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Posted: 6/14/2013 8:01:30 PM EST
Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Sherman Oaks, chair of the Assembly budget committee, left, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angles, watch as the votes for the state budget are posted at the Capitol, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 54-25 vote the Assembly approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 8:01:30 PM EST
As the Assembly debated the state budget, Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clara, looks over some papers at the Capitol in Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 54-25 vote the Assembly approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 8:01:30 PM EST
Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, watches Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-BakersField, left, call for the defeat of the state budget bill at the Capitol in Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 54-25 vote the Assembly approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Sen. Mark Wyland, R-Escondido, left, and Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, confer as the Senate debate the state budget plan, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Senator Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, urges lawmakers to reject the state budget plan up for a vote, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, chair of the Senate Budget committee, left, smiles as he talks with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, as the Senate debated the state budget, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, chair of the Senate Budget committee, urges lawmakers to approve the state budget, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, chair of the Senate Budget committee, urges lawmakers to approve the state budget, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 5:31:36 PM EST
State Senator Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, urges lawmakers to reject the state budget plan up for a vote, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. By a 28-10 party-line vote the Senate approved the $96.3 billion state budget negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders that benefits from California's recovering economy and a tax increase approved by voters last fall.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
In this photo provided by by Ariz. Rep. Jeff Dial, Gov. Jan Brewer signs a proclamation calling the Legislature into special session, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Phoenix. Brewer acted after weeks of House delays in considering the state budget and her Medicaid expansion proposal. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jeff Dial)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
Rep. Macario Saldate, D-Tucson, rubs his eyes during a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, right, and Speaker Pro-Tempore Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, listen as debate continues on the House floor in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, right, talks with Majority Whip Rep. Rick Gray, R-Sun City, left, and Majority Leader Rep. David Gowan, Sr., R-Sierra Vista, in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, front, looks up at the vote board as Rep. Doris Goodale, R-Kingman, listens to debate in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, right, confers with Speak Pro-Tempore Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, and Majority Whip Rep. Rick Gray, R-Sun City, left, in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
Rep. Frank Pratt, R-Casa Grande, middle, speaks as Rep. Ethan Orr, R-Tucson, right, listens while Rep. Karen Fann, R-Prescott, adjusts amendment paperwork in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 10:42:42 PM EST
Rep. Karen Fann, R-Prescott, left, rips up an amendment to a bill that is pulled prior to vote, as Rep. Frank Pratt, R-Casa Grande, looks up in a special session budget battle for Medicaid funding on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Phoenix. The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 6/12/2013 6:45:04 PM EST
In this photo provided by by Ariz. Rep. Jeff Dial, Gov. Jan Brewer signs a proclamation calling the Legislature into special session, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Phoenix. Brewer acted after weeks of House delays in considering the state budget and her Medicaid expansion proposal. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jeff Dial)
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Posted: 5/29/2013 4:10:50 PM EST
Gov. Paul LePage reviews constituent letters after returning to his State House office in Augusta, Maine, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. LePage returned to his State House office nearly a week after he vacated it following a dispute over whether a television should be allowed in the hall outside his office. Legislative leaders said the TV, which carried messages giving the governor's views on the proposed state budget and other issues, violated rules of State House decorum. (AP Photo/Glenn Adams)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 8:18:23 AM EST
Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho leaves the chamber of the Portuguese parliament at the end of a fortnightly debate, in Lisbon, Friday, April 5, 2013. Portugal's Constitutional Court has ruled that some of the unpopular pay cuts in this year's state budget are unlawful, denying the government about 1.4 billion euro (US dlrs 1.8 billion) of predicted revenue. The court's decision Friday delivers a setback to the austerity strategy agreed between the government and foreign creditors who lent Portugal 78 billion euros (US dlrs 101.5 billion) in a bailout two years ago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
