Los Angeles Times | February 18, 2009 | 1:08 a.m. PT --- State Senate rejects tax package in floor vote; negotiations continue As California's government continued its grinding downshift toward insolvency, efforts to close the state's nearly $42-billion budget gap hit a new snag late Tuesday. -- Republicans in the state Senate ousted their caucus leader Dave Cogdill, of Modesto, replacing him with Dennis Hollingsworth of Murrieta. -- A half hour later, the State Senate rejected a tax package in floor vote. -- Negotiations are continuing
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