RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With no final budget in sight, lawmakers are leaving Raleigh this week and not planning any more votes for the rest of the year.

“It’s a simple fact we haven’t been able to reach an agreement on additional matters for the budget, and we continue to have conversations,” top Republican Senator Phil Berger said.

Democrats in both chambers say Republicans wasted time this week by passing a newly drawn Congressional map to benefit their own party instead of focusing on a budget or fully funding Medicaid.

“We can pass any bill we want, do anything that we want, so why don’t we do things to help people?" said Rep. Robert Reives.

Republicans control both the House and the Senate in North Carolina. But leaders in both chambers can’t come to agreements on major budget poin

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