House GOP leaders are now saying they'll run the ethanol bill and the DMV fees bill, and that's it. "I don't know if it's enough to get it done - that's just where we're going," said House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, "and let's get the budgets passed and go home. We're going to do all we can on the House side to adjourn on Wednesday." Added Rep. Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, "I think the governor is intent on us wrapping up our business and going home. Did he say that in the letter? No." But Roberts said that's the message he took from the governor's letter to lawmakers this morning, which highlighted how he and the Legislature have successfully worked together on other issues besides transportation funding this year.

But Jon Hanian, press secretary for Gov. Butch Otter, said lawmakers are mistaken if they viewed the governor's letter to them this morning as a surrender on transportation funding. "There's nothing in that letter that says anything about that he's walking away from transportation funding," Hanian said. "That's not what the governor is doing." Asked specifically, Hanian said, "It's not a white flag." He said, "I think he would've liked if it ended on Friday." But, he said, "We're aware there's still some serious work to be done. People have told us they want safe, reliable roads."

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