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Republicans, who until this week had been expecting Democrats to resist the governor's budget plans, said during Wednesday's debate that they had too little time to examine the details of the budget bill, that it defers too many costs, and that it leaves in place programs the state may be unable to afford in the future. "It digs a deeper hole next year," Ackerman said. Separating the two sides is about $1.1 billion in spending — less than 1% of the budget. Democrats want to wait another year before repaying $600 million borrowed from local governments to balance last year's...