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"You'll get a bottle bill passed," said Alan Chartock, political commentator and professor emeritus at the University at Albany. "You'll get a more ambitious health plan. You'll probably get gay rights. I don't see how they can avoid it." He also predicted that some reform measures would pass. "Whether the Democrats want to do that or not, they've been promising it all along when they've been in the minority," he said.
[Blair Horner] said he didn't think "big ticket items," such as gay marriage, would pass before the 2010 election. "On controversial issues, it will be harder for them to get things done, and they'll be reacting more to what the governor wants." But he predicted movement on smaller items, such as the bottle bill, and some reform. "The Senate Democrats have a long history of reform talk, and they can't run away from that," he said. "All of the Democrats have said they support campaign finance reform. They're more likely to come up with a bill they can live with now than they were with the Republicans in there." He said evidence of how serious the Democrats are would come early next year, when the Senate determines its legislative rules.See the full content of this document
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Democrat Rule May Not Mean Easy Ride
CAPITOL - New York's state government is considered one of the most dysfunctional in the country, better known for gridlock and squabbling than passing policy and bipartisan deal making.
But now that Democrat...See the full content of this document
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