There has been talk that the General Assembly will convene on Thursday so the Democratic-majority can run a budget, even if it’s a plan Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell will veto.
But Sen. Eileen Daily, D-Westbrook and Rep. Cameron Staples, D-New Haven aren’t quite sure. And they should know since, as the co-chairs of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, they play a major role in the ongoing negotiations over the budget’s tax package.
“If I were a betting woman, I’d bet on Friday,” Daily said this afternoon.
Staples, in a separate interview, said “we’re working on it. I’ll know better by tomorrow.”
“There’s a desire not to run up against the deadline of the fiscal year (next Wednesday, July 1 is the beginning of the 2009/2010 fiscal year),” Staples said. “I think the end of this week is still a possibility. But so is the beginning of next week.”
