Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the tight time frame – with only two weeks left before the June 30 end of the fiscal year – means it might make sense to bypass the multiple iterations that a budget typically goes through, as it goes from the governor to the House to the Senate. If there is a joint agreement, McAnneny said, “The biggest advantage is the speed at which they’d be able to enact it.”
June 17, 2020
FY 2021
Lawmakers considering novel budget approaches
Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the tight time frame – with only two weeks left before the June 30 end of the fiscal year – means it might make sense to bypass the multiple iterations that a budget typically goes through, as it goes from the governor to the House to the Senate. If there is a joint agreement, McAnneny said, “The biggest advantage is the speed at which they’d be able to enact it.”
