On the 92nd day of what was supposed to be a 90-day legislative session, Gov. Sam Brownback is giving few signals, either to the public or to the Legislature, about how he wants to solve the state’s $406 million budget hole.

Brownback answered questions after a bill-signing ceremony in his office. It was his first public appearance since the House on Friday rejected a plan to fill that hole mainly by increasing sales taxes. It’s widely expected that another bill will be offered this week that would roll back some of the business tax cuts enacted in 2012, including the exemption for nonwage “pass-through” income for business owners.

That would be seen as at least a partial reversal of Brownback’s signature tax and economic policy. But he had little to say when asked how much of a business tax increase, if any, he would accept — or what he has told legislators on that subject — other than to repeat his general philosophy about taxes.

“What I’m trying to do is move us off of the income tax and doing more on consumption-based taxes for the support of state government,” he said. “That’s a pro-growth position.”

Brownback also brushed aside criticisms that he hasn’t been more directly involved in trying to broker an agreement on taxes and the budget.

“I get involved as it’s useful to be involved in the process,” he said. “These are separate bodies. These are separate branches. So I get involved as is helpful in the process.”

“This is my fifth session,” he added. “These things all kind of develop their own rhythm. At the end of the day, there will be a budget. It will balance. That’s the beauty of the place. That’s what I love so much about this versus the federal government. Because at the federal government, you don’t have to do a budget and it doesn’t ever balance.”