House Speaker Lawerence Denney is less optimistic this morning than he was last week, and now says, "I doubt that we get done this week." Both houses are preparing to go into session this morning and work through their calendars, which are populated largely with appropriation bills. The House may suspend rules and take up the liquor license reform bill, which is on its second reading calendar. Transportation "is one of those issues" that's holding up adjournment of the session, Denney said. But he added, "I don't know what more we can do on transportation. There was less support out here for registration fees than there was on gas tax." There's still a bill pending in the Senate Transportation Committee on administrative fees for ITD; "we may deal with that," Denney said. There's still some dispute over personnel funding cuts, but Denney said, "I think that may work its way out fairly early this week. Once that's worked out, I think the budget is set." Neither house is scheduled to go into its amending order this morning.

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