DAY 72 of Budget Crisis: More of The Same.

Assembly, like Senate, rejects GOP's budget plan

By Aurelio Rojas - arojas@sacbee.com

Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Assembly Republican leader Mike Villines talks to reporters Tuesday after the GOP budget plan was voted down. Democrats also rejected a GOP call for emergency funding for some programs.

Lawmakers turned down another state budget plan Tuesday, then blocked a stopgap measure to fund programs while the political debate drags on.

As California's state budget impasse enters its record-breaking 72nd day, Republican lawmakers have repeatedly called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats to approve emergency funding for some programs for which money ran out July 1.

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Plastico Update: { Why did State Democrats block the stopgap measure to provide emergency funding for essential programs until the budget is resolved? Simple. They want unions, special interests, and everyone on the public tit to keep complaining and crying until they get higher taxes and larger budgets for 2009; but even more importantly they want the Republicans to be blamed for taking away their money }