Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said Thursday that she "could not imagine" that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would veto the Democrats' budget plan.
"What we proposed was revenues and cuts, no economic stimulus," she said. "He asked us to include economic stimulus and gave us a list of ... 14 different items."
"We are doing not all of them, but most of them," she said.
Bass noted that the Democrats' plan was only a starting point -- $18 billion of a nearly $40 billion shortfall over 18 months.
"I could not imagine he would veto this when this is the only proposal with votes," she said.
Bass also said she was more optimistic today than Wednesday.
The Assembly leader said negotiations with the governor were not the reason why no vote was taken Wednesday on the Democrats' plan.
"The only reason we didn't vote last night is because we couldn't get all the bills processed," she said. "It had nothing to do with negotiations."
From Shane Goldmacher
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