Published Aug 7, 2002 7:05 pm : Updated Jan 31, 2009 5:32 pm
The Assembly is still four votes short of approving a budget. After a two-hour debate today, the Assembly failed to get a two-thirds majority for a measure that would increase cigarette taxes to three dollars a pack and abandon a plan to double California´s car tax. The budget is now 38 days overdue.
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