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Feb
19
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ACSS Communications
2/19/2009 7:17 AM
After a five-day impasse and a 45-hour session, the Legislature approved the budget package today. Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, provided the final Senate vote in exchange for some concessions, including establishing an open primary system and banning legislative pay increases during deficit years. Maldonado also won the elimination of an additional 12-cent gas tax.
ACSS members had mounted a legislative action campaign to urge Maldonado to vote for the budget compromise.
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