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Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:11 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:11
From Press Democrat:
SACRAMENTO — Democratic legislative leaders said Monday that California’s $40 billion budget deficit will require the Legislature to sacrifice, but they declined to agree to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal that they cut their budget by 10 percent.
The Republican governor last month ordered a 10 percent cut in state employees’ salaries through furloughs and proposed the Legislature cut its budget by the same amount.
On Monday, President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said, “We will certainly do the responsible thing, and we will share the pain.”