Los Angeles Times | February 18, 2009 | 2:20 p.m. PT --- In Sacramento, state lawmakers remain one vote short of an agreement on the California budget. Today's developments: --The Senate rejected the tax bill this hour for the fifth time today. Hourly votes are scheduled to continue. --Gov. Schwarzenegger said this afternoon that GOP lawmakers who insist that the budget could be balanced without new revenue "have a math problem." --Schwarzenegger will not abandon the bipartisan spending plan he helped negotiate, which includes $14.4 billion in tax increases. --New Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth of Murrieta said this morning that he would like to scrap the agreement Schwarzenegger reached with legislative leaders. More soon at: http://link.latimes.com/r/YIA4B2/TBP3M/KNSIOV/5I0P/BMD3X0/50/t
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