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N.Y. legislature misses budget deadline

** FILE ** Budget bills are piled on legislators' desks in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Monday, March 30, 2009. Millions of dollars in union-paid ads, an influential left wing of the Democratic Party and the loss of Republican control of the state Senate contributed to an overhaul of Reagan-era income tax brackets under a 2009-10 budget totaling $131.8 billion to be adopted Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) ** FILE ** Budget bills are piled on legislators’ desks in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Monday, March 30, 2009. Millions of dollars in union-paid ads, an influential left wing of the Democratic Party and the loss of Republican control of the state Senate contributed to an overhaul of Reagan-era income tax brackets under a 2009-10 budget totaling $131.8 billion to be adopted Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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The Washington Times

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Legislature is missing its deadline to pass the state budget.

Lengthy debate in the Senate by Republicans questioning the new Democratic majority’s understanding of the spending plan means most of the massive budget bills will be considered Wednesday. The deadline for an on-time budget is midnight Tuesday.

The Democrat-led Assembly was expected to pass its budget bills Tuesday night.

The spending plan is poised to be New York’s 23rd late budget in the past 25 years. It includes a near-record 8.7 percent increase in spending and $7 billion in new or higher taxes and fees.

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