The Senate budget committee slashed another $50 million from Gov. Martin O?Malley?s $31.5 billion budget Tuesday, including $32 million transferred from funds for the Intercounty Connector. Supporters of the toll road from Gaithersburg to Laurel said the shift would have no impact on building the project, but two Montgomery County senators, who also support the highway, voted against the plan.

The committee also gave Comptroller Peter Franchot a rap on the knuckles, telling him he should stick to tax collecting and stop meddling in other matters. But Franchot?s $97 million budget was pared only slightly, and no effort was made to remove funding for any of his three high-paid deputies, as the comptroller had feared.

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