It got worse: Burns, Brewer engage in statement battle 
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It seems the cordial bickering is over now that Senate President Bob Burns has castigated Gov. Jan Brewer for "abusing the public" through the use of budget vetoes and for calling a special session to hammer through a tax increase.
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- 1 p.m. - State Capitol (Monday, July 6)
- 49th Legislature,
3rd Special Session
AZ Policy Wonk:
The backstory is always more interesting
Sometimes the story about getting the story is better than what ends up in print. This time, we’re determined not to let that happen. It’s just too doggone funny. Hours before the fiscal deadline and with a [...]
Capitol Ramblings:
CONTEST: When do you think the session will end?
The staff was geared up and ready to go on Saturday in anticipation that we would move a step closer to Sine Die. But the Legislature didn’t pass any bills on Saturday and actually maneuvered farther away from [...]
Capitol Insiders
AZCAPITOLTIMES.COM
Brewer: Five-way talks with Dems a possibility
Gov. Jan Brewer left open the possibility that she would engage in five-way talks on the budget crisis with Republican and Democratic caucuses from both legislative chambers, but put the onus on lawmakers for opening the door to those discussions.
Yellow Sheet Report
YELLOW SHEET REPORT
Election law stymied at the end
Amendments yesterday (July 1) to state election law (H2603, substituted on floor with S1087) crashed and burned in the Senate as a negotiated fix-up for Clean Elections missed its necessary three-quarter majority. Now, lawmakers would have to get approval from Brewer to resurrect the idea in a special session...
Arizona Legislative Report
ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE REPORT
News Notes: Adams not pleased
House Speaker Kirk Adams said Governor Brewer “absolutely” broke the budget deal she had agreed to by vetoing the trailer bills. He said the deal was that he and Senate President Bob Burns would do everything possible to round up the 31 and 16 needed for the tax referral, but that she was responsible for filling in the gaps if the votes couldn’t all be wrangled by leadership.
CAPITOL QUOTES
Support was not there for the sales-tax referral. It just became brutally apparent."
- Sen. John Huppenthal, commenting after the failure of Gov. Jan Brewer’s plan to refer a 1-cent sales-tax increase to the ballot.
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