(Watch) Bipartisan budget spares our towns

I have joined with Democrats and Republicans at the State Capitol to step up and lead Connecticut out of our fiscal crisis.

The bipartisan budget includes:

• A cap on state spending
• A cap on state bonding to reduce debt
• A hiring freeze
• Phases out the tax on social security income and pension income
• Restores millions of dollars in local education funding and municipal aid
• Municipal mandate relief to help towns and cities reduce costs and benefit local property taxpayers
• Does not shift teacher pension costs onto towns and cities
• No increase to the sales tax or income tax
• No cell phone tax
• No second home tax
• Protects funding for day services and employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities
• Protects funding for mental health and substance abuse treatment to fight the opioid epidemic
• Protects funding for child care for low income families
• Protects services for seniors including the CT Home Care Program, Meals on Wheels and non ADA dial a ride

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