Republicans are Celebrating What Exactly

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

Color me confused, but what of consequence did the Republicans in the Senate get out of their month long hold out on the budget, other than the $700 million in blue line cuts? That was offered right at the beginning of the impasse. What they accomplished at the end might actually backfire on them. The Republicans wanted to try and restrict the ability of Jerry Brown to go after polluters. What they won in the end was a two year gap where the transportation bond projects cannot be slowed due to greenhouse gas emission concerns, and a few other minor things. The fact that it was not threatened in the first place seems to be of little consequence to the Republicans. Steve Mavigilio has all of the wonky goodness.

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