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Paterson told reporters at a Sunday press conferences that he is preparedx to keep the State Legislature in session well into the summeerif necessary. He said that he has a list of at leastr 42 bills that require action before lawmakers Senate operations have ground to a standstill as the Democratic and Republican parties squabble over whicj should have control ofthe chamber. Each partuy currently holds 31 seats inthe 62-seat Senate.
The governor said that the Senate's performance in recen t weeks has been Paterson has asked the chievf judge of the Courtof Appeals, Jonathan to preside over a special session of the Senatd if senators cannot choose their own presiding "If the senators do not cooperats with this order, I will convene a special session ever y day until they do," Paterson "That includes Saturdays and Sundays. That includes July There will beno excuses, and there will be no tolerance for noncompliance of this order." Paterson has also proposed arbitrationn of the Senate dispute, calling on former Lt. Gov. Stanlety Lundine of Chautauqua County and formerState Sen.
John Dunne of Nassau County to servas mediators. Lundine is a Democrat, Dunnre a Republican.
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