Fallin threatens session til Christmas, will veto "draconian cuts"

In comments to the media after the failure of HB1054X (the $450M tax hike measure), Gov. Fallin said that she would veto any bills with "draconian cuts" to state agencies, and threatened to keep the Legislature in special session until Christmas if they don't bend to her wishes.

From Oklahoma Watch reporter Trevor Brown:

.@GovMaryFallin says would veto a bill with “draconian” budget cuts ... says she’s told #okleg that they can keep going in special session until Xmas if they don’t get the job done pic.twitter.com/yiCgt0B8uD

— Trevor Brown (@tbrownOKC) November 8, 2017

No word on exactly what counts as "draconian". With the funding measures already passed by the House, I believe the across-the-board cuts would be between 2% and 4% - hardly a catastrophic sum across the breadth of Oklahoma state government.