets are about priorities, and it really and truly is about compromise,” said Sen. That bill also won unanimous support, except for a provision that would speed up the elimination of the state’s interest and dividends tax, which was approved in a separate 14-9 vote. The Republican-led Senate unanimously and quickly approved the operating budget recommended by its Finance Committee before spending hours debating and rejecting all but two proposed amendments to a companion policy bill. (AP) - The New Hampshire Senate passed a $15.2 billion, two-year state budget with bipartisan support Wednesday, sending the pared-down proposal back to the House for further consideration.
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