Senate Republicans unseated California Senate leader Dave Cogdill and replaced him with Dennis Holllingsworth at 1 AM this morning in attempts to shoot down current budget proposals that would temporarily increase taxes in sales, gasoline and personal income. Legislators are hoping to get California out of a $41 billion budget deficit. In order to pass the current budget, the senate needs just one Republican vote. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg believes the change in leadership will not change the budget dynamic. Republicans and Democrats are split over whether raising taxes will save California from its fiscal crisis or drain the economy.
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