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Published: 24 May 2017 24 May 2017

Santa Fe, NM - Earlier today, Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature voted to override Gov. Martinez's veto of their irresponsible budget, that cut critical funding for cancer treatment and need-based financial aid programs that students rely upon.

"Democrats are ignoring the will of the voters and slashing programs they rely upon," said Republican Party of New Mexico spokesman Tucker Keene. "These programs provide working class students with the assistance they need to go to college. The UNM Cancer Center treats children suffering from cancer. These should be among our legislator's highest priorities, not the programs Democrats cut first to protect wasteful pork projects and an overfunded legislative retirement fund."

The House Republican budget plan would not only restore funding to those programs that Democrats cut, but increase funding for the UNM Cancer Center an additional 27 percent, and an additional $2 million for higher educational financial aid. These funding increases would be paid for by transferring money from the overfunded Legislative Retirement Fund and by placing a one year hold on pork projects.