Top house and senate republicans are at odds over constitutional amendments designed to keep government small.
The state senate's proposed constitutional change would require a 60 percent vote by lawmakers to increase state spending beyond the rate of inflation. As passed by the house, the proposal would have required that same super-majority to borrow money or raise taxes.
According to Senate President Peter Bragdon the senate version amounts to common sense -- low taxes, he says, result from low spending.
