North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, talks to reporters at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Moore told colleagues earlier Thursday that they would like stop meeting after next week while a budget impasse between House and Senate Republicans is worked out. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, speaks to reporters in the Senate chamber after the Senate wrapped up its chief work session for the year on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. While the General Assembly overrode three vetoes of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and put a constitutional referendum on the ballot, the two chambers failed to negotiate a budget-adjustment measure for the next 12 months by the time they left Raleigh (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
State Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, introduces the Senate's budget plan at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, June 24, 2024. The Senate plan includes millions of dollars to fund the state's Opportunity Scholarships, which families can apply to in order to send their children to private school, in addition to providing partial funding tochild care grants. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)
House Minority Leader Rep. Robert Reives, D-Chatham, asks Republican House Speaker Tim Moore a question on the House floor at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. House Republicans cast their votes to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's three vetoes on bills regarding public masking, juvenile justice reforms and billboard regulations. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)