Governor Jim Doyle will not deliver the state budget until Feb. 17, a week later than planned, his office announced Wednesday.
According to Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner, Doyle wants to push back the date of the budget proposal in order to have more information about Congress' Recovery and Reinvestment Bill before his budget address.
It looks like there is a good chance we will actually be able to see what's passed before February 17th,"" Sensenbrenner said.
According to a press release from the White House, this stimulus bill, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed last week, would create or save 74,000 jobs in Wisconsin, and send an estimated $4.3 billion dollars to Wisconsin.
Sensenbrenner said he is hopeful the budget will be passed more quickly than it was last session, when the 2007-'09 budget bill was not passed until October, long after the summer deadline.
