"A Senate majority spokesman, Daniel McDonald, pointed to cuts made by the chamber outside of the session, in which spending on partisan staffers has dropped by some 17 percent over the past two years — or about twice the level of the House's reductions."
Outside of session when there is a fraction of the business and a fraction of staffers on pay?  17% looks like a big number but when it is based upon a miniscule budget for off-session costs isn't that a bit disingenuous?  What's the actual number of dollars saved?

"McDonald also cited sharp Senate cuts to travel spending, which, for the full Legislature, has fallen to a little over $300,000 last year from more than $1 million in 2011."
The overall spending cut by the Senate isn't a number based on just the Senate's travel but the full Legislature's travel?
What the hell is going on in the Senate that requires this kind of statistical wizardry?  Did they fail badly at accounting for their own costs or something?