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Georgia Lawmakers Take Break to Try to Ease Budget Worries

Georgia's lawmakers will take an unscheduled break and use the time to try to patch up the state's ailing budget. House and Senate leaders announced Wednesday that the chambers will adjourn until Feb. 18.

During that time, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England says House budget subcommittees will keep meeting.

The recess underlines House Speaker David Ralston's earlier statements that the 2020 General Assembly might not wrap up early. Gov. Brian Kemp has proposed more than $200 million in reductions in the current year's budget and $300 million in reductions in next year's budget.

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