The North Carolina Senate has quickly completed its part approving state government budget adjustments for the next fiscal year.

Senators voted 36-14 Thursday for the nearly $24 billion spending plan after essentially no debate. They talked for about 90 minutes Wednesday before the Republican-led chamber gave the plan initial approval with an identical nearly party-line vote.

The House scheduled debate and votes later Thursday and Friday. Once that’s all done, the measure will go to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. He vetoed the two-year budget in 2017, but the GOP majorities overrode the veto.

Republicans are highlighting hefty average pay raises for teachers, troopers, correctional officers and otherwise lower-income state employees. Democrats say the GOP could have given more to teachers and for school safety upgrades but the party keeps diverting revenues to pay for tax cuts for corporations and the highest wage-earners.