Senate lashes back over revenge accusations

Senate Budget Committee members told Comptroller Peter Franchot on Tuesday that were “insulted” and “ticked off” at him for his attacks on the Senate and his failure to work with them to achieve solutions to a state budget deficit.

But the senators also assured him they were not going to try to abolish specific staff positions as he had accused them of planning. The Senate had blocked Franchot from abolishing staff positions as a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman several years ago.