Alright, the next round: read the document proposed by the Senate Democrats to pass emergency bills here (.pdf) The full taxt is here:

WHEREAS the Democratic and Republican Conferences are unable to agree as to who is the validly elected President Pro Tempore of the New York State Senate; and

WHEREAS in order to move forward with legislation critical to the people of this state, the Democratic Conference and the Republican Conference (which, combined with Senator Espada, identifies themselves as the “Reform Coalition”) are willing to put aside temporarily the dispute over the election of the President Pro Tempore, and to suspend the Rules of the Senate for the purpose of considering legislation critical to the public and municipalities of the State;

WE HEREBY PROPOSE the following bipartisan operating agreement to allow the New York State Senate to function for a regular session on June 30th, 2009, that will allow critical legislation to come before the Senate for a vote:

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