As Republicans seek override, Cooper makes budget offer

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As Republicans seek override, Cooper makes budget offer

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and AMANDA MORRIS Associated Press

July 09, 2019 02:04 PM

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File-In this file photo taken Dec. 19, 2018 North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper takes a question during an interview at the Governor’s mansion in Raleigh, N.C. The fight over the North Carolina state budget continues as Cooper made a counteroffer Tuesday, July 9, 2019, to the two-year plan written by Republicans that he’s already vetoed. But GOP leaders remain unconvinced they’ll fail to locate enough votes to override his veto. House Republicans still were trying on Tuesday to persuade enough Democratic colleagues to go against the governor.


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RALEIGH, N.C.

The fight over the North Carolina state budget continues as Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper made a counteroffer to the two-year plan written by Republicans that he’s already vetoed.

But GOP leaders remain unconvinced they’ll fail to locate enough votes to override his veto. House Republicans still were trying on Tuesday to persuade enough Democratic colleagues to go against the governor.

Both the House and Senate would have to vote to override to implement the vetoed budget.

Cooper told reporters earlier Tuesday about his counteroffer. He still wants to expand Medicaid, block a GOP provision to cut corporate franchise taxes and halt the growth of taxpayer-funded scholarships for children to attend private schools.

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Senate leader Phil Berger says he won’t negotiate with Cooper unless he stops insisting on Medicaid expansion.

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