Budget Deal? No Deal

When I say that there might be a budget deal I wanted to get it up on the blog as soon as I knew that a deal might be in place. However, the deal fell apart. According to the Sac Bee:

In the five hours between Perata's two comments, it became clear that Republican leaders were not joining Perata's call for a vote. Neither were Assembly Democrats nor Schwarzenegger.

"I think we keep getting closer, but there are still issues to work out," said Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger's spokesman. "We hope that the legislators have the same sense of urgency that we do. We need to get this done."

It appears that the contentious items are for future budgets. These include the "spending cap" and giving the governor the ability to governor to make mid year budget cuts. Until both sides come together the budget impasse will continue.