Budget Stalemate Extends Special Session

The House apparently will not convene until Thursday. And maybe not then. Negotiations continue.

Chris Grygiel at SeattlePI.com writes that they don't expect to reach an agreement until next Monday. 

Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown held a press availability this afternoon, which is available at TVW's Capitol Record. She makes it quite clear that the Senate is not prepared to accept key elements of the House package, nor does she intend to make additional spending cuts. 

At The Washington Ledge, public radio's Austin Jenkins reports that the House doesn't see a quick agreement either. 

...over in the House, Majority Caucus Liaison Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, who is on the revenue negotiating team, is skeptical that a deal down the middle is in the offing. He says lawmakers - in both chambers - are looking for "the right way out," not the "easy way out."

Springer calls the division between Democrats in the House and Senate a "fundamental disagreement."

This could take a while.