msnbc.msn.com - 2/19/2009
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The California Assembly has followed the state Senate in approving a long-awaited budget, sending the package to Gov. Schwarzenegger after an epic battle that involved several all-night sessions.
prospect.org - 2/22/2009
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prospect.org —
The key agenda item in the budget is
health care. That's what will dominate the week's message...
and Obama's primetime speech. So what will the budget say? Or, as importantly, what won't it say? Health care will be financed. The two big revenue ...
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WHAT OBAMA'S BUDGET DOES -- AND DOESN'T -- SAY.
reuters.com - 2/17/2009
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reuters.com —
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California, which is on
the brink of running out of cash, will notify...
20,000 state workers on Tuesday their jobs may be eliminated, a spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday. The announcement came a day ...
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With no budget, California to cut 20,000 state ...
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California legislators approve budget
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Assembly less than an hour after it won approval by a single vote in the Senate after late-night horse trading to win a final Republican lawmaker. Late-night concessions Senate leaders secured the final vote needed from a moderate Republican in late-night negotiations by agreeing to his demands for election changes, government reform and removal of a gas tax increase, giving them the two-thirds needed to pass the package, 27-12. The Senate vote was a giant step toward Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29229462 I love the fact that that asshole Hollingsworth took over ...
California breaks budget impasse
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The California Republican rebellion in the state Senate has ended, and California has a budget deal . Democrats negotiated for the one Republican vote they needed and got it from Abel Maldonado, in exchange for an elimination of a gas tax increase and some electoral reforms. The agreement will still mean billions of dollars in new taxes for an already-overburdened state economy: The state Senate approved a long-awaited budget early Thursday intended to wipe out a $42 billion deficit, possibly steering the state clear of a fiscal disaster. Leaders secured the final vote ...
California Passes Budget, Taxes and More Taxes
Flopping Aces —
... So my home state, the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, has now decided to increase our taxes….once again, without decreasing spending. They finally pushed through a bill by bribing the hold out Republican with what I first thought was a good idea: ...
Has Arnold Forgotten His Audience?
GayPatriot —
... Republicans in the legislature balked at the tax increases which their (then-)leadership supported. In the state Senate, they even “ousted their leader” because he backed said increases. ...
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