Budget process ‘harder than it needs to be’

That’s the assessment of legislative Republican leaders delivering their weekly media update.

Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger and House Minority Leader Paul Stam both contend that the General Assembly’s Democratic leadership should have (and could have) reached a budget deal before missing the July 1 deadline.

• You can listen to Berger’s take on the budget stalemate here.
• Stam offers his thoughts here.