Schwarzenegger: I don’t need no stinkin legislature to balance budget!
As Jon Ortiz of the Sacramento Bee points out today, Arnold has decided that he can balance the sudget without the legislature. He can sit […]
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No Budget, IOUs, Home for the Holiday Weekend
From the Orange County Register’s Jennifer Muir and Brian Joseph: SACRAMENTO – Lawmakers headed home Thursday without a budget deal, as the state controller’s office began […]
The New Attack on Democracy: What the Founders Knew But We’ve Forgotten
One of the foundational principles of American democracy is under attack. When the nation’s Founders crafted the United States Constitution in 1787, they were careful […]
Schwarzenegger: Democrats are wasting time
Just up on the LATimes.com Arnold Schwarzenegger says Democrats are wasting time on flawed budget plans The California governor says he will veto the Legislature-approved […]
Legislature rejects budget cuts. Republicans say they are not deep enough.
“The cuts don’t go deep enough,” said Orange County Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel. “It doesn’t solve the problem.” This just in from the Orange […]
Budget Committee Says No Taking Local Funds
The LATimes reports this morning on the meeting of the California Legislatures Budget Conference Committee. The committee has said no to Arnold’s plan to steal […]
Democratic Commitment to Fight for Families, Keep Safety Net
SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez (D-Coachella) say as the legislature works to […]
Bass on Budget: Tough and Smart Decisions Needed
SACRAMENTO – California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) responded this morning to Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget address to a joint session of the State Legislature. […]
Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties
Democrats are responding to the growing nationwide phenomena of anti-tax “tea parties†protests by mocking them and by pointing out that they are prompted and run […]