Negotiations continue between House and Senate Democratic and Republican leadership on the budget. The Senate will reconvene Monday, July 27.

Senators will reconvene at 1 p.m. Monday to pledge, pray, then go to caucus.

“Arizona is now 10 days into the 2010 fiscal year without a budget. In the aftermath of the governor’s budget vetoes, the Legislature acted responsibly with a temporary continuation of government spending to allow public schools to function and to maintain eligibility for federal funds.

Today, attorneys for Senate President Bob Burns and Speaker of the House Kirk Adams filed a motion for reconsideration with the Arizona Supreme Court in the case of Brewer v. Burns, et al. In the motion, the president and speaker request the court to reconsider its order of June 23, 2009.

Senate President Bob Burns, Senate Democratic Leader Jorge Garcia, House Speaker Kirk Adams and House Democratic Leader David Lujan issued the following joint statement today:

At 1:30pm on the House floor, The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) will present to the legislature, the impact of the Governor’s budget vetoes.

“I am shocked and disappointed in Gov. Brewer’s actions. She vetoed a budget she agreed to; one that represented many long hours and concessions made to honor her requests. Her veto has jeopardized federal stimulus money, decimated public education – literally wiping out its funding – and put at risk the state’s most vulnerable citizens, the very ones she has claimed to want to protect.

STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX (July 1, 2009) – After a long month of budget debate and negotiations, the House and Senate passed a FY10 budget that incorporates concessions to the governor and prevents a government shutdown.

Members are scheduled to go to the floor at 9:30am today. Following floor, we will go to Rules Committee and Caucus.

The Senate is scheduled to hear the trailer bills to the 2010 budget in Appropriations Committee today.

The Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30am in Senate Hearing Room 109.

The following bills are scheduled to be heard in House Appropriations this morning. Please click here to see the full agenda.

Sen. Ron Gould, R-District 3 will appear this weekend on Channel 12’s Sunday Square Off. Joining Sen. Gould on the panel will be Chris Herstam and Rep. David Lujan. The topics include the Valley Interfaith Project’s appearance in Appropriations, the budget, and the upcoming governor’s race. Set your TiVo for Channel 12.

The Senate introduced a set of bills which will be used as a trailer to the FY2010 budget last night. These bills will make changes to the budget which was passed by both houses earlier this month. Please check back frequently for updates.

The United States Supreme Court today reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court in the Flores case. The Supreme Court held that both the Ninth Circuit and the District Court used the wrong standards to evaluate the case.

The following e-mail was sent to Sen. Ron Gould on Monday, June 22, 2009 from a state agency e-mail address. The e-mail was time stamped at 11:41am. It was signed using the employee’s title as well as the agency logo.

The Senate will go to the floor today at 1:00 p.m. We will recess, caucus bills approved by Rules yesterday (June 23) as well as the conference committee report for SB 1049 (fingerprint clearance cards), and return to the floor to complete the COW calendars scheduled for today. We will then adjourn for afternoon committees.

The Supreme Court took jurisdiction, but denied relief to the governor. The Legislature is not required to transmit the bills immediately, but will transmit no later than June 30.

The Senate celebrated the birthdays of Sen. Linda Gray and Sen. Russell Pearce today. Sen. Gray is pictured below with her husband, Larry, son Larry Jr., and granddaughter, Bella Mae. Sen. Pearce is also pictured below with Karen, his assistant.

Oral arguments in the Arizona Supreme Court case today begin at 10am. Watch it live at this link: http://www.supreme.state.az.us/courtvideo/

Monday, June 22, 2009

8:30 a.m.

• Floor

• Rules upon recess of floor

• Caucus upon adjournment of Rules

• Floor upon adjournment of Rules

1:30 p.m.

• Committee on Judiciary

• Committee on Natural Resources, Infrastructure and Public Debt