The Senate, which passed its major budget bills earlier this week, took the weekend off.

But in recent years, budget bills have raised the fee to one-29th of the value.

Both houses have already passed several of the necessary budget bills, allowing state workers to be paid.

And unlike many past budget bills, this one has spending increases in the short run.

Even if the Legislature can act on its own budget bills, that presents two problems.

He fears that once the budget bills are passed, the Legislature will close down for the year.

He said: "I think it is necessary to pass the budget bills for the sake of people's daily life."

And they point out that ultimately the Governor will have the power to sign or veto the budget bills.

On July 20, the legislature passed the budget bills, which were signed the same day by the governor.

Legislative aides said voting on budget bills would probably not begin until the middle of next week.

The dispute centers on what have traditionally been two types of budget bills.

Today, his office would say only that members of his staff were studying the budget bills.

The Legislature has to act on his budget bills before proposing their own appropriations.

The budget bills passed both houses and, because they were technically written by the Governor, automatically became law.

The deal on debt limits means that the Legislature will be able to begin passing budget bills in the next few days.

The governor cannot veto his own budget bills, so whatever changes the Legislature made would instantly become law.

The court also granted the governor broad latitude to set policy in his budget bills.

Under state law, the Legislature must vote on the governor's budget bills before drafting and passing their own.

Yesterday's signing at the White House of the budget bills also gets big play.

The Congressional meaning carries no such peril, certainly not when it comes to budget bills.

In an effort to break the logjam on issues holding up two major budget bills, negotiators met through the day.

Then the governor would resubmit the budget bills with those changes for the Legislature to pass.

The legislative leaders said the process could be finished this week, and the final budget bills passed next week.

Previously, the Legislature received two kinds of budget bills.

Congress has used the procedure to enact omnibus budget bills, first in 1980.