Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he's monitoring the situation in Washington, following the so-called congressional supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement on reducing the nation's debt. He admits it's possible that the lack of action by Congress could impact Missouri's state budget next year:
"The uncertainties that you have in this job about the dollars coming in are very real…if they fail to reach the continuing resolution to move things forward by the end of the year is something we're looking at, to measure what that would do to the state," Nixon said.
Governor Nixon will present his proposed budget for Missouri in January, during his annual State of the State Address. Next year's legislative session begins Jan. 4.
