Budget Update
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The California state legislature failed to pass a budget before today’s fiscal year deadline, prompting Gov. Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency—including three furlough days per month for state employees and his refusal to sign any legislation until a budget solution is reached. Is the process being held up by “genteel extortion” from the minority party?
Guest:
Karen Bass, Speaker of the California Assembly
Dan Walters, political columnist for the Sacramento Bee
- Patt Morrison for Wednesday July 01, 2009
- Bruno & Birmingham High: Odd Bedfellows in a Charter Fight
- May Day Officers: No Firings
- Budget Update
- Frontline on the Battle over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- Obama Goes to Russia
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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