(RALEIGH) -- With a goal to be done with their work in a matter of weeks, a committee will start hammering out differences between the state House and Senate versions of the roughly $20.1 billion budget.  State Senate President Phil Berger said they took a different approach in how to use 'one time' monies.

"We put it into the Rainy Day Fund as a reserve to try to take care of what we think is likely to be a problem in Medicaid," said Berger.

He pointed out that a Medicaid shortfall was one of the first issues that lawmakers had to deal with when they returned for the short session of the General Assembly.

Berger added that there is always a possibility Gov. Bev Perdue will veto the plan once it gets to her desk. "I would hope that she would see that we will have put together a budget that is within the means that we have, a budget that does not raise taxes or increase borrowing at the state level, which is something we don't need to do given the economy."

The adjusted budget is set to take effect July 1.  If the budget is not approved by then, spending continues at levels set in this year's budget.