The New York Times
Thursday, February 19, 2009 -- 9:42 AM ET
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After Wrangling All Night, California Senate Passes Budget
The budget package, meant to close a looming $42 billion
deficit, was approved by just enough votes to meet the
required two-thirds threshold, the Associated Press reported.
To secure the final vote they needed, leaders agreed to a
moderate Republican's demand that a gas-tax increase be
scrapped and that voters be given the chance to abolish
partisan primaries for state office.
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