Kelly Touted For Role in Creating ‘Consensus Revenue Estimate’

In an opinion column in the Joplin Globe, Phill Brooks writes:

For all the squawking coming out of Missouri’s Statehouse about the budget, there’s an area of remarkable bipartisan cooperation called the consensus revenue estimate.

It’s been around since the early 1990s, and it has worked remarkably well in bringing a more rational process to put together the state’s budget each year. It’s a process by which legislative budget leaders and the administration reach an agreement on the expected state revenue before the Legislature begins voting on the budget.

Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, helped formalize the process when he was House Budget Committee chairman. He calls it “the single most important accomplishment” of his long legislative career.

Read the full article here.

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