From thedailytimes:

Tennessee lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen say they expect the state budget to be probably the biggest sticking point this year as legislators began to pick up the pace toward the end of the session.

Legislative leaders would like to shut down committees later this month and hope to end the session before Memorial Day. That could be possible with contentious legislation such as the abortion amendment and several gun-related bills already passing the Senate and making progress in the House.

But there’s still the budget, the only thing lawmakers are constitutionally required to pass each session. Because of the poor economy, there’s no new money for legislators to fight over, which would seemingly make it less complicated.

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