Budget Deal
Some of the legislative leaders standing beside Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger late this afternoon looked more relieved than pleased, after a budget agreement that may have something for everyone to like... or hate.
Details are still pending, but the big picture of the deal seems a familiar one in recent years: Democrats kept some of the spending they wanted, Republicans got a few more of the savings they wanted.
As Tuesday afternoon wore on, it seemed safe to say that the budget was again a test of the complex relationship between the governor and his fellow Republicans in the Legislature.
Several GOP lawmakers were seen quietly making their way in to see Schwarzenegger's budget team, and at least one Republican legislator said privately that there's still a lot of angst among some colleagues about the governor, and the way he's approached the job. Might that mean another budget vote with just the bare minimum of GOP votes to pass?
For a more comprehensive look at the policy issues in the budget deal, tune in tomorrow morning to The California Report.




