Administration tells lawmakers to give in or take blame for shutdown

Secretary of Administration Susanne Young, alongside Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin, speaks to a joint House committee during a special session at the Statehouse on June 15, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott’s administration entered a new round of budget discussions insisting that it’s the legislature’s responsibility to avert a government shutdown by producing a spending and revenue package that meets the governor’s uncompromising property tax demands.