Talks continue
Three legislative leaders may meet into the night to reach a budget deal.
Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch and Dem Assembly Leader Jim Kreuser met today to hammer out an agreement to bridge the projected $525 million biennial budget deficit.
The three traded budget repair ideas for a few hours earlier in the day to try to cement a deal, then retired to their own offices to crunch numbers with staff.
DOA Deputy Secretary Dan Schooff, a former Dem leggie from Beloit, was also summoned to the Capitol to participate.
Huebsch and Decker have worked out the framework of a possible solution for the state's budget shortfall. But Kreuser announced this week the majority of Assembly Dems didn't support the plan. And as with the budget bill last fall, it's expected that significant support will have to come from the Assembly Dem caucus to pass the budget fix.
Dem Gov. Jim Doyle also has objections to the Huebsch-Decker framework.
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