SEE THE HEADLINES? SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK CALIFORNIA’S BUDGET. (WELL, THAT CAN BE FIXED!)

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

In the State Assembly, Republicans and Democrats came to agreement on the state’s budget.

Republican Governor Schwarzenegger supported the budget passed by the Assembly.

All the Democrats in the Senate agreed with the Republican Governor and the Republican Members of the Assembly.

But the two Republicans in the California Senate needed to fund the Government for the next year could not be found.

The Senate Pro Tem hinted that the Republicans would come on board for a price – it was just that the Republicans couldn’t agree on a price.

What they did agree upon was that the Republican “price” had little or nothing to do with the budget. They want other things in addition to the fiscal integrity demanded by and acceded to in the Assembly.

The State’s Republican Governor’s plea to his fellow party members went ignored.