Ellington

C-L reports today: "Lawmakers left the Capitol late Monday night with no agreement on the how to fund the state's public schools, how to cover Medicaid recipients or how to pay other expenditures. Failure to agree on the budget on the last day to adopt money bills for the session makes a special session a likely scenario. Rep. Charlie Capps, D-Cleveland, a former appropriations chairman and 32-year legislative veteran, said he had never seen an impasse like the one lawmakers face. 'I've never seen this happen before, where we just break down and we don't have any revenue bills, appropriations, or other bills,' he said. The House moved late in the day to extend the session to buy lawmakers time, but the Senate did not take up the resolution"