Gov. Brown says no to budget; now what?

by The Madeleine Brand Show

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For the first time in possibly ever, a California governor has vetoed a state budget. At least - not since 1901 -- when official records began. Jerry Brown told the Democratically-controlled legislature yesterday that he didn't like what they'd sent him and to start over again. Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse Unruh Institute of Politics at USC discusses this risky political move.

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