Democrats' budget expands health care, adds $330 m to Rell's bottom line « Thread Started on Apr 14, 2007, 8:23am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats' budget expands health care, adds $330 million to Rell's bottom line By Keith M. Phaneuf, Journal Inquirer04/13/2007read at source> http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/new ... =6HARTFORD - Democratic lawmakers endorsed $37 billion budget plan Thursday for the next two fiscal years that dramatically expands and shores up the state's health care safety net.The package, which would spend $18.33 billion next fiscal year and $18.64 billion in 2008-09, adds more than $300 million to the bottom line proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in each year.In a 36-17 vote along party lines, the Democrat-controlled Appropriations Committee approved the plan that also retains a modified version of Rell's record-setting increase in education aid.