Senate Republicans will push next week to write the 1982 policy into law.
Senate Republicans would impose almost all the cuts on social services.
Senate Republicans, too, are working in committee on gun legislation.
Senate Republicans are planning their own hearings on the issue.
Senate Republicans say public television is too liberal, but they have failed to make the case.
Senate Republicans were eager to point that out in today's floor debate.
Senate Republicans are opposed to increasing the state income tax.
Senate Republicans said that little had fundamentally changed from years past, when education spending held up the budget.
Senate Republicans want to raise spending by at least 2.7 percent.
Senate Republicans could not agree on a proposal until the final days of the session.