Posted on 01/06/2009 6:00:44 PM PST by SmithL
In a conference call with The Bee's editorial board this afternoon, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg explained why a promising budget deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blew up today.
Steinberg said that he and governor were close to resolving differences over the governor's economic stimulus proposals and budget cuts. That wasn't the big holdup, Steinberg said. Instead, he suggested, the governor was getting "cold feet" on a plan by Democrats to raise taxes and fees without a two-thirds vote by lawmakers. Here's his full comment:
Between Sunday night and Monday, something else occurred unrelated to the specifics of the issues. It is cold feet, you know. He met with Republican leaders on Monday morning. I think he is back in that place where he believes he can get Republican votes for revenue and therefore doesn't have to do this unorthodox majority vote thing. We have been sort of going down that road for five or six years. It hasn't resulted in a single vote.
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send ARNULD back to Santa Monica..... pleeze....
Ahnold really turned out to be a guy who could mouth speeches with no idea what he was talking about, didn’t he?
What a mess he has made of things.
The original puppet. They tested the waters with the dingy Arnie before launching the SS Obama.
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