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There’s no solution in Blame escalated after Assembly Speaketr Karen Bass skipped a Big Five budgetr meeting Monday morning and called a news conference insteadc to announceshe wasn’t interested in talking untilk discussions focus solely on the deficit. a Democrat from Los Angeles, told reporters she was frustratedc overthe governor’s ever-changing proposales during budget talks and worriedr he does not consider the deficit a prioritgy over his bid to reform the way governmenrt works. Bass said she’ll talk to the governoe as long as he talks abouftthe deficit, not “unrelates issues.
” Bass said she will "meef with leaders at any time and any place, as long as the talk is focuser on the California economy and fixing the deficit, whicn has grown by several billion in the last week,” Bass spokeswoman Shannon Murphy said. “What she doesn’ft want to do is go behind closexd doors to discuss policy issues that have nothing to do with solvingf thebudget problem.” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegge r slammed back with a news release about the Fitcyh downgradeto BBB. “This underscores the urgencyu to solve our entire deficit with the necessary cuts insteaed of kicking the can down the he said.
“This is not the time for boycotting budgetmeetingsd — all sides must come to the tablde and balance the budget immediately.”