$2 billion is cut from state budget
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An Assembly panel Thursday voted to trim $2 billion from California’s budget, with cuts to education, healthcare and other programs.
The move by the Assembly Budget Committee follows a similar vote Wednesday in the state Senate. The full Legislature is expected to vote on the cuts today in the lawmakers’ first action to rein in the state’s $14.5-billion deficit.
The reductions are in response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s declaration of a fiscal emergency last month.
In the early cuts package, schools would lose $400 million. Reimbursements to doctors who provide subsidized care for the poor would be cut by 10%.
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