That would leave only $1.4 trillion available for tax cuts and all other spending increases.

A new law called for a spending increase of 77 percent.

The proposed spending increase would be used primarily to move children out of the workplace and into school.

The biggest spending increase in the budget goes to education.

Hospital care accounted for about half of that spending increase.

They noted a number of factors that were not likely to repeat, including the spending increase brought about by lower gas prices.

Last night the Senate said it would propose a net spending increase of $800 million more than the governor's plan.

At the same time, of course, the state must bring down anticipated spending increases.

The spending increases are small, he said, but "one of the reasons is that we've done so much."

Most of the spending increase has been in student aid.