FRANKFORT — Democrats who control the Kentucky House steamrolled a $14 billion budget bill to passage without amendments Thursday.

        In the process, they took the extraordinary step of cutting off debate and blocking 46 proposed floor amendments, some of which dealt with politically risky or wrenching issues — human cloning, the death penalty and public money for gubernatorial campaigns.

        The Republican minority, which especially wanted a vote on campaign finance, was incensed.

        “What we're doing here today is the most arrogant abuse of power I've ever witnessed,” thundered Minority Leader Jeff Hoover of Jamestown.

        The bill now goes to the Senate. Democrats prevailed 62-35 on a motion to cut off debate. Then Majority Leader Greg Stumbo called up the budget bill introduced Monday, not the substitute amended by the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on Tuesday.

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