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Paterson: Don't Call it a Deal
December 1st, 2009

Gov. David Paterson won’t stand in the way of the passage of a $2.8 billion deficit reduction plan agreed on by the legislature but it isn’t exactly clear what he will do to help the legislature vote on it.

Paterson said at a press conference today that he disagrees with calling the package a “deal” because he says a deal would mean all sides agree on it. But Paterson isn’t going to stand in the way of the cuts that legislators are willing to make.

Being that the legislature has been called to special session Paterson controls which bills the legislature gets to consider. He says he will not send the legislature a bill that reflects the package they have agreed upon because he feels it does not go far enough in trimming spending.

“The one thing that I’m not going to do is submit the bill myself for less than what I proposed,” Paterson said. It is unclear at this point how the deficit reduction package will eventually come to a vote.

Paterson could send his version of the deficit reduction package in segments and allow legislators to vote each part up or down, or the legislature could draft their own legislation.

The Senate stands at ease waiting to see how Paterson wants to proceed. Senators have been evasive about whether same-sex marriage will come to a vote today.

By David King on December 1, 2009, 1:22 pm
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