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May you live in interesting times

If Ms. Leslie's read on things is right, we might well be living in interesting times.

I don't want to repeat Laura's work here, but to complete the thought:

If a Republican-lead bid in the House to concur with the Senate budget proposal succeeds, it will go the governor's desk and almost certainly get vetoed. Even if that happens, the two chambers have the better part of a month to come up with something the governor will sign.

What about an over-ride you say? It takes three-fifths of each chamber to do that. While the numbers are there in the Senate, I have to wonder about the House. For there to be 72 votes (of 120) in the House for the Senate budget, the Democratic caucus would have to be badly, badly fractured.

Either way (a vote to concur or not), it seems we're heading for (say it with me) a long hot June, or maybe longer.

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