HTN: Senate Standoff Continues

The senate circus appears far from over. On Sunday, state lawmakers met for another emergency session and for the sixth straight day, they accomplished absolutely nothing. Governor David Paterson met with Democrats behind closed doors last night, but says the meeting didn't result in a solution to the power sharing struggle. Meantime, turncoat Senator Pedro Espada says he's being approached by Democrats who want him to return to the caucus. That would give Democrats the majority. Governor Paterson has called another special session for today and says he'll even order one on July 4th if the power struggle hasn't been resolved by then. Both sides of the aisle held separate sessions on Sunday, but no legislation was passed. Paterson has called the senators "derelict in their duty" and has promised to cut millions of dollars of pork-barrel projects until the Senate gets back to normal. The governor has also ordered state officials to find a way to cut off senators' expenses reimbursement and paychecks.